Questions tagged [nutrient-composition]
Questions regarding facts about macro-nutrients within foods. Do not use for "what is healthy" or similar questions, which are off-topic.
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Looking for look-up tables for nutrition compounds
I'm looking for look-up tables for nutrition compounds.
I failed to find the proper keywords.
Looking for "food tables" shows me advertising where to buy fancy dinner plates, and looking for ...
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How much protein carries over from bean to tofu (homemade)?
We've started making tofu (both from soy and other stuff, such as red lentils and pumpkin seeds) at home recently, and I'm trying to figure out how to estimate the protein content on those. The latest ...
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How much of the nutrient value is lost when boiling rice and lentils and then discarding the extra water?
I have experimented with cooking brown rice and lentils. I found the easiest and most reliable way of cooking is to boil them in more water than they can both absorb. This insures every grain/lentil ...
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Looking for nutrition list for volumetrics based diet - kcal per volume, not per gram
The guys from medical sciences stackexchange informed me that this post is not appropriate for their forum and suggested that I post it here. I hope for your mercy and forbearance - also as presently ...
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What are examples of stones that can be used in cooking? [closed]
[This question might be better suited for geology.stackexchange].
The use of rocks (outside of salt) in cooking (making direct contact with the food) is documented in Mongolian cuisine and Native ...
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What is the nutritional composition of edamame peel?
I frequently buy and boil frozen edamame. I eat the beans, and I boil the peel tender, too. I eat the tender and tasty peel. The producer doesn't have to provide the nutritional composition for what ...
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How can I accurately calculate the macros (protein, fat, carbs) for homemade skyr, especially considering the whey that gets drained off?
I'm making homemade skyr using skim milk and a small amount of Siggi's skyr as a starter. After culturing and straining for 4-8 hours, much of the whey is drained off. Since the whey contains proteins ...
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Is coconut oil the most saturated plant-based oil?
Looking through the oils that can be used to make soaps on LyeCalc.com, I saw that coconut oil has a very high saturated fat content: 77%! Cow butterfat is comprised of only 53% saturated fat.
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How can I determine whether a food or ingredient is "ultraprocessed"?
I often read articles talking about the risks of "ultraprocessed" food. Here is an example article from NPR.
On the one hand, there are foods which are obviously not ultraprocessed: plain ...
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Where on the S Curve are the recommended yogurt fermentation times?
In this answer to a previous question of mine it was mentioned that the fermentation phase of yogurt making has 3 phases of growth - lag, logistic and plateau. This means that the growth rate follows ...
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How can I identify sandwich meats that have minimal nitrate/nitrite content?
The evidence seems fairly good to me that regularly eating food with high nitrite/nitrate content is carcinogenic, and I'd like to reduce the amount I eat in my diet. I'm finding it hard to identify ...
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What is it about Malthouse flours that makes them so "special"?
I have recently started making bread in a breadmaker. I generally prefer the taste of white bread but for health reasons try to make loaves with as much fibre as possible. I have tried multiple ...
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Have the rules about the labelling of sugar content of drinks become more lax in the last year or two?
ABout a year or two ago I looked at the nutritional information of various "no added sugar" squashes to determine which had the lowest sugar content. My recollection is that that all had ...
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Food tracking and nutrient differences in "as packaged" vs "as prepared" meal kits
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I'm logging what I eat and gamifying it to some degree.
Why do carbs and protein in "as prepared" meal kits consistently get reduced from "as packaged" in the ...
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nutritional profile of grilled sunflower heads (not just seeds)
I've been seeing recipes that recommend grilling the whole head of the sunflower, including the heart and the semi-mature seeds. I'm curious if there's a good way to estimate the nutritional profile ...
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