At 0:41 -0600 9/12/02, Theola Walden Baker wrote:

>I found the carb count for arrowroot.  One cup = 112.8 gms.  In reality,
>give or take a few carbs depending on how much goes into the cup since it
>settles easily.  The Paleo bread recipe calls for 1/4 c, so there's 28.2 g
>in the whole panful, or 2.35 g in each of the 12 slices I cut.
>
>More questions:
>
>Anybody know the amount of fiber in arrowroot so I can get the digestible
>carb count?  I'm looking for every excuse to eat more.  <g>
>

Well according to the USDA data, each slice will contain 2 g of
digestible carbs. So you can eat 10% more of them now ;)

The following figures are percentages, or grams per 100 grams.

Arrowroot flour:
Water (g)                             11.370
Protein (g)                            0.300
Total lipid (fat) (g)                  0.100
Carbohydrate, by difference (g)       88.150
Ash (g)                                0.080
--
Fiber, total dietary (g)               3.400


Interestingly though, while the flour has almost no protein, the tuber
itself is 80% water, 4% protein and 13% carb:

Arrowroot, raw
Refuse: 15 % Peel
Scientific Name: Maranta arundinacea
Nutr                               Nutr_Val
Water (g)                             80.750
Protein (g)                            4.240
Total lipid (fat) (g)                  0.200
Carbohydrate, by difference (g)       13.380
Ash (g)                                1.420
--
Fiber, total dietary (g)               1.300


So, you if you buy whole arrowroots, dry them and grind them to flour
yourself you could presumably get the carb content down to 1.3 g per
slice. That way you can eat almost twice as much!!


>Corinne Netzer's book says pecan *flour* (what I have is labeled pecan
>*meal*) has 14.4 carbs per 1 oz.   Am I correct that this refers to weight,
>not cup measure?

No, that looks more like a percentage. The USDA database shows 13.86%
carbs for pecan nuts.


>What I need is the carb (and fiber) count for a cupful of
>pecan meal (or flour).  Can anybody supply the info?   And if you've got the
>fat content, I'd appreciate that too.

Here's a breakdown of pecan nuts. I assume the Pecan Meal you're buying
is pure pecan nuts, not some nasty mixture of nuts and flour (watch out
for that... calling something "flour" seems to be the OK to add all
sorts of stuff to it, usually 25% wheat flour).

Nuts, pecans
Refuse: 47 % Shells
Scientific Name: Carya illinoensis

Nutr                                Nutr_Val
Water (g)                              3.520
Protein (g)                            9.170
Total lipid (fat) (g)                 71.970
Carbohydrate, by difference (g)       13.860
Ash (g)                                1.490

Carbohydrates
Fiber, total dietary (g)               9.600
Starch (g)                             0.460
Sugars, total (g)                      3.970
Sucrose (g)                            3.900
Glucose (dextrose) (g)                 0.040
Fructose (g)                           0.040
Lactose (g)                            0.000
Maltose (g)                            0.000

Fatty Acids
Fatty acids, total SFA (g)             6.180
16:0 palmitic (g)                      4.366
18:0 stearic (g)                       1.745
20:0 arachidic (g)                     0.069

Fatty acids, total MUFA (g)           40.801
17:1 heptadecenoic
18:1 oleic (g)                        40.594
20:1 gadoleic (g)                      0.207

Fatty acids, total PUFA (g)           21.614
18:2 linoleic (g)                     20.628
18:3 linolenic (g)                     0.986

 ...Richard.