100-Calorie Portion of Foods Rich in Starch 1

Food materials

Approximate measure of

100-calorie portion

Number of calories furnished by protein

Weight in ounces as bought

Beans, dried...........

2 tablespoonfuls. . . .

26.1

1.0

Bread Average white........

Slice 1x3x3 inches

14.0

1.3

Whole wheat.........

Slice 1x3x3 inches

15.8

1.4

Corn

Starch...............

3 tablespoonfuls....

0.0

1.0

Meal,...............

3 tablespoonfuls....

10.4

1.0

Flakes..............

1 1/4 cupfuls........

6.1

1.0

Hominy.............

3 tablespoonfuls.....

9.4

1.0

Puffed...............

1 1/4 cupfuls........

6.0

1.0

Macaroni..............

1/4 cupful.........

14.8

1.0

Oats, rolled............

1/3 cupful, scant. . . .

16.1

.9

Peas, dried............

. 2 tablespoonfuls.....

27.7

1.0

Potatoes

White............... -

1 medium..........

10.6

5.3

1 small............

5.8

3.6

Rice

Polished.............

2 tablespoonfuls.....

9.1

1.0

Puffed...............

. 1 1/3 cupfuls.......

9.1

1.0

Wheat Cracked

2 1/2 tablespoonfuls. . .

12.3

1.0

Shredded............

. 1 biscuit...........

14.0

1.0

Puffed..............

. 12/3 cupfuls........

15.0

1.0

Wheat flour

Patent..............

1/4 cupful..........

12.7

1.0

Entire..............

1/4 cupful...........

15.4

1.0

Graham.............

1/4 cupful, scant.....

12.7

1.0

1 Some of the measurements in Tables XVI to XX were made by Miriam Birdseye, while others were compiled from various sources including Feeding the Family, by Mary Swartz Rose. The other data in these tables are based on the table of 100-calorie portions in Food Products, by Henry C. Sherman.

Plate XVI

Plate XVI

Showing 100-calorie portions of some common foods. Top, reading from left to right: 1 and 2, whey; 3, evaporated milk; 4, condensed milk (sweetened); 5 and 6, skimmed-milk; 7, whole milk; 8, 18-per-cent cream; 9, 40-per-cent cream. Center, reading from back to front: spinach, cream, olive oil, peanut butter, butter, lard, cocoa, chocolate, potato, shredded codfish, egg, gelatin, Cheddar cheese, navy beans, rolled oats, bread, crackers, shredded wheat, macaroni, wheat flour, rhubarb, molasses, cranberries, oranges, onions, carrots, lettuce, bananas, prunes, dates, raisins, sugar. Bottom, lOO-calorie portions of foods, raw and cooked. . Sugar has not been added to the foods ordinarily requiring it. Foods in rows 1 and 3 are cooked; those in rows 2 and 4 are raw. Reading from back to front: gelatin, cornmeal, tapioca, macaroni, rolled oats, cream of wheat, navy beans spinach, rhubarb, cranberries, onions, apples, prunes, lima beans.