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Lentils (Cooked with salt) Nutrients

[From the USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 12 (March 1998)]

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Important Note 1: Nutrients for other lentils bean forms can be found at: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl?lentils.

Important Note 2: 3rd column presents values per 100 grams; last column presents values per 1 cup.

Nutrient Units Value per
100 grams of
edible portion
Sample
Count
Std.
Error
1 cup
-------
198.000 g
Proximates
Water
g
69.640
23
0.753
137.887
Energy
kcal
116.000
0
0.000
229.680
Energy
kj
485.000
0
0.000
960.300
Protein
g
9.020
23
0.191
17.860
Total lipid (fat)
g
0.380
22
0.014
0.752
Carbohydrate, by difference
g
20.140
0
0.000
39.877
Fiber, total dietary
g
7.900
0
0.000
15.642
Ash
g
0.830
22
0.040
1.643
Minerals
Calcium, Ca
mg
19.000
20
0.369
37.620
Iron, Fe
mg
3.330
20
0.239
6.593
Magnesium, Mg
mg
36.000
20
1.850
71.280
Phosphorus, P
mg
180.000
20
11.314
356.400
Potassium, K
mg
369.000
20
25.073
730.620
Sodium, Na
mg
238.000
0
0.000
471.240
Zinc, Zn
mg
1.270
21
0.057
2.515
Copper, Cu
mg
0.251
21
0.011
0.497
Manganese, Mn
mg
0.494
20
0.009
0.978
Selenium, Se
mcg
2.800
0
0.000
5.544
Vitamins
Vitamin C, ascorbic acid
mg
1.500
0
0.000
2.970
Thiamin
mg
0.169
20
0.022
0.335
Riboflavin
mg
0.073
20
0.002
0.145
Niacin
mg
1.060
20
0.092
2.099
Pantothenic acid
mg
0.638
8
0.027
1.263
Vitamin B-6
mg
0.178
8
0.004
0.352
Folate
mcg
180.800
8
6.984
357.984
Vitamin B-12
mcg
0.000
0
0.000
0.000
Vitamin A, IU
IU
8.000
8
1.662
15.840
Vitamin A, RE
mcg_RE
1.000
8
0.166
1.980
Lipids
Fatty acids, saturated
g
0.053
0
0.000
0.105
14:0
g
0.001
0
0.000
0.002
16:0
g
0.045
0
0.000
0.089
18:0
g
0.005
0
0.000
0.010
Fatty acids, monounsaturated
g
0.064
0
0.000
0.127
16:1
g
0.001
0
0.000
0.002
18:1
g
0.061
0
0.000
0.121
20:1
g
0.002
0
0.000
0.004
Fatty acids, polyunsaturated
g
0.175
0
0.000
0.346
18:2
g
0.137
0
0.000
0.271
18:3
g
0.037
0
0.000
0.073
Cholesterol
mg
0.000
0
0.000
0.000
Amino acids
Tryptophan
g
0.081
0
0.000
0.160
Threonine
g
0.323
0
0.000
0.640
Isoleucine
g
0.390
0
0.000
0.772
Leucine
g
0.654
0
0.000
1.295
Lysine
g
0.630
0
0.000
1.247
Methionine
g
0.077
0
0.000
0.152
Cystine
g
0.118
0
0.000
0.234
Phenylalanine
g
0.445
0
0.000
0.881
Tyrosine
g
0.241
0
0.000
0.477
Valine
g
0.448
0
0.000
0.887
Arginine
g
0.697
0
0.000
1.380
Histidine
g
0.254
0
0.000
0.503
Alanine
g
0.377
0
0.000
0.746
Aspartic acid
g
0.998
0
0.000
1.976
Glutamic acid
g
1.399
0
0.000
2.770
Glycine
g
0.367
0
0.000
0.727
Proline
g
0.377
0
0.000
0.746
Serine
g
0.416
0
0.000
0.824
USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 12 (March 1998)





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