Celery: Nutrient Profile

Bunch of fresh celery stalks with leaves
Fresh celery stalks with their leaves.
Infographic: vitamin K, mostly water and low in calories
Per 100 g, celery's richest nutrient is vitamin K, about a quarter of the daily value; the stalk is about 95 percent water.
Close-up of a cut celery stalk
A cut celery stalk showing its fibrous strands.

What is Celery richest in? Below are the vitamins, minerals and amino acids that 100 g of Celery delivers in the highest amounts. Each one links to that nutrient’s own page listing the best foods to get it from.

Celery: Richest Nutrients (per 100 g)
RankNutrientPer 100 g%DV / 100gPurpose
Vitamins
1Vitamin K29 mcg🟡 24%Blood clotting & bone

Values are per 100 g of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) FoodData Central record FDC 169988, “Celery, raw” (SR Legacy). %DV is the amount per 100 g divided by the adult Daily Value in 21 CFR 101.9.

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