If you can, opt for ghee over butter for its amazing health benefits. Until recently, I never entertained having ghee in my Primal pantry and assumed it was just for cooking Indian dishes. But then, while researching how to get my fitness back on track, I read an article singing the praises of its miraculous health benefits. To make ghee, water is evaporated (clarified) out of butter, leaving behind a higher concentration of fat and making it more suitable for cooking at higher temperature. As a by-product of the simmering process, the ghee often becomes more aromatic and can sometimes develop a pleasant light nutty flavour. Many remote cultures around the planet use ghee as a natural medicine and some even make it from human breast milk.
A rich source of: vitamin A , vitamin D, vitamin e, vitamin K.
Ghee, butter
Energy (kcal) | 878 |
Energy (kJ) | 3611 |
Water (g) | 0.4 |
Starch (g) | 0 |
Total sugars (g) | 0 |
Glucose (g) | 0 |
Galactose (g) | 0 |
Fructose (g) | 0 |
Sucrose (g) | 0 |
Maltose (g) | 0 |
Lactose (g) | 0 |
Protein (g) | 0.1 |
Protein (g)/100kcal | 0 |
Protein % of calories | 0.1 |
Carbohydrate (g) | 0 |
Carbohydrate (g)/100kcal | 0 |
Carb % of calories | 0 |
Fat (g) | 97.6 |
Fat (g)/100kcal | 11.1 |
Fat % of calories | 100.1 |
Satd FA /100g fd (g) | 58.4 |
Mono FA /100g food (g) | 25.7 |
Poly FA /100g food (g) | 4.6 |
Trans FAs /100g food (g) | 2.1 |
Sodium (mg) | 149 |
Potassium (mg) | 141 |
Calcium (mg) | 105 |
Magnesium (mg) | 12 |
Phosphorus (mg) | 91 |
Iron (mg) | 0.7 |
Copper (mg) | 0 |
Zinc (mg) | 0.5 |
Chloride (mg) | 226 |
Manganese (mg) | 0.2 |
Selenium (µg) | 4 |
Iodine (µg) | 20 |
Vitamin D (µg) | 0.3 |
Vitamin E (mg) | 1.8 |
Thiamin (mg) | 0.1 |
Riboflavin (mg) | 0.2 |
Niacin (mg) | 0.4 |
Tryptophan/60 (mg) | 1.2 |
Niacin equivalent (mg) | 1.6 |
Vitamin B6 (mg) | 0.1 |
Vitamin B12 (µg) | 0.7 |
Folate (µg) | 6 |
Pantothenate (mg) | 0.5 |
Biotin (µg) | 4.4 |
Vitamin C (mg) | 2 |
Alcohol (g) | 0 |
NSP (g) Non-starch polysaccharide | 0 |
AOAC fibre (g) | 0 |
Cholesterol (mg) | 246 |
Retinol (µg) | 22 |
Carotene (µg) | 4 |
Retinol Equivalent (µg) | 23 |