Category/Vegetables/Asparagus

The category Asparagus is a perennial flowering plant species in the genus Asparagus native to Eurasia. Widely cultivated as a vegetable crop, its young shoots are used as a spring vegetable.

Super-categories

The super (parent) categories of Asparagus are:

• Vegetable rods;
• etc.

Sub-categories

These subcategories are orthogonal: a product can be assigned one or more of the subcategories.

By type

• Green asparagus;
• Purple asparagus;
• White asparagus;

By presentation

• Canned asparagus for Asparagus in glass pots and cans;
• Fresh asparagus for Asparagus raw in "bottes";
• Frozen asparagus for Asparagus found in the frozen aisles;

By size

• Minature asparagus;

By treatment

• Peeled asparagus

By origin

• Austria
  • Marchfeldspargel;
• France
  • Asperges des Sables des Landes;
  • Asperges du Blayais;
• Germany
  • Abensberger Spargel;
  • Walbecker Spargel;
  • Spargel aus Franken;
• Italy
  • Asparago verde di Altedo;
  • Asparago di Badoere;
  • Asparago Bianco di Bassano;
  • Asparago di Cantello;
  • Asparago bianco di Cimadolmo;
• Netherlands
  • Brabantse Wal asperges;
• Spain
  • Espárrago de Huétor-Tájar;
  • Espárrago de Navarra;
• United Kingdom
  • Vale of Evesham Asparagus;

Related categories

The ingredient Asparagus occurs in some 390 categories. Several of these categories highlight Asparagus:

• Prepared asparagus - for products where other ingredients have been added;
• Asparagus soups - for reheatable and dried soups and asparagus cream soups;

Ingredients

Canned Asparagus

Required ingredients

The following single ingredient is required for products in this category:

• Asparagus
• Water

Optional ingredients

• Salt - Most Canned Asparagus have salt added.
• Antioxidant;

Disallowed ingredients

• Herbs - should be in Prepared asparagus;
• Spices - should be in Prepared asparagus;

Fresh Asparagus

Required ingredients

The following single ingredient is required for products in this category:

• Asparagus

Depending on the type subcategory this can be green, violet or white asparagus.

Optional ingredients

none

Disallowed ingredients

everything else

Production process/labels

not yet looked at

Nutritional information

Canned asparagus

	lower	min	25%	med	75%	max	upper
Energy (kJ/100g)	32.76	33.6	63	71.4	83.16	113.4	113.4
Fat (%)	0	0	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.9	1.1
Saturated fat (%)	0	0	0	0	0.1	0.24	0.25
Carbohydrates (%)	0.25	0.7	1.6	1.9	2.5	4.7	3.85
Sugars (%)	0	0	0.8	1.1	1.5	3.5	2.6
Fiber (%)	0.35	0.5	1.1	1.4	1.6	2.31	2.35
Proteins (%)	0	0	1.1	1.3	1.9	3	3.1
Salt (%)		0.15	0.7	0.79	0.91	1.27	1.2

Fresh asparagus

	lower	min	25%	med	75%	max	upper
Energy (kJ/100g)	56.7	79.8	88.2	96.6	109.2	117.6	140.7
Fat (%)	0	0	0.08	0.2	0.36	0.6	0.79
Saturated fat (%)	0	0	0	0.07	0.1	0.11	0.25
Carbohydrates (%)	0.53	0.95	2.45	3.5	3.73	3.96	3.85
Sugars (%)	0	0.1	0.53	1.8	1.8	2.2	3.8
Fiber (%)	0.75	1	1.5	1.7	2	2.09	2.75
Proteins (%)	1.3	2.16	2.2	2.2	2.8	3.4	3.7
Salt (%)	0	0	0	0.005	0.01	0.1	0.025
Fruit (%)				100

Frozen asparagus

	lower	min	10%	25%	med	75%	90%	max	upper
Energy (kJ/100g)	56	79.8	88	98	117.8	126	130	130.2	168
Fat (%)	0	0	0	0.05	0.2	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.68
Saturated fat (%)	0	0	0	0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.25
Carbohydrates (%)	0.35	1.7	2	2.6	3.65	4.1	4.3	4.8	6.35
Sugars (%)	0	0	0.3	0.32	1.3	1.9	1.9	2.53	4.3
Fiber (%)	0	1	1.2	0	1.2	1.6	2.1	2.1	4
Proteins (%)	1.45	1.7	1.7	2,2	2.53	2.7	3.2	3.2	3.45
Salt (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0.007	0.011	0.011	0.02
Fruit (%)					100

Comparing categories

The categories can be compared for each nutritional value

Energy

Energy

There is a significant difference between the energy of the canned products and the fresh/frozen products.

Fat

Fat

Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates

The carbohydrates seem reduced for the Canned Asparagus.

Sugars

Sugars

No difference between categories.

Fiber

Fibre

Seems the same across categories. The frozen zero values seem in error.

Proteins

Proteins

The fresh and frozen categories are comparable. The canned category has less proteins. Is this due to the dilution by water?

Salt

Salt

The figure shows the violin plots and data of three asparagus subcategories. For the fresh and frozen subcategories there is not much data. However for the Canned Asparagus there is a lot of data. It is clear that salt has been added for all of the products. The box-plot also allows to identify the outlier limits (upper and lower) for each category.

Quality Monitoring

• Errors
• Single ingredient check:
  • Fresh asparagus should only contain the ingredient Asparagus;
  • Frozen asparagus should only contain the ingredient Asparagus;
• Opposites:
  • Canned asparagus, Frozen asparagus and Fresh asparagus should not be assigned simultaneously;
  • Green asparagus, Purple asparagus and White asparagus should not be assigned simultaneously;
• Nutritional values envelope based on lower and upper limits:
• Fresh Asparagus - Mirabelle;
• Frozen Asparagus - Mirabelle

Last cleanup by hand on 28 sep 2024.

• Canned Asparagus - Mirabelle

Sales format

Asparagus is sold by:

• package - for frozen Asparagus, for pots/tins or pre-packed in the vegetables aisles;
• weight - in the bulk vegetable aisles;

Issues

none

References

• Asparagus@wikipedia;
• asparagus@wiktionary;
• Asparagus (food)@wikidata;