Millets · IFCT 2017
Bajra
Sajja pindi in Telugu, bajra in Hindi
- Energy
- 348 kcal
- Protein
- 11 g
- Carbs
- 61.8 g
- Fat
- 5.43 g
Per 100 g, as IFCT 2017 lists it.1 1 small katori is about 80 g.3
1 small katori, 80 g, gives you
- 18%of the day’s iron
- 17%of the day’s zinc
- 13%of the day’s folate
- 37%of the day’s fibre
Nutrition facts
Percentages are of the daily target for a woman of 30, lightly active.2
Per 100 g
Energy
- Energy348 kcal20%
Carbohydrates
- Carbohydrate61.8 g22%
- Fibre11.5 g46%
- Soluble fibre2.34 g
Fats
- Fat5.43 g11%
- Saturated fat limit0.88 g4% of limit
- Monounsaturated fat1.05 g
- Polyunsaturated fat1.98 g
- Omega-61.84 g23%
- Omega-30.14 g14%
- EPA + DHA0 mg
- Cholesterol limit0 mg
Protein and amino acids
- Protein11 g22%
- Histidine236 mg39%
- Isoleucine378 mg32%
- Leucine934 mg40%
- Lysine350 mg32%
- Methionine + cystine366 mg61%
- Phenylalanine + tyrosine821 mg98%
- Threonine389 mg93%
- Tryptophan146 mg70%
- Valine525 mg67%
Vitamins
- Vitamin A2.35 µg<1%
- Vitamin B10.25 mg18%
- Vitamin B20.2 mg11%
- Vitamin B30.86 mg8%
- Vitamin B50.5 mg10%
- Vitamin B60.27 mg14%
- Biotin0.64 µg2%
- Folate36.1 µg16%
- Vitamin B120 µg0%
- Vitamin C0 mg0%
- Vitamin D0 µg0%
- Vitamin E0.24 mg3%
- Vitamin K2.85 µg5%
Minerals
- Calcium27.4 mg3%
- Chromium25 µg50%
- Copper0.54 mg32%
- IodineNot in the source data
- Iron6.42 mg22%
- Magnesium124 mg34%
- Manganese1.12 mg28%
- Molybdenum50 µg111%
- Phosphorus289 mg29%
- Potassium365 mg10%
- Selenium30.4 µg76%
- Sodium limit4.11 mg<1% of limit
- Zinc2.76 mg21%
Details
Where the numbers come from, and what the food is called.
Names
- Telugusajja pindi
- Hindibajra
- Tamilkambu maavu
- Kannadasajje
- Malayalamkambam
- Scientific namePennisetum typhoideum
Household measures
- 1 small katoriSmall (155 ml) katori, DGI 2024 household measure80 g
Source
- TableIFCT 2017
- Food codeA003
- Nutrients with no valueIodine
Used in 3 dishes
Andhra dishes first, then the ones that use the most. Grams are for one standard serving of the dish, weighed raw.