Water chestnuts, canned, drained
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Water chestnuts are the edible, swollen underground stems of an aquatic plant, rather than nuts. The figures here describe canned water chestnuts after draining. They mainly provide water and carbohydrate, with 7.4g of carbohydrate, including 3.4g of sugars, and 0.9g of protein per 100g. Their salt content is 0.03g per 100g.
Carbohydrate provides energy for the body. These drained water chestnuts contain only trace amounts of fat. For people monitoring salt or sugar intake, sauces and other ingredients added during cooking can change the amounts in the finished dish. Full nutritional figures are provided in the tables below.
Nutrition per 100g
Nutrient | Per 100g |
|---|---|
Energy | 31 kcal |
Energy | 134 kJ |
Fat | Trace |
Carbohydrate | 7.4g |
of which sugars | 3.4g |
0.9g | |
Salt | 0.03g |
Water | 86g |
Cholesterol | 0mg |
Vitamins and minerals per 100g
Nutrient | Per 100g |
|---|---|
0µg | |
0µg | |
1mg | |
0.01mg | |
0.03mg | |
0.3mg | |
0µg | |
11mg | |
0.7mg | |
5mg | |
45mg | |
140mg | |
Sodium | 11mg |
0.4mg | |
0.1mg |
Other types of water chestnuts
Food | Calories per 100g | Protein per 100g | Fat per 100g | Fibre per 100g |
|---|---|---|---|---|
46 kcal | 1.4g | 0.2g | – |
About these figures
Values are per 100g of the food as described (Literature sources). "Trace" means only a very small amount was found. Nutrients that were not measured are not shown. Salt is calculated from sodium.
These figures come from an older part of the dataset that is no longer updated. Original source: Haytowitz and Matthews (1986) Composition of foods: legumes and legume products, raw, processed and prepared, Agriculture Handbook No. 8-2, and Wu Leung et al. (1972) Food composition table for use in East Asia.