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

Fresh asparagus

	min	10%	med	90%	max
Energy (kJ/100g)	79	79	105	117	117
Fat (%)	0	0	0.2	0.6	0.6
Saturated fat (%)	0	0	0.1	0.107	0.107
Carbohydrates (%)	0.95	0.95	3.5	3.96	3.96
Sugars (%)	0.1	0.1	1.8	2.2	2.2
Fiber (%)	1	1	1.7	2.09	2.09
Proteins (%)	1	1	2.2	3.4	3.4
Salt (%)	0	0	0.005	0.85	0.85
Fruit (%)			100

Frozen asparagus

	min	10%	med	90%	max
Energy (kJ/100g)	88	88	118	130	130
Fat (%)	0	0	0.2	0.7	1.0
Saturated fat (%)	0	0	0.1	0.1	0.2
Carbohydrates (%)	1.7	2	3.8	4.3	4.8
Sugars (%)	0	0.3	1.3	1.9	2.53
Fiber (%)	1	1.2	1.5	2.1	2.1
Proteins (%)	1	1.7	2.6	3.2	3.2
Salt (%)	0	0	0.001	0.011	0.025
Fruit (%)			100

Quality Monitoring

• 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 - none defined yet;

Last cleanup by hand on 7 sep 2024.

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;