La i-endive iqukethe amanzi angama-94%Ngakho-ke, kunama-kilojoule amancane, okuwukudla okufanele ukukufaka ekudleni kokunciphisa umzimba. Ibuye ibe nento, i-intibin, ebhekele ukunambitheka kwayo okubabayo futhi inomphumela we-cholagogue, okungukuthi, isiza ukukhishwa kwe-gallbladder futhi ivuselele ukusebenza okufanele kwesibindi, okuncoma ukugaywa kwamafutha. Ingadliwa nsuku zonke, kepha akunconywa uma kwenzeka ukuvuvukala kwamathumbu noma i-dyspepsia, ngenxa yokuqukethwe kwayo kwe-fiber.
Ukusetshenziswa kwe-endive kuyalulekwa kulabo abaphethwe yikho ukuphazamiseka kwenyongo, isibindi esivilaphayo, i-dyspepsia, ukulahlekelwa isifiso sokudla njll. I-Endive iqukethe amaminerali afana ne-potassium, i-sodium, i-iron, i-calcium ne-phosphorus. Kukhona amavithamini ahlukahlukene anjenge-A, C, B1 ne-B2. Ngivumile ukukhetha i-endive enamaqabunga amasha, aqinile kakhulu, athambile futhi anombala omuhle oluhlaza, ikakhulukazi amaqabunga angaphandle.