Nutrition Fact Ginger Root Amount Per 100 grams

Nutrition Facts About Ginger root amount per 100 grams. Ginger or ginger root is the rhizome of the plant Zingiber officinale, consumed as a delicacy, medicine, or spice. It lends its name to its genus and family (Zingiberaceae). Other notable members of this plant family are turmeric, cardamom, and galangal. The distantly related dicots in the Asarum genus have the common name wild ginger because of their simila

Ginger root

Amount Per 100 grams
Calories 80
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.8 g	1%
Saturated fat 0.2 g	1%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.2 g
Monounsaturated fat 0.2 g
Cholesterol 0 mg	0%
Sodium 13 mg	0%
Potassium 415 mg	11%
Total Carbohydrate 18 g	6%
Dietary fiber 2 g	8%
Sugar 1.7 g
Protein 1.8 g	3%

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Vitamin A	0%	Vitamin C	8%
Calcium	1%	Iron	3%
Vitamin D	0%	Vitamin B-6	10%
Vitamin B-12	0%	Magnesium	10%

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*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Sources include: USDA

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger

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