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Iceberg Lettuce

Inventory, 24 ct : 38.81
This item was last sold on : 07/24/21

• 166 Featured Restaurants

• 21 Recipe Ideas

• 3 Sharess

Description/Taste

Iceberg lettuce is medium to large in size, averaging 25-30 centimeters in diameter, and is spherical in shape, similar to cabbage. The firm head is tightly packed with broad, thick, and crisp leaves that are concentrated with a high-water content. The leaves vary in color depending on the particular cultivar, but the outer leaves are typically light green while the inner leaves range from pale yellow to a translucent white. Iceberg lettuce is crunchy and juicy with a mild, sweet flavor.

Seasons/Availability

Iceberg lettuce is available year-round.

Current Facts

Iceberg lettuce, botanically classified as Lactuca sativa, is the name given to dozens of cultivars of lettuce, all of which are adapted to specific planting regions and time periods and belong to the Asteraceae family. Iceberg lettuce is one of the only lettuce varieties that does not occur in red form as well as green. Iceberg lettuce that is developed for supermarket standards is packed in the field into cartons and then immediately oxygen deprived, and vacuum cooled in cold rooms to remove field heat. This eliminates the opportunity for the lettuce to quickly break down. Iceberg lettuce is favored for its long storage capabilities, versatility in culinary applications, and crunchy texture.

Nutritional Value

Iceberg lettuce is a good source of potassium, iron, calcium, fiber and vitamins A, C, and K.

Applications

Iceberg lettuce is best suited for both raw and cooked applications such as braising and stir-frying. It is most well-known for its use in a cold wedge salad with Roquefort or blue cheese dressings, but it can also be shredded as a garnish, layered in sandwiches, used as a lettuce cup for fillings such as taco meat, shrimp, or chicken, or used to wrap burgers for a low-carb main dish. When cooked, Iceberg lettuce can be lightly braised or chopped and sautéed into a stir-fry, used similarly to cabbage. Iceberg lettuce pairs well with herbs such as basil, mint, and flat leaf parsley, lemon, honey, tomatoes, shallots, green onions, chives, hard-boiled eggs, bacon, pork, fish, shrimp, grilled chicken, and a classic vinaigrette of olive oil, dried herbs, and cider vinegar. The leaves will keep over a week when stored wrapped in a damp paper towel in a plastic bag in the crisper drawer of the refrigerator.

Ethnic/Cultural Info

Originally known as Crisphead lettuce due to its shape and texture, Iceberg lettuce was the first variety to be successfully transported across the United States. Before the transportation of Iceberg, lettuce was a local item that would be consumed where it was grown due to its short shelf life. In California, growers discovered that Iceberg lettuce could be covered in crushed ice and shipped across the country without the lettuce wilting. Known as the “Fresh Express,” Bruce Church is credited with the idea of shipping lettuce and Iceberg became the new popular name for the ice-covered lettuce.

Geography/History

Iceberg lettuce was developed from the French Crisphead lettuce, Batavia, by W. Atlee Burpee & Co. in 1894. It was originally named for its ice white color and crunchy texture, but its namesake evolved over the next half-century to reflect its icy method of shipment on the Trans Atlantic railroad. In the mid-20th century, Iceberg lettuce became a symbol of America's rapidly industrializing agricultural system as the Whirlpool Corporation developed controlled and modified atmospheres and packaging, giving Iceberg lettuce a greater shelf-life. This technological advance allowed for Iceberg lettuce to become one of the most important commercial lettuces worldwide. Today Iceberg lettuce is widely available and can be found at supermarkets, farmers markets, and specialty grocers in North America, Central America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Featured Restaurants

Restaurants currently purchasing this product as an ingredient for their menu.

UCSD Food & Nutrition Department Hillcrest	San Diego CA	619-380-9840
Truluck's Seafood Steak and Crab House	San Diego CA	858-453-2583
Convention Center Shell	San Diego CA
Pizza Kaiju LLC	San Diego CA	619-240-2716
Village Pizzeria Bay Side	Coronado CA	619-522-6890
Mission Pacific	Oceanside CA	760-450-7864
Fidel's Little Mexico Solana Beach	Solana Beach CA	858-755-5292
Third Corner Encinitas	Encinitas CA	619-417-9251
La Jolla Country Club	San Diego CA	858-454-9601
C 2 C	San Diego CA	619-972-9345
The Crack Shack Pasadena	Pasadena CA	360-556-3032
Madison	San Diego CA	619-822-3465
Tribute Pizza	San Diego CA	858-220-0030
WaterBar	San Diego CA	619-308-6500
The Local-Pacific Beach	San Diego CA	858-263-7475
Loving Hut	San Diego CA	619-855-5674
Continental Catering Inc	La Mesa CA	907-738-9264
Sublime Ale House-San Marcos	San Marcos CA
Cutwater Spirits	San Diego CA	619-672-3848
Moxy San Diego Gaslamp	San Diego CA	619-376-1850

the other 146...

Backyard Kitchen & Tap	San Diego CA	619-308-6500
Brigantine Coronado	Coronado CA	619-435-4166
Uptown Tavern	San Diego CA
Brigantine Escondido	Escondido CA	760-743-4718
Lodge at Torrey Pines Main	San Diego CA	858-453-4420
Born & Raised	San Diego CA	619-944-1631
The Trails	San Diego CA	619-581-5331
Harry's Coffee Shop	San Diego CA	858-454-7381
insideOUT	San Diego CA	619-888-8623
Landons East Meets West	San Marcos CA	760-304-4560
Cantina Mayahuel	San Diego CA	619-283-6292
Rare Society (Bar)	San Diego CA	619-501-6404
Brigantine La Mesa	La Mesa CA	619-465-1935
The Wise Ox	San Diego CA	619-851-0672
Shorehouse Kitchen	La Jolla CA	858-459-3300
Cardellino	San Diego CA	619-722-3398
Paradise Point Resort Main Kitchen	San Diego CA	858-490-6363
You & Yours Distilling (Kitchen)	San Diego CA	214-693-6619
Neighborhood Burger	San Diego CA	619-446-0002
Shogun Sportfishing	San Diego CA	619-226-8030
San Diego Yacht Club	San Diego CA	619-758-6334
Lafayette Hotel	San Diego CA	619-296-2101
Ketch Grill and Taps	San Diego CA	858-268-1030
Stout Public House	San Diego CA	619-702-7933
Home and Away Encinitas	Encinitas CA	619-886-1358
Marriott Courtyard	San Diego CA	619-446-3008
Georges at the Cove	San Diego CA	858-454-4244
Belching Beaver Brewery - Pub 980	Vista CA	760-420-7764
Morgan Run Resort and Club	Rancho Sante Fe CA	858-756-2471
Mission Bay Yacht Club	San Diego CA	858-488-0501 x14
Trust Restaurant	San Diego CA	609-780-7572
The Crack Shack-San Diego	San Diego CA	619-795-3299
The Crack Shack LA	Los Angeles CA	360-556-3032
Union Kitchen & Tap (Encinitas)	Encinitas CA	760-230-2337
Gaslamp Union Kitchen & Tap	San Diego CA	619-795-9463
Home & Away - Old Town	San Diego CA	619-886-1358
Mimmos Italian Village	San Diego CA	619-239-3710
Kettner Exchange	San Diego CA	909-915-9877
Love Boat Sushi-San Marcos	San Marcos CA	760-471-7722
Brigantine Imperial Beach	Imperial Beach CA	619-591-1350
Tahona (Kitchen)	San Diego CA	619-573-0289
Rabbit Hole	San Diego CA	619-255-4653
Duke's La Jolla	La Jolla CA	858-454-1999
Eddie V's Prime Seafood	San Diego CA	619-615-0281
The Roxy Encinitas	Encinitas CA	760-230-2899
Turf Supper Club	San Diego CA	619-234-6363
Coin-Op Game Room (Downtown)	San Diego CA	619-255-8864
Belmont Park Draft	San Diego CA	858-228-9283
University Club	San Diego CA	619-234-5200
Crust Pizzeria Carlsbad 2019	Carlsbad CA	760-944-1111
Crust Pizzeria-Carmel	San Diego CA	858-212-8751
Coin-Op Game Room	San Diego CA	818-448-0129
Toast Cafe	San Diego CA	858-208-9422
Crackheads	Carlsbad CA	760-450-6939
Claytons Galley	San Diego CA	619-324-4013
Olive Tree Marketplace	San Diego CA	619-224-0443
Bridges at Rancho Santa Fe	Rancho Santa Fe CA	858-759-6063
Pure Burger	Carlsbad CA	760-519-5377
SIE Culinary Management	San Diego CA	858-964-8677
Brigantine Del Mar	Del Mar CA	858-481-1166
Narumi Sushi	La Mesa CA	619-504-3071
Cass Street Bar & Grill	San Diego CA	858-414-2625
Graze	San Diego CA	619-839-9852
Weapon LPM	San Diego CA	619-564-2618
Bernardo Heights Country Club	San Diego CA	858-487-4022
Narumi Sushi (Lemon Grove)	Lemon Grove CA	619-461-1151
The Crack Shack-Encinitas	Encinitas CA	858-735-3093
Don Pietro	San Diego CA	619-255-7205
Baja Betty's	San Diego CA	619-269-8510
Brigantine Corp	San Diego CA	858-926-9644
The Seabird Resort	Oceanside CA	951-704-9703
J & Tonys	San Diego CA	855-634-7664
Milton's Delicatessen, Grill & Bakery	Del Mar CA	858-792-2225
Marriott Courtyard Nolen	San Diego CA	619-544-1004
US Grant Hotel Grill	San Diego CA	619-232-3121
Saint Mark Golf and Resort, LLC	San Marcos CA	508-320-6644
Royal Polaris Sportfishing	San Diego CA	619-226-8030
Brigantine Pt Loma	San Diego CA	619-224-2871
Farmer and The Seahorse 2020	San Diego CA	619-302-3682
Pete's Seafood and Sandwich	San Diego CA	619-852-1493
Eats by Sam	San Diego CA
Paradise Point Resort Tidal	San Diego CA	858-490-6363
Hash House A Go Go	San Diego CA	951-764-0605
Reata Glen	Ladera Ranch CA	949-545-2250
San Diego Freedom Ranch	Campo CA	619-478-5696
Catamaran	San Diego CA	858-488-1081
Park Hyatt Aviara (Ember & Rye)	Carlsbad CA	760-448-1234
Miguel's Cocina Coronado	Coronado CA	619-437-4237
Rare Society	San Diego CA	619-501-6404
The Butchery	San Diego CA	858-345-1524
Rubicon Deli-UTC	San Diego CA	619-200-4201
La Costa Glen North	Carlsbad CA	760-704-1436
Crust Pizzeria Solana Beach	Solana Beach CA	858-212-8751
SandBox Pizza	San Diego CA	858-272-7263
Lauberge Del Mar	Del Mar CA	858-259-1515
Fernside	San Diego CA	619-398-5156
Village Pizzaria	Coronado CA	619-522-6890
The Country Club Of Rancho Bernardo	San Diego CA	858-451-9100
Tomahawk Sportfishing	San Diego CA	619-909-6079
Urban Kitchen	San Diego CA	619-239-2222
Encontro North Park	San Diego CA	310-955-6333
Pacific Coast Spirits	Oceanside CA	925-381-5392
Redwing Bar & Grill	San Diego CA	619-281-8700
Green Acres Campus 2020	San Diego CA	858-450-9907
Belching Beaver Brewery Tavern and Grill	Vista CA	760-509-4424
Larsen's Steakhouse - La Jolla	San Diego CA	858-886-7561
Wheat & Water	La Jolla CA	858-291-8690
Sourdough & Co. San Marcos	San Marcos CA	858-218-4844
UCSD Food & Nutrition Department La Jolla	San Diego CA	808-868-8639
Fleming's Steakhouse La Jolla	San Diego CA	858-535-0078
The Crack Shack Costa Mesa	Costa Mesa CA	951-808-7790
La Costa Resort & Spa Main Kitchen	Carlsbad CA	760-930-7063
Rubicon Deli India Street	San Diego CA	619-200-4201
Casero Taqueria	Carlsbad CA	760-533-4997
Jo's Mission Hills Diner	San Diego CA	619-417-3801
Great Maple Hillcrest	San Diego CA	619-255-2282
Louisiana Purchase	San Diego CA
Brigantine Poway	Poway CA	858-486-3066
The Original 40 Brewing	San Diego CA	619-206-4725
Eddie V's La Jolla	La Jolla CA	858-459-5500
Scrimshaw Coffee	San Diego CA	951-663-2207
Lil Piggy's	Coronado CA	619-522-6890
Urbn Pizza Kitchen	San Diego CA	619-255-7300
Jake's Del Mar	Del Mar CA	858-755-2002
Cliffhanger Cafe Menu	San Diego CA	858-452-9858
Alila Marea Beach Resort	Encinitas CA	805-539-9719
AToN Center Inc.	Encinitas CA	858-759-5017
Elks Lodge 2698	Lakeside CA	619-390-4949
Pendry SD (Lion Fish)	San Diego CA	619-738-7000
Viewpoint Brewing Co.	Del Mar CA	858-205-9835
ALCE 101	Solana Beach CA	619-886-0059
Cody's at the Cove	La Jolla CA	858-459-0040
Monarch	Del Mar CA	619-308-6500
The Bellows	San Marcos CA	619-395-6325
Third Corner Ocean Beach	San Diego CA	619-223-2700
Sandbar Sports Grill	Mission Beach CA	619-276-6700 x304
The Loma Club	San Diego CA	619-222-4653
Tipsy Crow	San Diego CA
Lodge at Torrey Pines Grill	San Diego CA	858-453-4420
Siesel's Meats	San Diego CA	619-275-1234
Portside Pier (Brigantine)	San Diego CA	858-268-1030
Bobs Specialty Meats	Escondido CA	760-839-6850
Galaxy Taco	La Jolla CA	858-228-5655
InterContinental Vistal Kitchen	San Diego CA	619-501-9400
Chateau Lake San Marcos	San Marcos CA	760-670-5807
Cape Rey Carlsbad, a Hilton Resort	Carlsbad CA	760-602-0800

Recipe Ideas

Recipes that include Iceberg Lettuce. One

is easiest, three is harder.

Healthy Delicious		Duck and Shitake Lettuce Wraps with Cashew Sauce
Gimme Delicious Food		5 Minute Buffalo Chicken Wraps
Sailu's Kitchen		Mango Lettuce Salad
Lexi's Clean Kitchen		Low Carb Lettuce Wrap Sandwich
The Perfect Pantry		Stir-Fried Garlic Lettuce
Grits and Pinecones		Spicy Buffalo Shrimp Po' Boy Sandwich
Your Homebased Mom		In-n-Out Burger Copycat
E is for Eat		Iceberg Lettuce Mini Wedge Salads with Blue Cheese Dressing
Simply Stacie		Taco Grilled Cheese Sandwich
I Heart Naptime		Chicken Club Lettuce Wraps

the other 11...

Kalyn's Kitchen		Low-Carb Turkey Picadillo Lettuce Wraps
Taste and Tell		Iceberg Salad with Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing
Cooking Classy		Slow Cooker Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Cooking And Beer		Iceberg Wedge Salads with Soft-Boiled Eggs and Grilled Bacon
White on Rice Couple		Bacon Lettuce Tomato (BLT) Spring Roll
Honey & Birch		Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Lettuce Wraps
Diary of a Recipe Collector		Chicken Fajita Wedge Salad
My Cooking Hut		Melon, Tomatoes, Mozzarella & Lettuce Salad
Living Chirpy		Blackened Mahi Lettuce Tacos with Cajun Remoulade
Home Made Interest		Low Carb Big Mac Bites
Skinny Fitalicious		Bacon Guacamole Chicken Salad

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Kalivis SA
Central market of Athens L-27

Near Athens, Attiki, Greece
About 563 days ago, 1/09/20
Sharer's comments : Iceberg lettuce 🥬 Spanish production

Central market of Athens Greece

Athinagoras LTD
Central market of Athens Greece G-43

Near Athens, Attiki, Greece
About 661 days ago, 10/03/19
Sharer's comments : Iceberg lettuce 🥬 Origin from Holland

Central market of Athens Greece

Froutooasis LTD
Central market of Athens Z-26-28

Near Athens, Attiki, Greece
About 698 days ago, 8/27/19
Sharer's comments : Iceberg from Netherlands 🇳🇱