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

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Common wheat, "Fu" (wheat gluten cake), "Namafu" (steamed dough made from gluten and glutinous rice flour) has 161 kcal per 100 g of edible portion, with 12.7 g protein, 0.8 g fat and 26.2 g carbohydrate, according to Japan's official Standard Tables of Food Composition.

Food number01065
Name in Japaneseこむぎ [ふ類] 生ふ
Food groupCereals

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Nutrition per 100 g (edible portion)

Energy161 kcal
Water60.0 g
Protein12.7 g
Fat0.8 g
Carbohydrate (by difference)26.2 g
Dietary fibre0.5 g
Salt equivalent0 g
Sodium7 mg
Potassium30 mg
Calcium13 mg
Iron1.3 mg
Vitamin C(0) mg
Cholesterol(0) mg

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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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