Red cabbage contains up to eight times more vitamin C than white cabbage , which has a higher content of vitamin C than oranges , and pigments that give red color gives it a very important role as a drug .

Red cabbage contains several times more vitamins than green to whitish Surata and the strength of this vegetable is constituted by the wealth of pigments that give purple -violet and have a stimulating effect on immunity , antitumor and antioxidant extremely strong .

For its therapeutic effects is recommended to eat raw, as salad or juice, and pickled . Recent statistical studies show that populations that consume a lot of sauerkraut , certain forms of cancer rate is greatly reduced , suggesting that part of vitamins and antioxidants in cabbage kept in a significant percentage , after pickling .