Lettuce

40 g of lettuce is 7 kcal and mainly feeds your bones, eyes and lungs.

PER 40 G AS BOUGHT · 7 KCAL

The portion is what one serving of PeakPie's own recipes typically uses of this ingredient.

What it feeds

Bones7 of 100
Vitamin K: 39%of a day’s target in this portion.
Eyes7 of 100
Vitamin A: 22%of a day’s target in this portion.
Lungs5 of 100
Beta-carotene: 35%of a day’s target in this portion.
Gut4 of 100
Vitamin A: 22%of a day’s target in this portion.
Immune4 of 100
Vitamin A: 22%of a day’s target in this portion.
Skin4 of 100
Vitamin A: 22%of a day’s target in this portion.
Heart2 of 100
Potassium: 3%of a day’s target in this portion.
Kidneys2 of 100
Potassium: 3%of a day’s target in this portion.
Brain1 of 100
Folate (B9): 5%of a day’s target in this portion.
Liver1 of 100
Folate (B9): 5%of a day’s target in this portion.
Muscles1 of 100
Potassium: 3%of a day’s target in this portion.

The score is what this one portion would do for the organ on an otherwise empty day, against PeakPie’s daily targets for an adult aged 19 to 50 (protein at 70 kg). Your own targets in the app follow your age, sex, weight and activity.

What’s in 40 g

NUTRIENT	AMOUNT	OF A DAY
Vitamin K	41mcg	39%
Beta-carotene	2,092mcg	35%
Vitamin A	174 mcg RAE	22%
Lutein/Zeaxanthin	0.9mg	8%
Folate (B9)	20 mcg DFE	5%
Potassium	101mg	3%
Iron	0.4mg	3%
B6	0mg	2%
Fiber	0.7g	2%
Vitamin C	1.8mg	2%
Copper	0mg	2%

Watch out

Sugars0.5g · 1% of the UK reference intake

What may be claimed

Lettuce is a source of Vitamin A, Vitamin K. These are the authorised wordings from the GB Nutrition and Health Claims Register for those nutrients, the only health claims anyone may make about this food.

Vitamin A

Vitamin A contributes to the maintenance of normal vision.
Vitamin A contributes to the maintenance of normal skin.
Vitamin A contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
Vitamin A contributes to the maintenance of normal mucous membranes.
Vitamin A contributes to normal iron metabolism.

A fat-soluble vitamin your retina uses to turn light into nerve signals. Skin and immune cells also depend on it to renew themselves.

Vitamin K

Vitamin K contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.
Vitamin K contributes to normal blood clotting.

Two related vitamins: K1 activates blood clotting, while K2 steers calcium into bones and teeth instead of arteries.

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