Grain Fonio Calories and Nutrition Facts

Fonio, grain, dry, raw nutrition facts

The table below shows the complete nutritional profile for fonio, grain, dry, raw 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.

*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.

Grain Fonio 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 3.69 kcal per gram (medium energy density), medium energy density — portion size starts to matter, so weigh it if you are tracking closely.

How grain fonio compares to other grains & pasta

Against the 41 grains & pasta in this database, grain fonio ranks 23rd lowest in calories and 37th highest in protein. The category averages 372 kcal per 100 g, so this one is 1% below it. The lightest option in the category is buckwheat, whole grain at 356 kcal per 100 g, and the protein leader is chia seeds, dry, raw at 17 g per 100 g.

Portion planning with grain fonio

• 100 calories comes to about 27 g (1 oz).
• 20 g of protein takes about 278 g, bringing 1026 kcal with it — that is 2 g of protein per 100 calories.
• Fibre density is 0.6 g per 100 calories, covering 8% of the daily fibre target per 100 g.
• Macro split by calories: 88% carbs, 8% protein, 4% 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 — 7.2 g per 100 g (≥ 10% DV)
• Low fat — 1.7 g per 100 g (≤ 3 g)
• Low saturated fat — 0 g per 100 g (≤ 1 g)
• Sodium free — 3 mg per 100 g (< 5 mg)
• Sugar free — 0 g total sugars per 100 g (< 0.5 g)

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