Grape Leaves: Calories, Raw Portions and Filled Rolls

Grape Leaf

3 g

Calculation basis: USDA SR28 11974: raw edible grape leaves, with tough stems excluded, per 100 g.

Calculated from the 100 g values. — means unknown, not zero. ~ indicates an estimated serving weight.

3kcal

Carbohydrate0.5 g 63%

Protein0.2 g 20%

Fat0.1 g 17%

Grape Leaf Nutrition Values

Nutrients	100 g	1 Reference leaf (3 g)
Calories(kcal)	93	3
Carbohydrate (g)	17.31	0.52
Protein (g)	5.6	0.17
Fat (g)	2.12	0.06
Fiber (g)	11	0.33
Cholesterol (mg)	0	0
Sodium (mg)	9	0.27
Potassium (mg)	272	8.16
Calcium (mg)	363	10.89
Iron (mg)	2.63	0.08
Vitamin A (µg RAE)	1376	41.28
Vitamin C (mg)	11.1	0.33

Values are calculated from a 100 g basis. The product, recipe and serving amount can change the result. See the food-specific notes below for the reference used.

Dietitian's Tips for Consuming Grape Leaf

The edible portion of raw grape leaves provides 93 calories per 100 g, or about 28 in 30 g. Those values describe unfilled leaves. They do not represent dolmas containing rice, oil or meat.

How much does one leaf or ten leaves weigh?

The reference gives 3 g as an example weight for one leaf, providing about 3 calories. Ten leaves count as about 28 calories only if their edible weight totals 30 g. Leaf size and thickness vary, so counting a bunch cannot replace weighing it. Remove tough stems before weighing the portion used in the calculation.

A 30 g portion supplies about 3.3 g fibre, 1.68 g protein, 5.19 g total carbohydrate and 413 micrograms RAE vitamin A. Calcium is 108.9 mg and vitamin C is 3.33 mg. Cooking changes weight and nutrient content, so the raw-leaf figures should not be assigned directly to boiled leaves.

Separating raw leaves, brined leaves and stuffed rolls

For homemade dolmas, weigh the leaves and filling separately. Rice, oil and meat alter the total energy; ten stuffed rolls cannot be calculated from ten empty leaves alone. A packaged dolma needs its own panel, while a homemade batch needs the ingredients and final cooked weight.

The raw-leaf reference gives only 2.7 mg sodium in 30 g. A separate Turkish composition record for brined grape leaves gives 750.6 mg at the same weight. The difference shows why preparation matters, but the records are not before-and-after measurements of the same leaves.

In the meat-filled vine leaf roll example, the leaves, rice, beef and oil all contribute to the cooked dish.

Reference and measurement limits

The source is USDA SR28 record 11974, Grapeleaves, raw, a general reference based on older analyses. Tough stems are already excluded from the edible 100 g basis; do not deduct the stem loss again from the table. Carbohydrate is calculated by difference and includes fibre. The values 1376 micrograms RAE and 27521 IU per 100 g use different vitamin A units and are not interchangeable.