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Cooked lentils: carbohydrates

Values per 100 g of “Lentil, whole, cooked (without addition of fat and salt)”, from the Swiss Food Composition Database.

Carbohydrate per 100 g
13.5g
For 10 g of carbs
74g
For 1 bread unit (12 g)
89g

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Carbohydrate
13.5g
of which sugars
0.4 g
Bread units (12 g)
1.1

Carbohydrate: 13.5 g, or 1.1 bread units.

Compare with Dried lentils: 38.8 g of carbohydrate per 100 g. Weigh the food in the same state as the value you use.

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Nutrition values

Nutrition values per 100 g
Cooked lentilsPer 100 g
Energy467 kJ / 111 kcal
Fat0.5 g
of which saturates0.1 g
Available carbohydrate13.5 g
of which sugars0.4 g
Starch13 g
Dietary fibre8.5 g
Protein8.8 g
Salt0 g
Water68.7 g

Its carbohydrate is mostly starch. How to read these values

Breakdown of the carbohydrate
  • Sugars 3%
  • Starch 96%
  • Other 1%

Source: Swiss Food Composition Database, version 7.1, Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO). naehrwertdaten.ch

Similar foods

Same category of the Swiss database (Cereal products, pulses and potatoes › Pulses), in grams of carbohydrate per 100 g.

  • Dried lentils38.8
  • Cooked split peas21.2
  • Cooked chickpeas16.8
  • Lentil, split, cooked (without addition of fat and salt)16.5
  • Cooked beans14.5
  • Legumes/Pulses (average), cooked (without addition of fat and salt)14
  • Cooked lentils (this page)13.5
  • Soybean, dried8.7
  • Soybean, cooked (without addition of fat and salt)3.3

All foods in the “Pulses” group

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