Posted by kathryn in Fats & oils

As I blogged about yesterday, no matter what you eat the majority of your food is made up of protein, fats, carbohydrates, water and fibre. These are the bulk of our diets.

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve listed fifteen foods and asked which of them contain these five components. To finish off this series, I thought I’d list them again and give all the results together.

Bread

• White bread is 9% protein, 2.5 % fat, 47 % carbohydrate, 38 % water and 3 % fibre
• Basic wholemeal bread is 10 % protein, 3 % fat, 39 % carbohydrate, 40 % water and 7 % fibre

Milk

• Whole milk is 3 % protein, 4 % fat, 5 % carbohydrate and 87 % water. No Fibre.
• Skim milk is 4 % protein, 0.1 % fat, 5 % carbohydrate and 91 % water. No Fibre.

Pumpkin (uncooked)

• 1 % protein, 0.2 % fat, 7 % carbohydrate, 89 % water and 3 % fibre

Lamb (lean)

• Raw lamb is 22 % protein, 4 % fat, 74 % water. No carbohydrate or fibre.
• Cooked lamb is 31 % protein, 7 % fat, 62 % water. No carbohydrate or fibre.

Tofu (uncooked)

• 12 % protein, 7 % fat, 4 % carbohydrate, 75 % water and 7 % fibre

Broccoli (raw)

• 5 % protein, 0.3 % fat, 0.4 % carbohydrate, 89 % water and 4 % fibre

Apples (raw with skin)

• 0.3 % protein, trace amounts of fat, 12 % carbohydrate, 84 % water and 2 % fibre

Olive oil

• 100 % fat. No protein, carbohydrate, water or fibre.

Butter

• 1 % protein, 81 % fat, 1 % carbohydrate and 15 % water. No fibre.

Salmon (tinned red)

• 22 % protein, 12 % fat, 66 % water. No carbohydrate or fibre.

Bananas (peeled)

• 2 % protein, 0.1 % fat, 20 % carbohydrate, 75 % water and 2 % fibre

Rice (uncooked)

• White rice is 7 % protein, 0.5 % fat, 79 % carbohydrate, 12 % water and 2 % fibre
• Brown rice is 8 % protein, 2 % fat, 77 % carbohydrate, 11 % water and 4 % fibre

Hazelnuts

• 15 % protein, 61 % fat, 5 % carbohydrate, 5 % water and 10 % fibre

Chickpeas (cooked)

• 6 % protein, 2 % fat, 13 % carbohydrate, 68 % water and 5 % fibre

Sultanas / golden raisins

• 3 % protein, 0.4 % fat, 75 % carbohydrate, 16 % water and 4 % fibre

30 April, 2008