Molino Zappala 'wholemeal buckwheat flour

The buckwheat it is a false cereal: the seeds and flour of Polygonum fagopyrum have uses and nutritional properties similar to cereal, but from a botanical point of view the plant belongs to the Polygonaceae family. It is not, in other words, a grass. The cultivation and food use ...The buckwheat it is a false cereal: the seeds and flour of Polygonum fagopyrum have uses and nutritional properties similar to cereal, but from a botanical point of view the plant belongs to the Polygonaceae family.

It is not, in other words, a grass. The cultivation and food use of this "grain" have been present in Italy since 1400, but the origin is oriental. Its presence in our territory is so deeply rooted that buckwheat flour is the main ingredient of some typical recipes of our alpine valleys: polenta taragna and pizzoccheri from Valtellina.

From a nutritional point of view, this fake cereal has some interesting nutritional characteristics, for example: its starch is particularly rich in amylopectin: this makes it easily digestible; it is devoid of the gliadins of gluten and therefore it is an ingredient suitable for those suffering from celiac disease. unlike grasses, it also provides a fair amount of essential sulfur amino acids; it is a good source of iron, potassium, phosphorus, copper and zinc. EXPIRY 120 DAYS FROM THE ORDER Average nutritional content 100g of product: ENERGY VALUE 1377 KJoule - 329 Kcal PROTEIN 6.40 gr CARBOHYDRATES 74.30 gr of which sugars 0.46 gr FATS 1.80 gr of which saturated 0.66 gr FOOD FIBER 3.40 gr SODIUM 0.001 gr SALT 0.004 gr -MAY CONTAIN GLUTEN -MAY CONTAIN SOY