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. 2022 Mar 18;11(6):875. doi: 10.3390/foods11060875

Table 1.

Carbohydrate, fibre, total protein, and total fat content of some common plant-based raw materials (all values are expressed in g/100 g dry basis).

Carbohydrate Fibre Protein Fat
Legumes Soy [4] 30.2 9.3 36.5 19.9
Chickpea [4] 63.0 12.2 20.5 6.0
Lupin [4] 40.4 18.9 36.2 9.7
Faba bean [4] 58.3 25.0 26.1 1.5
Lentil [4] 63.1 10.8 23.9 2.2
Peanut [19] 16.1 8.5 25.8 49.2
Grains Rice [20] 80.0 1.3 7.1 0.7
Oat [20] 66.3 11.6 16.9 6.9
Quinoa [20] 64.2 14.2 14.5 5.2
Maize [20] 74.0 7.3 9.4 4.7
Barley [20] 77.7 15.6 9.9 1.2
Nuts, Drupes, and Seeds Almond [19] 51.6 12.5 21.2 49.9
Hazelnut [19] 16.7 9.7 15.0 60.8
Cashew [19] 30.2 3.3 18.2 43.9
Walnut [19] 13.7 6.7 15.2 65.2
Macadamia [19] 13.8 8.6 7.9 75.8
Tubers Potato [21] 15.7 2.4 1.7 0.1
Cassava [21] 38.1 1.8 1.4 0.3
Yam [21] 27.9 4.1 1.5 0.2
Sweet potato [21] 20.1 3.0 1.6 0.1

Values are obtained from the following literature: Cichonska and Ziarno (2022) [4]; Souza et al. (2015) [19]; Petrova and Petrov (2020) [20]; Chandrasekara and Kumar (2016) [21].