Chestnut Flour Calories and Nutrition Facts

Flour, chestnut nutrition facts

The table below shows the complete nutritional profile for flour, chestnut per 100 g (the laboratory analytical standard), alongside the share of the FDA Daily Value each nutrient covers. Most of its calories come from carbohydrate, and it is a good source of fibre.

*Percent Daily Value per 100 g, against the FDA reference intakes for adults and children 4+ years (50 g protein, 275 g carbohydrate, 28 g fibre, 78 g fat, 20 g saturated fat, 2300 mg sodium). Total sugars has no Daily Value — the 50 g reference applies to added sugars only, and USDA reports total sugars here.

Chestnut Flour calories by weight: ounces, pounds and grams

USDA publishes this food per 100 g, so here is the same profile converted to the weights a kitchen scale and a US recipe actually use. At 3.85 kcal per gram (medium energy density), medium energy density — portion size starts to matter, so weigh it if you are tracking closely.

How chestnut flour compares to other nuts & seeds

Against the 19 nuts & seeds in this database, chestnut flour ranks 1st lowest in calories and 19th highest in protein. The category averages 616 kcal per 100 g, so this one is 37% below it. The lightest option in the category is flour, chestnut at 385 kcal per 100 g, and the protein leader is seeds, pumpkin seeds (pepitas), raw at 29.9 g per 100 g.

Portion planning with chestnut flour

• 100 calories comes to about 26 g (0.9 oz).
• 20 g of protein takes about 377 g, bringing 1451 kcal with it — that is 1.4 g of protein per 100 calories.
• Fibre density is 2.3 g per 100 calories, covering 31% of the daily fibre target per 100 g.
• Macro split by calories: 84% carbs, 6% protein, 11% fat.

Nutrient screening detail

The badges near the top of this page come from screening the per-100 g values against the FDA nutrient-content thresholds in 21 CFR 101.54–101.62. The regulations define those claims per reference serving rather than per 100 g, so treat these as a like-for-like comparison between foods, not as a statement about a product label:

• Good source of protein — 5.3 g per 100 g (≥ 10% DV)
• High fibre — 8.7 g per 100 g (≥ 20% DV)
• Low saturated fat — 0.7 g per 100 g (≤ 1 g)
• Sodium free — 0 mg per 100 g (< 5 mg)
• Sugar free — 0 g total sugars per 100 g (< 0.5 g)

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