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Cooked quinoa: carbohydrates

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

Carbohydrate per 100 g
19.1g
For 10 g of carbs
52g
For 1 bread unit (12 g)
63g

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Carbohydrate
19.1g
of which sugars
1 g
Bread units (12 g)
1.6

Carbohydrate: 19.1 g, or 1.6 bread units.

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Nutrition values

Nutrition values per 100 g
Cooked quinoaPer 100 g
Energy495 kJ / 117 kcal
Fat2 g
of which saturates0.1 g
Available carbohydrate19.1 g
of which sugars1 g
Starch13.7 g
Dietary fibre2.7 g
Protein4.4 g
Salt0 g
Water72.3 g

Its carbohydrate is mostly starch. How to read these values

Breakdown of the carbohydrate
  • Sugars 5%
  • Starch 72%
  • Other 23%

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 › Other cereal products), in grams of carbohydrate per 100 g.

  • Durum wheat, precooked hulled grain, cooked (without addition of fat and salt)27.4
  • Spätzli, fried with butter26.2
  • Millet risotto, cooked24.8
  • Barley risotto, cooked22.3
  • Cooked quinoa (this page)19.1
  • Amaranth, seed, cooked (without addition of fat and salt)18.1

All foods in the “Pasta, rice and grains” group

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