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  2. Template:Comparison of major staple foods - Wikipedia

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    Nutrient content of 10 major staple foods per 100 g dry weight [1] Staple Maize (corn) Rice, white Wheat Potatoes Cassava Soybeans, green Sweet potatoes Yams Sorghum Plantain RDA; Water content (%) 10 12 13 79: 60 68 77 70 9 65 Raw grams per 100 g dry weight 111: 114: 115: 476: 250: 313: 435: 333: 110: 286: Nutrient; Energy (kJ) 1698: 1736 ...

  3. Inulin - Wikipedia

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    Inulin is a natural storage carbohydrate present in more than 36,000 species of plants, including agave, wheat, onion, bananas, garlic, asparagus, Jerusalem artichoke, and chicory. For these plants, inulin is used as an energy reserve and for regulating cold resistance. [5] [6] Because it is soluble in water, it is osmotically active.

  4. Table of food nutrients - Wikipedia

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    Included for each food is its weight in grams, its calories, and (also in grams,) the amount of protein, carbohydrates, dietary fiber, fat, and saturated fat. [1] As foods vary by brands and stores, the figures should only be considered estimates, with more exact figures often included on product labels.

  5. Musa acuminata - Wikipedia

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    Most banana cultivars which exhibit purely or mostly Musa acuminata genomes are dessert bananas, while hybrids of M. acuminata and M. balbisiana are mostly cooking bananas or plantains. [23] Musa acuminata is one of the earliest plants to be domesticated by humans for agriculture, 7,000 years ago in New Guinea and Wallacea. [24]

  6. Carbohydrate counting - Wikipedia

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    Carbohydrate counting or "carb" counting is a meal planning tool used in diabetes management to help optimize blood sugar control. [1] It can be used with or without the use of insulin therapy. Carbohydrate counting involves determining whether a food item has carbohydrate followed by the subsequent determination of how much carbohydrate the ...

  7. Plantain - Wikipedia

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    Plantain River, a tributary of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in L'Île-d'Anticosti, Quebec, Canada James Plaintain (fl. 1720–1728), a pirate active in the Indian Ocean Plantain mosa , a Nigerian snack which is a component of small chops

  8. Cooking banana - Wikipedia

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    Plantains are used in the Ivory Coast dish aloco as the main ingredient. Fried plantains are covered in an onion-tomato sauce, often with a grilled fish between the plantains and sauce. [21] Boli or bole is the term used for roasted plantain in Nigeria. The plantain is usually grilled and served with roasted fish, ground peanuts and a hot palm ...

  9. Musa (genus) - Wikipedia

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    The genus includes 83 species of flowering plants producing edible bananas and plantains, and fiber , used to make paper and cloth. [2] [3] Though they grow as high as trees, banana and plantain plants are not woody and their apparent "stem" is made up of the bases of the huge leaf stalks. Thus, they are technically gigantic herbaceous plants.

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