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Dried lentils: carbohydrates

Values per 100 g of “Lentil, whole, dried”, from the Swiss Food Composition Database.

Carbohydrate per 100 g
38.8g
For 10 g of carbs
26g
For 1 bread unit (12 g)
31g

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Carbohydrate
38.8g
of which sugars
1.3 g
Bread units (12 g)
3.2

Carbohydrate: 38.8 g, or 3.2 bread units.

Compare with Cooked lentils: 13.5 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
Dried lentilsPer 100 g
Energy1,320 kJ / 313 kcal
Fat1.5 g
of which saturates0.2 g
Available carbohydrate38.8 g
of which sugars1.3 g
Starch37.5 g
Dietary fibre23.2 g
Protein24.4 g
Salt0 g
Water9.7 g

Its carbohydrate is mostly starch. How to read these values

Breakdown of the carbohydrate
  • Sugars 3%
  • Starch 97%

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.

All foods in the “Pulses” group

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