Peanut
Peanut
Description
Peanut also, monkey nut, ground nut, the edible pod or seed of the legume Arachis hypogaea. Peanuts are higher in a niacin and biotin than any nut, and in fact is not a nut itself, but rather a legume.
Caloric Content
1 2 Calories: 838 161 Protein: 37.7 7.29 gm Carbohydrates: 29.7 4.60 gm Fiber: 3.89 1.39 gm Total fats: 70.1 13.97 gm Saturated fats: 15.4 1.938 gm Unsaturated fats: 50.5 11.338 gm Cholesterol: - 0 mg
1. Raw - 1 cup, 144 grams
2. Dried - 1 ounce, 28.4 gramsVitamin Content
1 2 USRDA Vitamin A: trace 0 5000 IU Thiamine: .46 .189 1.7 mg Vitamin B-2: .19 .037 1.7 mg Vitamin B-6: .576 .084 2.0 mg Vitamin B-12: 0 0 6 mcg Biotin: 49 - 300 mcg Niacin: 24.6 4.019 20 mg Pantothenic Acid: 3 .785 10 mg Folic acid: .103 28.6 400 mcg Vitamin C: - 0 60 mg Vitamin E: 9.36 - 30 IU
1. Raw - 1 cup, 144 grams
2. Dried - 1 ounce, 28.4 gramsMineral Content
1 2 USRDA Calcium: 104 17 1000 mg Copper: .62 .285 2 mg Iron: 3.2 .92 18 mg Magnesium: 252 51 400 mg Manganese: 2.17 .316 n/a mg Phosphorus: 586 109 1000 mg Potassium: 1009 204 n/a mg Selenium: - - n/a mcg Sodium: 7 5 n/a mg Zinc: - .93 15 mg
1. Raw - 1 cup, 144 grams
2. Dried - 1 ounce, 28.4 gramsAmino Acid Content
1 2 Tryptophan: - .088 gm Threonine: - .211 gm Isoleucine: - .283 gm Leucine: - .548 gm Lysine: - .282 gm Methionine: - .075 gm Cysteine: - .093 gm Phenylalanine: - .417 gm Tyrosine: - .350 gm Valine: - .330 gm Arginine: - .982 gm Histidine: - .212 gm Alanine: - .322 gm Aspartic acid: - .980 gm Glutamic acid: - 1.731 gm Glycine: - .504 gm Proline: - .354 gm Serine: - .407 gm
1. Raw - 1 cup, 144 grams
2. Dried - 1 ounce, 28.4 gramsReferences
Kirschmann, John D. Nutrition Almanac: Nutrition Search. McGraw-Hill: New York. 1984.
Kreutner, Patricia A. Nutrition In Perspective. Prentice-Hall: Englewood Cliffs. 1980.
United States Department of Agriculture. 1984. Composition of Foods: Nut and Seed Products-Raw-Processed-Prepared. Wash, D.C.
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