SHakl, hajm va rangi navi shalgam (zard, surkh, bunafsh, safed) gunogunand. SHalgam sabzavoti tezras va sergizoest. SHalgam manbai vitamini S to 63 mg% ast. Dar on vitaminhoi V1, V2, RR, A (karotin) niz mavjudand. Dar shalgam to 90 % qand, to 2 % safeda, namakhoi minerali va gayra hast.
SHalgam rastanii dorugii qadimist. Masalan, ba gufti Abuali ibni Sino marhame, ki az tukhmi shalgam tayyor mekunand, varami qadkashakro megardonad. SHalgam inchunin ba gurda va qafasi sina mufid ast. Az on khurish tayyor menamoyad va ba taom (shurbo, khurokhoi ravon) du se qism yo nakhudi karda meandozand.