Component | Bean, dry | Chickpea, dry | Pea, dry | Cow pea, dry | Lentil, dry |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protein (N × 5.8) | 24.82 | 21.32 | 27.00 | 28.36 | 27.49 |
Fat | 1.90 | 6.78 | 1.70 | 1.71 | 1.88 |
Carbohydrates Estimated by the difference method: 100 - (water + protein (N × 5.8) + fat + minerals + total dietary fiber) | 41.21 | 50.77 | 48.57 | 40.46 | 47.70 |
Dietary fiber Modified AOAC method (no further information given, but assumable AOAC 985.29) | 27.55 | 17.76 | 19.57 | 25.18 | 19.97 |
Ash | 4.51 | 3.37 | 3.16 | 4.28 | 2.95 |
Wheat | Spelt wheat | Rye | Triticale | Barley | Rice (not polished) | Oat (de-husked) | Maize | Millet | Sorghum | Amaranth | Quinoa | Buckwheat | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protein (N × 5.8) | 12.20 | 17.64 | 10.22 | 14.12 | 11.84 | 8.31 | 11.52 | 9.51 | 11.19 | 11.62 | 17.49 | 15.74 | 11.04 |
Fat | 2.11 | 1.89 | 1.97 | 2.85 | 2.39 | 2.53 | 9.18 | 4.35 | 4.43 | 3.61 | 10.56 | 6.16 | 1.97 |
Carbohydrates Estimated by the difference method: 100 - (water + protein (N × 5.8) + fat + minerals + total dietary fiber) | 68.49 | 67.31 | 70.32 | 73.14 | 72.05 | 85.24 | 64.74 | 73.53 | 78.24 | 78.62 | 68.06 Sum starch + sucrose + maltose | 66.73 | 80.82 |
Dietary fiber | 15.31 Modified AOAC method (no further information given, but assumable AOAC 985.29) | 11.12 Modified AOAC method (no further information given, but assumable AOAC 985.29) | 15.29 Method of Meuser, Suckow and Kulikowski (“Berliner Methode”) ( | 7.74 Method unknown | 11.16 Method of Meuser, Suckow and Kulikowski (“Berliner Methode”) ( | 2.54 Modified AOAC method (no further information given, but assumable AOAC 985.29) | 11.24 Modified AOAC method (no further information given, but assumable AOAC 985.29) | 11.12 Modified AOAC method (no further information given, but assumable AOAC 985.29) | 4.32 Method of Meuser, Suckow and Kulikowski (“Berliner Methode”) ( | 4.17 Modified AOAC method (no further information given, but assumable AOAC 985.29) | 11.14 Own measurements: AOAC 985.29 (total dietary fiber) | 12.88 Own measurements: AOAC 985.29 (total dietary fiber) | 8.62 Own measurements: AOAC 985.29 (total dietary fiber) |
Ash | 1.90 | 2.04 | 2.20 | 2.15 | 2.56 | 1.38 | 3.31 | 1.49 | 1.82 | 1.97 | 3.89 | 3.80 | 1.96 |
Class | Dicotyledoneae | |||||
Subclass | Caryophyllidae | |||||
Order | Caryophyllales | Polygonales | ||||
Family | Amaranthaceae | Chenopodiaceae | Polygonaceae | |||
Genus | Amaranthus | Chenopodium | Fagopyrum | |||
more than 250 species, e.g.: | ||||||
at least 60 species, e.g.: | WILLD. (quinoa) | |||||
(bitter buckwheat) | ||||||
(kanigua, canihua) | ||||||
(sweet buckwheat) |
Item | World production (mt) 2014 | % of total production |
---|---|---|
Beans, dry | 25.09 | 32.34 |
Chick peas | 14.24 | 18.35 |
Peas, dry | 11.33 | 14.60 |
Cow peas, dry | 5.59 | 7.20 |
Lentils | 4.89 | 6.30 |
Pigeon peas | 4.86 | 6.26 |
Broad beans, horse | 4.30 | |
beans, dry | 5.54 | |
Pulses, nes | 5.15 | 6.64 |
Lupines | 0.98 | 1.26 |
Vetches | 0.88 | 1.14 |
Bambara beans | 0.29 | 0.37 |
Sum | 77.60 | 100 |
Item | World production (mt) 2014 | % of total production |
---|---|---|
Maize | 1038.28 | 36.85 |
Rice, paddy | 728.97 | 25.87 |
Wheat | 740.96 | 26.30 |
Barley | 144.33 | 5.12 |
Sorghum | 67.87 | 2.41 |
Millet | 27.83 | 0.99 |
Oat | 22.97 | 0.82 |
Triticale | 15.34 | 0.54 |
Rye | 17.07 | 0.61 |
Cereals, nes | 3.74 | 0.13 |
Mixed grain | 6.87 | 0.24 |
Buckwheat | 2.06 | 0.07 |
Fonio | 0.66 | 0.02 |
Canary seed | 0.20 | 0.01 |
Quinoa | 0.19 | 0.01 |
Sum | 2817.33 | 100 |