Nutritional Facts of Buckwheat

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Product Nutritional Facts

Nutritional facts of buckwheat farinetta (bran), groat, grit, fancy flour, supreme flour, and whole seed based on 100 g sample analysis.

General Nutrition of Buckwheat
Item	Unit	Farinetta	Groat	Fancy Flour	Supreme Flour	Grit	Whole Seed
Water	%	9.5	13.33	14.27	12.89	13.43	12.4
Calories	cal	388.1	356.6	347.5	355.6	349.3	-
Total Fat	g	10.0	3.38	1.43	2.42	0.92	2.3
Cholesterol	g	<1.0	<1.0	<1.0	<1.0	<1.0	0.0
Carbohydrate	g	39.2	68.0	76.9	73.3	80.6	73.3
Protein	g	35.32	13.54	6.76	10.16	4.66	12.3
Dietary Fiber	g	12.11	4.16	1.46	2.96	1.65	10.9
Ash	g	5.96	1.79	0.60	1.25	0.40	2.1

Mineral Contents of Buckwheat
Item	Farinetta	Groat/Kasha	Fancy Flour	Supreme Flour	Grit	Whole Seed
	---------------------------------------mg/100g-----------------------------
Calcium	33.1	13.10	7.6	18.4	9.2	NA*
Magnesium	641.0	267.6	65.3	253.0	NA*	NA*
Phosphorus	1527.0	490.0	83.3	416.7	83.3	NA*
Potassium	1594.0	565.0	145.0	500.3	NA*	NA*
Sodium	7.0	<0.2	<0.2	<0.2	<0.2	NA*
Iron	7.3	3.10	2.2	3.5	1.5	NA*
Zinc	8.9	2.9	0.6	2.8	NA*	NA*
Copper	1.1	0.7	0.4	7.0	NA*	NA*
Manganese	5.8	1.6	0.5	1.8	NA*	NA*
* Not Available

Vitamin Contents of Buckwheat
Item	Farinetta	Groat/Kasha	Fancy Flour	Supreme Flour	Grit	Whole Seed
	------------------------------------mg/100g---------------------
Thiamin-B1	0.10	0.55	0.09	0.42	0.63	NA**
Riboflavin-B2	0.43	0.08	0.05	0.19	0.09	NA**
Niacin-B3	7.02	4.88	0.48	6.15	5.13	NA**
Pantothenic acid	1.23	NA**	NA**	0.44	NA**	NA**
Vitamin-B6	0.21	NA**	0.09	0.58	NA**	NA**
Folacin*	30.0	NA**	102	54.00	NA**	NA**
Vitamin-P	46.5	7.1	4.6	19.30	NA**	NA**
microgram, * Not Available

Nutraceutical Components of Buckwheat
Item	Farinetta	Groat	Fancy Flour	Supreme Flour	Grit	Whole Seed
	------------------------------------mg/100g---------------------
Water*	12.6	11.8	13.4	13.2	13.8	12.4
Protein*	25-40	12.3	6.5	10.3	11.3	12.3
Flavonoid Rutin	47	7.1	4.6	19.30	NA**	NA**
D-chiro-inositol	1371	287	143	384	64	NA**
Total fagopyritol	2600	565	276	741	NA**	128
-fago A1	308	56	31	85	12	NA**
-fago A2	189	36	19	47	9	NA**
-fago A3	92	26	15	33	11	NA**
-fago B1	1796	393	187	518	79	NA**
-fago B2	216	53	24	58	17	NA**
-fago B3	tr	tr	tr	tr	tr	NA**
* % values, tr = trace, ** Not Available

Nutritional Facts of Yellow, Brown, Oriental Mustard, and Confection Sunflower
Components	Yellow	Brown	C. Sunflower
	----------------------------------g/100g---------------------------
Calories	446	451	570
Calories from fat	275	311	450
Protein	30.0	34.4	22
Carbohydrate	16.9	23	18
Fats	30.4	34.5	50
Saturated FA	2.3	1.7	6
Mono USFA*	17.2	27.3	13
Poly USFA	10.9	5.6	31
Sodium	<1mg	13mg	<5mg
Vitamin A	38 IU	200 IU	<10 IU
Vitamin C	<2mg	31mg	<0.5mg
Calcium	270mg	114mg	88mg
Iron	3.3mg	7.6mg	5mg
Cholesterol	2.6mg	1.2mg	0
Total Dietary Fiber	16.9	9.5	10
* Unsaturated fatty acids