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Cereals

Item No.

Commodity and description

Water

Protein

Fat

Carbohydrate

Ash

Calories

Notes

Refuse in A.P

Total (by dif.)

Fiber

Extraction rate

Can apply to other extraction rates:

Percent of edible portion

(No. per 100 gm.)

Percent

(Percent)

CEREALS


WHEAT, MEDIUM1 (OR UNSPECIFIED)

1

Whole meal or flour

12

12.2

2.3

71.8

2.1

1.7

334

100

94 to 100

0

2

Flour, medium extraction

12

11.7

1.5

74.3

0.5

0.5

350

85

80 to 93

0

3

Flour, white, low extraction

12

10.9

1.1

75.5

0.3

0.5

364

72

Less than 80

0


WHEAT, HARD1

4

Whole meal or flour

12

13.8

2.0

70.2

2.4

2.0

332

100

94 to 100

0

5

Flour, medium extraction

12

13.4

1.4

72.7

0.4

0.5

350

85

80 to 93

0

6

Flour, white, low extraction

12

12.7

1.1

73.7

0.3

0.5

364

72

Less than 80

0


WHEAT, SOFT1

7

Whole meal or flour

12

10.5

1.9

73.9

2.1

1.7

333

100

94 to 100

0

8

Flour, medium extraction

12

9.8

1.3

76.2

0.4

0.7

349

85

80 to 93

0

9

Flour, white, low extraction

12

8.6

1.1

77.9

0.2

0.4

365

72

Less than 80

0


RICE

10

Husked or brown (only hulls removed)

13

7.5

1.8

76.7

0.8

1.0

357

79

75 to 80

0

11*

Home-pounded, undermilled, parboiled

13

7.1

1.1

78.0

0.7

0.8

359

72

70 to 74

0

12

Milled, white

13

6.7

0.7

78.9

0.4

0.7

360

67

Less than 70

0


RYE

13

Whole meal, dark flour

12

11

1.9

73.1

2.0

2.0

319

100

94 to 100

0

14

Flour, medium extraction

12

9

1.8

76.2

1.5

1.0

341

85

80 to 93

0

15

Flour, light, low extraction

12

7

1.2

79.1

0.9

0.7

349

70

Less than 80

0


BARLEY

16

Whole seed, except hulls, and groats

12

11

1.8

73.4

3.4

1.8

332

265

60 to 70

0

17

Pearled, light or dark

12

9

1.4

76.5

0.8

1.1

346

355

Less than 60

0


OATS

18

Oatmeal, rolled oats

10

13

7.5

67.8

1.9

1.7

385

50

40 to 55

0


MAIZE (Corn)

19

Grain or whole meal

12

9.5

4.3

72.9

2.1

1.3

356

100

97 to 100

0

20

Meal, coarse, bolted

12

9.3

4.0

73.5

1.4

1.2

360

93

90 to 96

0

21

Meal, fine, bolted and degerminated

12

8.4

1.2

77.8

0.5

0.6

363

85

Less than 90

0


BUCKWHEAT

22

Hulled, groats, dark flour

13

11

2

72.4

1

1.6

330

(90)

85 to 100

0

23

Light flour

13

6.4

1.2

78.5

0.4

0.9

344

(60)

Less than 85

0


*QUINOA (Chenopodium quinoa)

24

Whole seeds

12

12

5

68

6

3

342

100

90 to 100

0

25

Floor

12

11

4

71

3

2

341

(85)

Less than 90

0

26

SORGHUM (Sorghum vulgare)

11

10.1

3.3

73.8

1.7

1.8

343

90

All rates

0


MILLET

27

Ragi (Eleusine coracana)

11

6.5

1.7

78.0

2.6

28

332

90

All rates

0

28

Foxtail (Setaria italica)

11

9.8

3.0

74.7

2.0

1.5

343

90

All rates

0

29

Proso (Panicum miliaceum)

11

11.8

2.4

72.8

2.2

2.0

338

90

All rates

0

30

Pearl or bajra (Pennisetum glaucum)

11

11.7

4.7

70.5

1.9

2.1

348

90

All rates

0

31

Unspecified millets

11

9.7

3.0

74.1

2.7

2.2

340

90

All rates

0

32

HOMINY, SAMP, MAIZE GRITS

12

8.4

0.7

78.5

0.4

0.4

361

52

All rates

0

33

MACARONI, SPAGHETTI, WHEAT PASTES

11

11

1.1

76.3

0.5

0.6

367

(69)

All rates

0


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.

* More information needed.

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 la 85% and the figures can apply to any extraction under 90%.


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