Cereals · IFCT 2017
Amaranth seed, pale brown
Amaranthus cruentus
- Energy
- 356 kcal
- Protein
- 13.3 g
- Carbs
- 61.5 g
- Fat
- 5.56 g
Per 100 g, as IFCT 2017 lists it.1
100 g gives you
- 28%of the day’s iron
- 19%of the day’s zinc
- 16%of the day’s calcium
- 11%of the day’s folate
Nutrition facts
Percentages are of the daily target for a woman of 30, lightly active.2
Per 100 g
Energy
- Energy356 kcal20%
Carbohydrates
- Carbohydrate61.5 g22%
- Fibre7.47 g30%
- Soluble fibre1.67 g
Fats
- Fat5.56 g11%
- Saturated fat limit1.14 g6% of limit
- Monounsaturated fat1.04 g
- Polyunsaturated fat2.27 g
- Omega-62.22 g28%
- Omega-30.04 g4%
- EPA + DHA0 mg
- Cholesterol limit0 mg
Protein and amino acids
- Protein13.3 g26%
- Histidine263 mg44%
- Isoleucine378 mg32%
- Leucine656 mg28%
- Lysine730 mg68%
- Methionine + cystine459 mg77%
- Phenylalanine + tyrosine1,042 mg124%
- Threonine397 mg95%
- Tryptophan224 mg107%
- Valine571 mg73%
Vitamins
- Vitamin A0 µg0%
- Vitamin B10.04 mg3%
- Vitamin B20.04 mg2%
- Vitamin B30.52 mg5%
- Vitamin B50.28 mg6%
- Vitamin B60.33 mg17%
- Biotin1.87 µg5%
- Folate24.6 µg11%
- Vitamin B120 µg0%
- Vitamin C0 mg0%
- Vitamin D0 µg0%
- Vitamin E0.15 mg2%
- Vitamin K2.5 µg5%
Minerals
- Calcium162 mg16%
- Chromium92 µg184%
- Copper0.56 mg33%
- IodineNot in the source data
- Iron8.02 mg28%
- Magnesium270 mg73%
- Manganese4.44 mg111%
- Molybdenum49 µg109%
- Phosphorus412 mg41%
- Potassium413 mg12%
- Selenium21.4 µg53%
- Sodium limit2.81 mg<1% of limit
- Zinc2.52 mg19%
Details
Where the numbers come from, and what the food is called.
Names
- Scientific nameAmaranthus cruentus
Household measures
- 1 small katoriSmall (115 ml) katori, DGI 2024 household measure100 g
Source
- TableIFCT 2017
- Food codeA002
- Nutrients with no valueIodine