Falafel calories and nutrition facts
Per 100 g: 333 kcal — 13.3 g protein, 17.8 g fat and 31.8 g carbs.
Falafel are deep-fried balls of ground chickpeas or fava beans with herbs, onion and spices, eaten across the Middle East in pita with salad, pickles and tahini. Each ball has about 57 kcal, so the five in a typical wrap come to around 285 kcal before the bread and sauce. Oven-baked falafel take up less oil, and the chickpeas supply plenty of folate.
- Source of protein
- High in fibre
- High in vitamin E
- High in folate
- Protein 16%
- Fat 47%
- Carbs 37%
In everyday portions
- 1 piece ≈ 17 g 57 kcal
- 100 kcal is 30 g this much of it gives 100 kcal
- 20 g of protein is 150 g this much to eat for 20 g of protein
- Energy density Medium 3.3 kcal per gram: the lower it is, the more food you get for the same calories
Nutrition per 100 g
The percentage is the share of an adult’s daily reference intake set by the EU (Regulation 1169/2011).
Energy and macros
- Energy 333 kcal 17%
- Protein 13.3 g 27%
- Fat 17.8 g 25%
- Carbs available, without fibre 31.8 g 12%
- Fibre 7.7 g
- Salt 0.73 g 12%
Where the calories come from
- Protein 16%
- Fat 47%
- Carbs 37%
Protein and carbs give 4 kcal a gram, fat 9. “Other” is fibre, alcohol and organic acids.
Vitamins
- Vitamin A 1 µg <1%
- Vitamin D 0 µg 0%
- Vitamin E 6.9 mg 58%
- Vitamin K 10 µg 13%
- Vitamin C 1.6 mg 2%
- Vitamin B1 thiamin 0.146 mg 13%
- Vitamin B2 riboflavin 0.166 mg 12%
- Vitamin B3 niacin 1 mg 7%
- Vitamin B5 pantothenic acid 0.292 mg 5%
- Vitamin B6 0.125 mg 9%
- Folate B9 104 µg 52%
- Vitamin B12 0 µg 0%
- Choline no data
Minerals
- Potassium 585 mg 29%
- Calcium 54 mg 7%
- Phosphorus 192 mg 27%
- Magnesium 82 mg 22%
- Iron 3.4 mg 24%
- Zinc 1.5 mg 15%
- Copper 0.258 mg 26%
- Manganese 0.691 mg 35%
- Selenium 1 µg 2%
- Iodine 10 µg 7%
- Sodium 294 mg 12%
EU criteria for nutrition claims
Which of them 100 g of this food meets under Regulation (EC) 1924/2006.
- Source of protein
- High in fibre
- High in vitamin E
- High in folate
- High in manganese
- Source of potassium
- Source of phosphorus
- Source of copper
- Source of iron
- Source of magnesium
- Source of zinc
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Among dishes
The category in the 17 Fit catalog: 691 foods. Compared per 100 g.
- 97% More calories than 97% of dishes.
- 82% More protein than 82% of dishes.
- 99% More fibre than 99% of dishes.
- 99% More vitamin E than 99% of dishes.
- 97% More folate than 97% of dishes.
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Where these numbers come from
USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy, USA), code 172455.
The vitamins and minerals it lacked come from ANSES-CIQUAL (France).
Carbs are available carbohydrates, without fibre, as on EU labels.