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Cereals and millets, compared

The 24 cereals and millets on this site, with calories and fibre for a serving of each, and calories, protein, carbohydrate and fibre per 100 g on wider screens. Per 100 g, among the foods from the Indian tables, the highest fibre is barley (15.6 g), the highest protein is amaranth seed (14.6 g) and the lowest calories are in tender maize (120 kcal). Tap a name for its full page, with how it suits weight loss, PCOS, diabetes and menopause.

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One servingPer 100 g
Amaranth seed (Ramdana)
one roti's worth of flour, or a small katori cooked (30 g dry)
1072.135614.6607
Atta (whole wheat flour)
one roti's worth of flour (30 g dry)
963.432010.664.211.4
Bajra
one roti's worth of flour, or a small katori cooked (30 g dry)
1043.43481161.811.5
Barley (Jau)
one roti's worth of flour, or a small katori cooked (30 g dry)
954.731610.961.315.6
Brown rice
one katori cooked (40 g dry)
1411.83549.274.84.4
Dalia (broken wheat)
one katori cooked (40 g dry)
1373.534210.869.18.8
Foxtail millet (Kangni)
one roti's worth of flour, or a small katori cooked (30 g dry)
1001.93328.966.26.4
Jowar
one roti's worth of flour, or a small katori cooked (30 g dry)
1003.13341067.710.2
Little millet (Samai, Kutki)
one roti's worth of flour, or a small katori cooked (30 g dry)
1042.334610.165.57.7
Maida (refined wheat flour)
one roti's worth of flour (30 g dry)
1060.835210.474.32.8
Maize (dry corn)
one roti's worth of flour, or a small katori cooked (30 g dry)
1003.73348.864.812.2
Oats (Jai)USDA
one small bowl of porridge (30 g dry)
114337913.257.610.1
Parboiled rice
one katori cooked (40 g dry)
1411.53527.877.23.7
Poha (rice flakes)
one plate of poha (40 g dry)
1411.43547.476.83.5
Quinoa
one katori cooked (40 g dry)
1315.932813.153.614.7
Ragi
one roti's worth of flour, or a small katori cooked (30 g dry)
963.43217.266.811.2
Rice puffed (Muramure)
one katori (15 g dry)
540.43627.577.72.6
Sabudana (sago pearls)USDA
one small katori, soaked (30 g dry)
1070.33580.287.80.9
Seviyan (vermicelli)
one small katori cooked (30 g dry)
1002.83339.770.49.3
Suji (semolina)
one small katori of upma (30 g dry)
1002.933411.468.49.7
Tender maize (bhutta)
one medium cob, about 100 g of kernels
1203.71203.622.73.7
Wheat, vermicelli, roasted (Siwain)
one small katori cooked (30 g dry)
1022.934010.471.49.6
White rice
one katori cooked (40 g dry)
1431.13567.978.22.8
Whole wheat
one roti's worth of flour, or a small katori cooked (30 g dry)
973.432210.664.711.2

A serving is the household amount under each name; the per 100 g columns show on wider screens. Tap a column name to sort.

Source: Indian Food Composition Tables 2017, National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR). Oats and sabudana come from USDA FoodData Central instead, because the Indian tables don't list them.

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