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Mace, Ground

Mace, Ground

Mace, Ground
(Mace, Ground)  Mace is a highly flavored spice, usually ground, which is made from the dried outer covering of nutmeg. The fragrance and flavor of mace is similar to that of nutmeg. Nutmeg is the seed or kernel inside the nut-like pit of a tropical fruit growing on evergreen trees (Myristica fragrans, of the family Myristicaceae, the nutmeg family) in the East Indies, India, Sri Lanka, West Indies, and Brazil. The flowers of these 60-foot tall trees are pale yellow and droop in clusters. When the fruit is ripe, it looks like a golden-yellow pear hanging among shiny, gray-green leaves that are long and pointed. As the fruit continues to ripen, the fleshy part becomes hard until it finally splits open at the top, revealing the yellow to red aril, the dried external fibrous membrane covering the pit. This covering is called mace. See nutritional chart below.

Spices, mace, ground

Refuse: 0%
Scientific Name: Myristica fragrans
NDB No: 02022 (Nutrient values and weights are for edible portion)

Nutrient Units Value per
100 grams 		Number
of Data
Points 		Std.
Error 		1.00 X 1 tsp
-------
1.7g
Proximates
Water
g
8.17
107
0.229
0.14
Energy
kcal
475
0
0
8
Energy
kj
1989
0
0
34
Protein
g
6.71
22
0.232
0.11
Total lipid (fat)
g
32.38
131
0.416
0.55
Ash
g
2.23
179
0.049
0.04
Carbohydrate, by difference
g
50.50
0
0
0.86
Fiber, total dietary
g
20.2
1
0
0.3
Minerals
Calcium, Ca
mg
252
6
22.981
4
Iron, Fe
mg
13.90
5
2.71
0.24
Magnesium, Mg
mg
163
3
3.334
3
Phosphorus, P
mg
110
4
7.071
2
Potassium, K
mg
463
6
81.428
8
Sodium, Na
mg
80
8
13.401
1
Zinc, Zn
mg
2.30
4
0.46
0.04
Copper, Cu
mg
2.467
0
0
0.042
Manganese, Mn
mg
1.500
0
0
0.025
Selenium, Se
mcg
2.7
0
0
0.0
Vitamins
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid
mg
21.0
0
0
0.4
Thiamin
mg
0.312
2
0
0.005
Riboflavin
mg
0.448
5
0.061
0.008
Niacin
mg
1.350
5
0.183
0.023
Vitamin B-6
mg
0.160
2
0
0.003
Folate, total
mcg
76
0
0
1
Folic acid
mcg
0
0
0
0
Folate, food
mcg
76
0
0
1
Folate, DFE
mcg_DFE
76
0
0
1
Vitamin B-12
mcg
0.00
0
0
0.00
Vitamin A, IU
IU
800
1
0
14
Vitamin A, RAE
mcg_RAE
40
1
0
1
Retinol
mcg
0
0
0
0
Lipids
Fatty acids, total saturated
g
9.510
0
0
0.162
4:0
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
6:0
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
8:0
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
10:0
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
12:0
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
14:0
g
0.930
1
0
0.016
16:0
g
7.690
1
0
0.131
18:0
g
0.430
1
0
0.007
Fatty acids, total monounsaturated
g
11.170
0
0
0.190
16:1 undifferentiated
g
0.580
1
0
0.010
18:1 undifferentiated
g
10.590
1
0
0.180
20:1
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
22:1 undifferentiated
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated
g
4.390
0
0
0.075
18:2 undifferentiated
g
4.310
1
0
0.073
18:3 undifferentiated
g
0.080
1
0
0.001
18:4
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
20:4 undifferentiated
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
20:5 n-3
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
22:5 n-3
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
22:6 n-3
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
Cholesterol
mg
0
0
0
0
Phytosterols
mg
73
0
0
1
Other
Alcohol, ethyl
g
0.0
0
0
0.0
Caffeine
mg
0
0
0
0
Theobromine
mg
0
0
0
0

USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 18 (2005)

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