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Common wheat, "Fu", "Itafu": Calories & Nutrition per 100 g

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Common wheat, "Fu" (wheat gluten cake), "Itafu" (dried gluten sheet by baking) has 351 kcal per 100 g of edible portion, with 25.6 g protein, 3.3 g fat and 57.3 g carbohydrate, according to Japan's official Standard Tables of Food Composition.

Food number01067
Name in Japaneseこむぎ [ふ類] 焼きふ 板ふ
Food groupCereals

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Nutrition per 100 g (edible portion)

Energy351 kcal
Water12.5 g
Protein25.6 g
Fat3.3 g
Carbohydrate (by difference)57.3 g
Dietary fibre3.8 g
Salt equivalent0.5 g
Sodium190 mg
Potassium220 mg
Calcium31 mg
Iron4.9 mg
Vitamin C(0) mg
Cholesterol(0) mg

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Other forms of common wheat

Source: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan (Eighth Revised Edition), 2023 supplement; English food names from the official English edition (2015). Compiled and reformatted by this website. This page is general information, not dietary or medical advice.

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