5.1 Distribution of Nutrients

For other almond products see: USDA Nutrient Database
 

Nutrients: Content per 100 g
Energy  2527 kJ (598 kcal) Water  5.7 g Protein  18.7 g Lipids  54.1 g Carbohydrate 9.0 g Fiber 9.8 g Minerals 2.7 g Minerals Sodium 5-40 mg Potassium 835 mg Magnesium 170 mg Calcium 250 mg Manganese 2 mg Iron 4 mg Copper 850 µg Zinc 2 mg Phosphorus 455 mg Chloride 40 mg Fluoride 90 µg Iodine 2 µg Selenium 2 µg	Vitamins Carotene 120 µg Vitamin E 25 mg Vitamin B1 220 µg Vitamin B2 620 µg Nicotinamide 4180 µg Pantothenic acid 580 µg Vitamin B6 60 µg Biotin 0-20 µg Folic acid 45 µg Vitamin C 0.8-6.5 mg Amino Acids Arg 2750 mg His 520 mg Ile 880 mg Leu 1460 mg Lys 580 mg Met 270 mg Phe 1160 mg Thr 610 mg Trp 170 mg	Tyr 620 mg Val 1140 mg Lipids Palmitic acid 3260 mg Stearic acid 900 mg Oleic acid 36.5 g Linolic acid 9860 mg Linoleic acid 260 mg Other Salicylic acid 3 mg Purines 30 mg

Reference: Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Lebensmittelchemie, Garching bei München (ed), Der kleine "Souci-Fachmann-Kraut" Lebensmitteltabelle für die Praxis, WVG, Stuttgart 1991
 

5.2 Protein Fraction
 

Proteins / Glycoproteins	Amount of total protein
Soluble fractions
albumins (water-soluble)	>95% (1)
almond major protein [460 kDa] amandin (in 14S) (= classical globulin fraction)	up to 65% (3) 65-70% (2)

 References: (1) Sathe 1993, (2) Wolf & Sathe 1998, (3) Acosta et al. 1999