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Is cauliflower low FODMAP?
Very small portion · green up to 6.8 g
Eaten on its own, this food stays green up to 6.8 g, turns orange up to 14 g, and red above that.
How much?
0 g6.8 g14 g20 g +
Green : 0 – 6.8 gOrange : 6.8 – 14 gRed : > 14 g
FODMAPs in this food
- Fructans0.1 g per 100 g
- Mannitol3 g per 100 g
Fructans, found mainly in wheat, rye, onion and garlic. Mannitol, a polyol found in mushrooms, cauliflower and some sweeteners.
What to swap it for?
Your whole meal, added up
In a meal, the FODMAPs of every food add up: a green serving can tip the meal into orange. FODMAP Scanner scans your products in the shop and works out the FODMAPs of your whole meal, cauliflower included.
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Sources
Reliability: value taken from a scientific source.
- Yao C.K. et al. (2014). Dietary sorbitol and mannitol: food content and distinct absorption patterns between healthy individuals and patients with irritable bowel syndrome. J Hum Nutr Diet 27(S2).
- Ferjančič B. et al. (2024). Fructan content in most commonly consumed Slovenian foods and estimation of daily fructan consumption. Front Nutr 11:1446771. doi:10.3389/fnut.2024.1446771
- Muir J.G. et al. (2009). Measurement of short-chain carbohydrates in common Australian vegetables and fruits by HPLC. J Agric Food Chem 57(2):554-565.
- Liljebo T. et al. (2020). Presence of FODMAPs in commonly eaten foods: extension of a database to indicate dietary FODMAP content and calculation of intake in the general population from food diary data. BMC Nutrition 6:47. doi:10.1186/s40795-020-00374-3 (tableaux supplémentaires, dont valeurs de Muir 2009)
Cut-offs per meal: Varney J. et al. (2017), J Gastroenterol Hepatol 32(S1):53-61. Colours apply to the food eaten on its own, for a person without specific tolerances.