Quail
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Quail
Description
Quail, a small, gallinaceous game bird of the partridge family, the Coturnix coturnix in Europe and the Colinus, including the bobwhite, in America. This bird contains a very high amount of protein, iron, and niacin, as well as good amounts of phosphorus, copper, thiamine, riboflavin and vitamin B-6.
Caloric Content
1 Calories: 780 Protein: 79.4 gm Carbohydrates: 0 gm Fiber: 0 gm Total fats: 48.8 gm Saturated fats: 13.7 gm Unsaturated fats: 29 gm Cholesterol: - mg
1. 1 pound, 405 gramsVitamin Content
1 USRDA Vitamin A: 985 5000 IU Thiamine: .988 1.7 mg Vitamin B-2: 1.05 1.7 mg Vitamin B-6: 2.43 2.0 mg Vitamin B-12: - 6 mcg Biotin: - 300 mcg Niacin: 30.5 20 mg Pantothenic Acid: - 10 mg Folic acid: 30 400 mcg Vitamin C: 24.6 60 mg Vitamin E: - 30 IU
1. 1 pound, 405 gramsMineral Content
1 USRDA Calcium: 52 1000 mg Copper: 2.05 2 mg Iron: 16 18 mg Magnesium: - 400 mg Manganese: - n/a mg Phosphorus: 1112 1000 mg Potassium: 874 n/a mg Selenium: - n/a mcg Sodium: 215 n/a mg Zinc: - 15 mg
1. 1 pound, 405 gramsAmino Acid Content
1 Tryptophan: 1.16 gm Threonine: 3.82 gm Isoleucine: 4.10 gm Leucine: 6.53 gm Lysine: 6.66 gm Methionine: 2.39 gm Cysteine: 1.37 gm Phenylalanine: 3.34 gm Tyrosine: 3.43 gm Valine: 4.18 gm Arginine: 5.18 gm Histidine: 2.82 gm Alanine: 5.10 gm Aspartic acid: 6.69 gm Glutamic acid: 10.2 gm Glycine: 6.24 gm Proline: 3.50 gm Serine: 3.79 gm
1. 1 pound, 405 gramsReferences
Kirschmann, John D. Nutrition Almanac: Nutrition Search. McGraw-Hill: New York. 1984.
United States Department of Agriculture. Composition of Foods: Poultry Products-Raw-Processed-Prepared. Washington D.C. 1979.
