Vegan - Vegetarian RecipesChestnuts, Dried - Ingredients Descriptions and Photos
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Ingredients Descriptions and Photos
Chestnuts, Dried

Chestnuts, Dried
(Chestnuts, Dried) Dried and peeled chestnuts are sold in bulk in specialty food stores and coops.  They are an excellent way of having chestnuts all year long, and when you are adding chestnuts to a recipe.  Boiled (reconstituted) chestnuts are also good to eat, and they are generally sweeter than the roasted chestnuts in the shell.  In recent years, we have found that the quality of the chestnuts in the shell has been going down with many being moldy; the dried chestnuts do not have this problem. When the dried chestnuts are boiled, most of the dark brown husk that remains on the chestnuts (see photo) will come off.  See the nutritional chart below.

Nuts, chestnuts, European, dried, peeled

Refuse: 0%
Scientific Name:
NDB No: 12100 (Nutrient values and weights are for edible portion)

Nutrient Units Value per
100 grams 		Number
of Data
Points 		Std.
Error 		1.00 X 1 oz
-------
28.35g
Proximates
Water
g
9.00
1
 
2.55
Energy
kcal
369
0
 
105
Energy
kj
1544
0
 
438
Protein
g
5.01
1
 
1.42
Total lipid (fat)
g
3.91
1
 
1.11
Ash
g
3.64
1
 
1.03
Carbohydrate, by difference
g
78.43
0
 
22.23
Minerals
Calcium, Ca
mg
64
1
 
18
Iron, Fe
mg
2.39
0
 
0.68
Magnesium, Mg
mg
74
0
 
21
Phosphorus, P
mg
137
1
 
39
Potassium, K
mg
991
0
 
281
Sodium, Na
mg
37
0
 
10
Zinc, Zn
mg
0.35
0
 
0.10
Copper, Cu
mg
0.653
0
 
0.185
Manganese, Mn
mg
1.183
1
 
0.335
Vitamins
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid
mg
15.1
0
 
4.3
Thiamin
mg
0.354
1
 
0.100
Riboflavin
mg
0.054
1
 
0.015
Niacin
mg
0.854
0
 
0.242
Pantothenic acid
mg
0.901
0
 
0.255
Vitamin B-6
mg
0.666
0
 
0.189
Folate, total
mcg
110
0
 
31
Folic acid
mcg
0
0
 
0
Folate, food
mcg
110
0
 
31
Folate, DFE
mcg_DFE
110
0
 
31
Vitamin B-12
mcg
0.00
0
 
0.00
Vitamin A, IU
IU
0
0
 
0
Vitamin A, RAE
mcg_RAE
0
0
 
0
Retinol
mcg
0
0
 
0
Lipids
Fatty acids, total saturated
g
0.736
0
 
0.209
14:0
g
0.017
0
 
0.005
16:0
g
0.664
0
 
0.188
18:0
g
0.037
0
 
0.010
Fatty acids, total monounsaturated
g
1.349
0
 
0.382
16:1 undifferentiated
g
0.037
0
 
0.010
18:1 undifferentiated
g
1.296
0
 
0.367
20:1
g
0.017
0
 
0.005
Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated
g
1.546
0
 
0.438
18:2 undifferentiated
g
1.381
0
 
0.392
18:3 undifferentiated
g
0.165
0
 
0.047
Cholesterol
mg
0
0
 
0
Amino acids
Tryptophan
g
0.056
0
 
0.016
Threonine
g
0.179
0
 
0.051
Isoleucine
g
0.198
0
 
0.056
Leucine
g
0.297
0
 
0.084
Lysine
g
0.297
0
 
0.084
Methionine
g
0.118
0
 
0.033
Cystine
g
0.159
0
 
0.045
Phenylalanine
g
0.212
0
 
0.060
Tyrosine
g
0.139
0
 
0.039
Valine
g
0.280
0
 
0.079
Arginine
g
0.359
0
 
0.102
Histidine
g
0.139
0
 
0.039
Alanine
g
0.335
0
 
0.095
Aspartic acid
g
0.866
0
 
0.246
Glutamic acid
g
0.647
0
 
0.183
Glycine
g
0.258
0
 
0.073
Proline
g
0.264
0
 
0.075
Serine
g
0.251
0
 
0.071

USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 19 (2006)

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