Planasa enters in the endive world in 1976 when many did not believe that this product could be given in a dry and hot climate as the one present at the Riverside of Navarra since it is usually cultivated in humid climates as in Northern Europe.
After several years of fruitless efforts, we finally developed a reliable production technology. The endive of Planasa is cultivated indoors, in forcing rooms using hydroponic processes. The result is small, beautiful vegetable, ivory white in colour with a touch of yellow and a fresh, slightly bitter flavour.
Although at the beginning the product was accepted reluctantly, Spanish consumers have eventually developed a taste for this particular fresh product, with its characteristic flavour and the multiple recipe possibilities that it offers.
Planasa has capacity and facilities to present the fresh endive to the market all 365 days year around.
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND ENERGY VALUES OF THE ENDIVE:
PARAMETERS |
ENDIVE |
Humidity % |
94,8 |
Ashes % |
0,4 |
Grease % |
0,2 |
Proteins (factor 6,25) |
0,8 |
Brute fibre % |
0,7 |
Carbohydrates % |
3,1 |
PARAMETERS |
ENDIVE values / 100 g |
% RDV |
Energy kcal/100 g |
18,0 |
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Energy kJ/100 g |
73,0 |
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Calcium mg/100 g |
26,4 |
3,3 |
Phosphorous mg/100 g |
28,0 |
3,5 |
Magnesium mg/100 g |
16,3 |
5,4 |
Iron mg/100 g |
0,2 |
1,6 |
Zinc mg/100 g |
0,2 |
1,1 |
Vitamin-C mg/100 g |
< 0,5 |
— |
Vitamin-A µg/100 g |
< 20 |
— |
Vitamin-E mg/100 g |
< 0,2 |
— |
Vitamin-B1 mg/100 g |
0,1 |
3,6 |
Vitamin-B6 mg/100 g |
0,0 |
1,0 |
Vitamin-B2 mg/100 g |
0,0 |
1,3 |
Vitamin-B12 µg/100 g |
< 0,1 |
— |
Vitamin-B9 µg/100 g |
3,0 |
2,0 |
Vitamin-B3 mg/100 g |
0,4 |
2,4 |
Vitamin-D µg/100 g |
< 0,5 |
— |
Biotin mg/100 g |
0,0 |
2,0 |
Pantotenic Acid mg/100 g |
0,1 |
1,3 |
RDV: Recommended Day Value
