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Because cooking concentrates spinach, a standard 1-cup serving of plain, boiled spinach has 41 calories, 5.4 grams of protein, just under half a gram of fat and 6.8 grams of carbohydrates, of which 4.3 grams are fiber. Accordingly, a cup of cooked spinach is a good source of dietary fiber.
Dietary Fiber. A 1-cup serving of sauerkraut contains 4.1 grams of dietary fiber, or about 16 percent of the total daily fiber intake recommended for healthy adults on a 2,000-calorie diet. Like its primary ingredient, cabbage, sauerkraut is a source of both soluble and insoluble fiber.