Nuts and seeds · IFCT 2017
Safflower seeds
Kusuma ginjalu in Telugu, kusum in Hindi
- Energy
- 473 kcal
- Protein
- 17.7 g
- Carbs
- 30.2 g
- Fat
- 30.9 g
Per 100 g, as IFCT 2017 lists it.1 1 teaspoon is about 5 g.3
1 teaspoon, 5 g, gives you
- 23%of the day’s vitamin E
Nutrition facts
Percentages are of the daily target for a woman of 30, lightly active.2
Per 100 g
Energy
- Energy473 kcal27%
Carbohydrates
- Carbohydrate30.2 g11%
- Fibre13.5 g54%
- Soluble fibre3.25 g
Fats
- Fat30.9 g63%
- Saturated fat limit2.55 g13% of limit
- Monounsaturated fat3.59 g
- Polyunsaturated fat18.8 g
- Omega-618.8 g239%
- Omega-30.02 g2%
- EPA + DHA0 mg
- Cholesterol limit0 mg
Protein and amino acids
- Protein17.7 g35%
- Histidine431 mg72%
- Isoleucine652 mg54%
- Leucine1,116 mg48%
- Lysine627 mg58%
- Methionine + cystine413 mg69%
- Phenylalanine + tyrosine1,326 mg158%
- Threonine583 mg139%
- Tryptophan253 mg120%
- Valine768 mg98%
Vitamins
- Vitamin A0.17 µg<1%
- Vitamin B10.85 mg61%
- Vitamin B20.15 mg8%
- Vitamin B31.12 mg10%
- Vitamin B50.89 mg18%
- Vitamin B60.93 mg49%
- Biotin17.4 µg43%
- Folate82.4 µg37%
- Vitamin B120 µg0%
- Vitamin C0 mg0%
- Vitamin D0 µg0%
- Vitamin E35.1 mg468%
- Vitamin K8.8 µg16%
Minerals
- Calcium211 mg21%
- Chromium3 µg6%
- Copper0.56 mg33%
- IodineNot in the source data
- Iron4.06 mg14%
- Magnesium321 mg87%
- Manganese0.56 mg14%
- Molybdenum20 µg44%
- Phosphorus644 mg64%
- Potassium550 mg16%
- Selenium6.33 µg16%
- Sodium limit3.05 mg<1% of limit
- Zinc3.9 mg30%
Details
Where the numbers come from, and what the food is called.
Names
- Telugukusuma ginjalu
- Hindikusum
- Tamilkusumba
- Scientific nameCarthamus tinctorius
Household measures
- 1 teaspoonTeaspoon, DGI 2024 household measure5 g
Source
- TableIFCT 2017
- Food codeH019
- Nutrients with no valueIodine