Ancient wheat and health: a legend or the reality? A review on KAMUT khorasan wheat

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Table 1. Chemical composition and energy of KAMUT^® khorasan wheat, common wheat and durum wheat.

	KAMUT^® khorasan wheat	Soft wheat	Durum wheat
Water (g/100 g)	11.07	10.42	10.94
Energy (Kcal/100 g)	337	340	339
Proteins (g/100 g)	14.54	10.69	13.68
Total lipid fat (g/100 g)	2.13	1.99	2.47
Saturated (g/100 g)	0.196	0.368	0.454
Monounsaturated (g/100 g)	0.213	0.227	0.344
Polyunsaturated (g/100 g)	0.621	0.837	0.978
Cholesterol (mg/100 g)	0	0	0
Carbohydrate (g/100 g)	70.58	75.36	71.13
Fibres total (g/100 g)	11.1	12.7	n.d.
Sugars (g/100 g)	7.84	0.41	n.d.
Vitamin C (mg/100 g)	0	0	0
Thiamine (mg/100 g)	0.566	0.410	0.419
Riboflavin (mg/100 g)	0.184	0.107	0.121
Niacin (mg/100 g)	6.375	4.766	6.738
Vitamin B6 (mg/100 g)	0.259	0.378	0.419
Folic acid (μg/100 g)	n.d.	41	43
Vitamin B12 (μg/100 g)	n.d.	0	0
Vitamin A (μg/100 g)	1	0	0
Vitamin E (mg/100 g)	0.61	1.01	n.d.
Vitamin D (μg/100 g)	n.d.	0	0
Vitamin K (μg/100 g)	1.8	1.9	n.d.
Calcium (mg/100 g)	22	34	34
Iron (mg/100 g)	3.77	5.37	3.52
Magnesium (mg/100 g)	130	90	144
Phosphorus (mg/100 g)	364	402	508
Potassium (mg/100 g)	403	435	431
Sodium (mg/100 g)	5	2	2
Zinc (mg/100 g)	3.68	3.46	4.16

United States Department of Agriculture. USDA Food Composition Database. Available from: http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/.

Figure 1. Flow diagram of search strategy and study selection.