This section is from the book "Mrs. Rorer's Diet For The Sick", by Sarah Tyson Rorer. Also available from Amazon: Mrs. Rorer's Diet For The Sick.
These tables are principally from Farmers' Bulletin, by Jenkins and Winton.
Grains | Water | Mineral matter or ash | Albuminoids or protein | Cellulose or crude fibre | Starch and trace of sugar | Ether extract - fats gums |
Spring wheat ..... | 10.4 | 1.9 | 12.5 | 1.8 | 71.2 | 2.2 |
Winter wheat.............. | 10.5 | 1.8 | 11.8 | 1.8 | 72.0 | 2.2 |
Flour, fine white .. | 12.2 | 0.6 | 14.9 | 0.3 | 70.0 | 2.0 |
Rye ............... | 11.6 | 1.9 | 10.6 | 1.7 | 72.5 | 1.7 |
Rye flour ......... | 13.1 | 0.7 | 6.7 | 0.4 | 78.3 | 0.8 |
Oats .............. | 11.0 | 3.0 | 11.8 | 9.5 | 59.7 | 5.0 |
Oatmeal........... | 7.9 | 2.0 | 14.7 | 0.9 | 67.4 | 7.1 |
Rice............ | 12.4 | 0.4 | 7.4 | 0.2 | 79.2 | 0.4 |
Barley........... | 10.9 | 2.4 | 12.4 | 2.7 | 69.8 | 1.8 |
Corn ............. | 10.6 | 1.5 | 10.3 | 2.2 | 70.4 | 5.0 |
Corn meal ........ | 15.0 | 1.4 | 9.2 | 1.9 | 68.7 | 3.8 |
Buckwheat ........ | 12.6 | 2.0 | 10.0 | 8.7 | 64.5 | 2.2 |
Buckwheat flour .. | 14.6 | 1.0 | 6.9 | 0.3 | 75.8 | 1.4 |
Water ......................................... 12.5
Albuminoids, diastase, etc....................... 35.7
Starch, with some dextrin and maltose ........ 31.2
Fat or oil ..................................... 13.1
Cellulose ...................................... 1.8
Mineral matter................................. 5.7
Fine flour | Whole wheat | |
Water.............. | 12.0 | 14.0 |
Proteids.................. | 9.3 | 14.9 |
Fat................. | 0.8 | 1.6 |
Carbo-hydrates (starch, sugar, etc.) ...... | 76.5 | 66.2 |
Fibre................ | 0.7 | 1.6 |
Mineral matter.............. | 0.9 | 1.7 |
 
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