Food Materials (As Purchased)

Refuse

Water

Protein

Fat

Carbohydrates

Ash

Fuel

Value per lb.

Vegetable Food - continued.

%

%

%

%

%

%

Calories

Pears

10.0

76.0

.5

.4

12.7

.4

230

Persimmons, edible portion

66.1

.8

.7

31.5

.9

550

Raspberries

85.8

1.0

12.6

.6

220

Strawberries

5.0

85.9

.9

.6

7.0

.6

150

Watermelons

59.4

37.5

.2

.1

2.7

.1

50

Fruits. dried:

Apples

28.1

1.6

2.2

66.1

2.0

1,185

Apricots

29.4

4.7

1.0

62.5

2.4

1,125

Dates

10.0

13.8

1.9

2.5

70.6

1.2

1,275

Figs

18.8

4.3

.3

74.2

2.4

1,280

Raisins

10.0

13.1

2.3

3.0

68.5

3.1

1,265

Nuts:

Almonds

45.0

2.7

11.5

30.2

9.5

1.1

1,515

Brazil nuts

49.6

2.6

8.6

33.7

3.5

2.0

1,485

Butternuts

86.4

.6

3.8

8.3

.5

.4

385

Chestnuts, fresh

16.0

37.8

5.2

4.5

35.4

1.1

915

Chestnuts, dried

24.0

4.5

8.1

5.3

56.4

1.7

1,385

Cocoanuts

al48.8

7.2

2.9

25.9

14.3

.9

1,295

Cocoanuts, prepared

3.5

6.3

57.4

31.5

1.3

2,865

Filberts

52.1

1.8

7.5

31.3

6.2

. 1.1

1,430

Hickory nuts

62.2

1.4

5.8

25.5

4.3

.8

1,145

Pecans, polished

53.2

1.4

5.2

33.3

6.2

.7

1,465

Peanuts

24.5

6.9

19.5

29.1

18.5

1.5

1,775

Pinon (Pinus edulis)

40.6

2.0

8.7

36.8

10.2

1.7

1,730

Walnuts, black

74.1

.6

7.2

14.6

3.0

.5

730

Walnuts. English

58.1

1.0

6.9

26.6

6.8

.6

1,250

Miscellaneous:

Chocalate

5.9

12.9

48.7

30.3

2.2

2,625

Cocoa, powdered

4.6

21.6

28.9

37.7

7.2

2,160

Cereal coffee infusion (1 part boiled in 20 parts water) b

98.2

.2

1.4

.2

30

a Milk and shell.

b The average of five analyses of cereal coffee grain is: Water 6.2, protein 13.3, fat 3.4, carbohydrates 72.6, and ash 4.5 per cent. Only a portion of the nutrients, however, enter into the infusion. The average in the table represents the available nutrients in the beverage. Infusions of genuine coffee and of tea like the above contain practically no nutrients.