Calories in Couscous
A North African staple dish, couscous is made by rolling moistened semolina wheat in more finely ground wheat flour, until it separates into pellets. Traditionally steamed and served under stew, couscous contains 112 calories per 100g. It has little fat and no cholesterol, and is rich in Vitamin A, as well as a source of potassium.
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Calories in Couscous
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| Food Energy (Calories) (kcal/100g) |
112 |
Additional nutritional information
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Nutritional information
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| Water (g/100g) |
72.57 |
| Protein (g/100g) |
3.79 |
| Total Lipid (fat) (g/100g) |
0.16 |
| Ash (g/100g) |
0.26 |
| Carbohydrate (g/100g) |
23.22 |
| Total Dietary Fibre (g/100g) |
1.4 |
| Total Sugars (g/100g) |
0.1 |
| Calcium (mg/100g) |
8 |
| Iron (mg/100g) |
0.38 |
| Magnesium (mg/100g) |
8 |
| Phosphorus (mg/100g) |
22 |
| Potassium (mg/100g) |
58 |
| Sodium (mg/100g) |
5 |
| Zinc (mg/100g) |
0.26 |
| Copper(mg/100g) |
0.041 |
| Manganese (mg/100g) |
0.084 |
| Selenium (µ/100g) |
27.5 |
| Vitamin C (mg/100g) |
0 |
| Thiamin (mg/100g) |
0.063 |
| Riboflavin (mg/100g) |
0.027 |
| Niacin (mg/100g) |
0.983 |
| Pantothenic Acid (mg/100g) |
0.371 |
| Vitamin B-6 (mg/100g) |
0.051 |
| Folate (µg/100g) |
15 |
| Folic Acid (µg/100g) |
0 |
| Food Folate (µg/100g) |
15 |
| Folate (Dietary Folate Equivalents/100g) |
15 |
| Vitamin B-12 (µg/100g) |
0 |
| Vitamin A (µg/100g) |
0 |
| Vitamin A (IU/100g) |
0 |
| Retinol (µg/100g) |
0 |
| Vitamin E (µg/100g) |
0.13 |
| Vitamin K (µg/100g) |
0.1 |
| Alpha-carotene (µg/100g) |
0 |
| Beta-carotene (µg/100g) |
0 |
| Beta-crytoxanthin (µg/100g) |
0 |
| Lycopene (µg/100g) |
0 |
| Lutein & Zeazanthin (µg/100g) |
0 |
| Saturated Fatty Acid (g/100g) |
0.029 |
| Monosaturated Fatty Acids (g/100g) |
0.022 |
| Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (g/100g) |
0.064 |
All data originally from the United States Department of Agriculture
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