asked the Minister for Health if he will furnish a return giving the number of calories of food content in one lb. of each of the following: (1) sound dry full grain wheat, oats, barley, maize, beans, peas; (2) potatoes, sugar beet, fodder beet, turnips, mangels; (3) wholemilk, skim or separated milk, buttermilk; and (4) average beef, mutton, bacon, chicken, eggs, fish of kinds usually available here.
Written Answers. - Calorific Content of Food.
The information requested, in so far as it is available in my Department, is set out in the attached table. The values given are those of the items as used for human food and refer in all cases to the food as purchased.
Following is the table:—
|
Food |
Unit |
Calories per unit |
|
|
1. |
Wheat (taken as flour of 100% extraction) |
lb. |
1,504 |
|
Oats (taken as oatmeal—45% extraction) |
lb. |
1,776 |
|
|
Barley (taken as pearl barley—55% extraction) |
lb. |
1,552 |
|
|
Maize (100% extraction) |
lb. |
1,630 |
|
|
Beans (taken as broad) |
lb. |
80 |
|
|
Peans (fresh, green) |
lb. |
112 |
|
|
2. |
Potatoes |
lb. |
256 |
|
Sugar beet |
— |
No information. |
|
|
(beetroot) |
(lb.) |
(112) |
|
|
Fodder beet |
— |
No information. |
|
|
Turnips (taken as swedes) |
lb. |
64 |
|
|
Mangolds |
— |
No information. |
|
|
3. |
Wholemilk |
pint |
340 |
|
Skimmed milk |
pint |
180 |
|
|
Buttermilk |
— |
No information. |
|
|
4. |
Beef (whole carcase) |
lb. |
1,184 |
|
Mutton (whole carcase) |
lb. |
1,248 |
|
|
Bacon (whole side) |
lb. |
1,792 |
|
|
Chicken (taken as fowl, plucked and drawn) |
lb. |
432 |
|
|
Eggs |
lb. |
624 |
|
|
Fish—Cod, pollock, haddock, sole, turbot, brill |
lb. |
208 |
|
|
Plaice, ling |
lb. |
192 |
|
|
Whiting, skate |
lb. |
144 |
|
|
Hake |
lb. |
288 |
|
|
Halibut |
lb. |
272 |
|
|
Mackerel |
lb. |
368 |
|
|
Trout (sea) |
lb. |
496 |
|
|
Salmon |
lb. |
624 |
|
|
Herring (average) |
lb. |
512 |