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Wheat Flour (Background), Type 550

g Wheat Flour
338 KCAL KCAL / 100g
12g Protein
1.3g Fat
69.5g Carbohydrates
Wheat Flour

Wheat Flour (Background), Type 550

Nutri-Score: A (-4)

338 KCAL / 100g
12g Protein
1.3g Fat
69.5g Carbohydrates

Nutrients

Nutrients
Name / 100g
Alanine 0.4 g
Arginine 0.5 g
Ash 0.5 g
Aspartic acid 0.5 g
Betaine 3 mg
Boron 20 mg
Calcium 11 mg
Carbohydrate 69.5 g
Chlorine 45 mg
Cholesterol 1 mg
Chromium 2 µg
Cobalt 1 µg
Copper 0.1 mg
Cystine 0.3 g
Fat 1.3 g
Fatty monounsaturated 0.2 g
Fatty polyunsaturated 0.7 g
Fatty saturated 0.3 g
Fatty trans 1 g
Fiber 3.5 g
Fiber insoluble 2.3 g
Fiber soluble 1.2 g
Fluoride 10 mg
Folate 16 µg
Fructose 0.03 g
Galactose 1 g
Glicemyc Index 70 µg
Glucose 0.03 g
Glutamic acid 3.5 g
Glutamine 3.9 g
Glycine 0.4 g
Histidine 0.3 g
Inulin 0.1 g
Iodine 0.9 µg
Iron 1.5 mg
Isoleucine 0.4 g
Lactose 1 g
Leucine 0.8 g
Lignin 0.1 g
Lutein 20 µg
Lysine 0.3 g
Magnesium 34 mg
Malic acid 5 g
Maltose 0.03 g
Manganese 0.7 mg
Methionine 0.2 g
Molybdenum 10 µg
Natron 2.1 g
Nickel 5 mg
Omega 3 0.02 g
Omega 6 0.65 g
Oxalic acid 10 mg
Phenylalanine 0.5 g
Phosphorus 120 mg
Phytosterols 15 mg
Potassium 100 mg
Proline 1.2 g
Protein 12 g
Salt 0.01 g
Selenium 2.3 µg
Serine 0.5 g
Silica 5 mg
Sodium 2 mg
Starch 68.2 g
Sucrose 0.2 g
Sugar 0.3 g
Sugar added 1 g
Sulfur 110 mg
Threonine 0.3 g
Total sugar alcohols 1 g
Tryptophan 0.1 g
Tyrosine 0.3 g
Valine 0.5 g
Vitamin A 1 µg
Vitamin B1 (Thiamin) 0.21 mg
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) 0.04 mg
Vitamin B3 (Niacin) 0.32 mg
Vitamin B4 (Choline) 25 mg
Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid) 0.48 mg
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) 0.16 mg
Vitamin B7 (Biotin) 1 mg
Vitamin B9 (Folate) 16 µg
Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid) 1 mg
Vitamin D 1 µg
Vitamin E 1.2 mg
Vitamin K 180 µg
Water 15.1 g
Zeaxanthin 5 µg
Zinc 1.1 mg
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