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Cereals

Item No.

Commodity and description

Calories

Protein

Fat

Notes

(No. per 100 gm.)

(Percent)

Extraction rate

Can apply to other extraction rates

Percent

CEREALS


WHEAT, MEDIUM1 (or unspecified)

1

Whole meal or flour

334

12.2

2.3

100

94 to 100

2

Flour, medium extraction

350

11.7

1.5

85

80 to 93

3

Flour, white, low extraction

364

10.9

1.1

72

Less than 80


WHEAT, HARD1

4

Whole meal or flour

332

13.8

2.0

100

94 to 100

5

Flour, medium extraction

350

13.4

1.4

85

80 to 93

6

Flour, white, low extraction

364

12.7

1.1

72

Less than 80


WHEAT, SOFT1

7

Whole meal or flour

333

10.5

1.9

100

94 to 100

8

Flour, medium extraction

349

9.8

1.3

85

80 to 93

9

Flour, white, low extraction

365

8.6

1.1

72

Less than 80


RICE

10

Husked or brown (only hulls removed)

357

7.5

1.8

79

75 to 80

11

Home-pounded, undermilled, parboiled

359

7.1

1.1

72

70 to 74

12

Milled, white

360

6.7

0.7

67

Less than 70


RYE

13

Whole meal, dark flour

319

11

1.9

100

94 to 100

14

Flour, medium extraction

341

9

1.8

85

80 to 93

15

Flour, light, low extraction

349

7

1.2

70

Less than 80


BARLEY

16

Whole seed, except hulls, and groats

332

11

1.8

²65

60 to 70

17

Pearled, light or dark

346

9

1.4

³55

Less than 60


OATS

18

Oatmeal, rolled oats

385

13

7.5

45

40 to 50


MAIZE (Corn)

19

Grain or whole meal

356

9.5

4.3

100

97 to 100

20

Meal, coarse, bolted

360

9.3

4

93

90 to 96

21

Meal, fine, bolted and degerminated

363

8.4

1.2

85

Less than 90


BUCKWHEAT

22

Hulled, groats, dark flour

330

11

2

(90)

85 to 100

23

Light flour

344

6.4

1.2

(60)

Less than 85


QUINOA (Chenopodium quinoa)

24

Whole seeds

342

12

5

100

90 to 100

25

Flour

341

11

4

(85)

Less than 90

26

SORGHUM (Sorghum vulgare)

343

10.1

3.3

90

All rates


MILLET

27

Ragi (Eleusine coracana)

332

6.5

1.7

90

All rates

28

Foxtail (Setaria italica)

343

9.8

3

90

All rates

29

Proso (Panicum miliaceum)

338

11.8

2.4

90

All rates

30

Pearl or bajra (Pennisetum glaucum)

348

11.7

4.7

90

All rates

31

Unspecified millets

340

9.7

3

90

All rates

32

HOMINY, SAMP, MAIZE GRITS

361

8.4

0.7

52

All rates

33

MACARONI, SPAGHETTI, WHEAT PASTES

367

11

1.1

(69)

All rates


FARINA, SEMOLINA

Calculate composition from wheat flour, Item No. 3. 6. or 9.


MIXED GRAINS, MESLIN

Calculate from specific components, each country.


SPELT

Calculate from wheat, according to extraction used.

¹ Medium wheat in this table is considered to have between 13.4% and 15.0% protein (as N × 5.83) on the water-free basis; soft wheat is considered to have less than 13.4% and hard wheat more than 15.0% on the same basis

² That is, 65% of common varieties. Of the naked or hull-less varieties, the corresponding extraction is 100% and the figures can apply to any extraction over 90%.

3 That is, 55% of common varieties. Of the naked or hull-less varieties, the corresponding extraction is 85% and the figures can apply to any extraction under 90%.


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