Per 100g, turnip brings 28 calories with 6.4g of carbs (most of which is fiber). High-volume eating done right — easy to enjoy in cup-after-cup quantities.
Calories scale with portion. Here's how a typical turnip serving translates in your tracker:
Very low calorie — at 28 kcal per 100g, turnip adds volume to a meal without meaningfully denting a calorie deficit.
How turnip stacks up on calories and protein against foods people commonly compare it to:
Point your iPhone camera at turnip and Spotwell's on-device AI estimates the portion and macros in under a second — no manual entry, no barcode hunting.
Download on theApp StoreTurnip has approximately 28 calories per 100g. A typical serving — 3 oz (85g) — comes in at 24 calories.
0.9g of protein per 100g. That puts turnip at roughly 3.2g of protein per 100 calories — a useful lens when comparing to other vegetables sources.
The simplest method: weigh it on a kitchen scale, then enter grams in your tracker. With Spotwell, you can skip the scale — point the camera at the plate and the AI estimates the portion in under a second. Adjust the value if it looks off.
It depends on your overall calorie target. Turnip is naturally low-calorie at 28 kcal per 100g, so it's easy to fit into a deficit.