Hush puppies calories and nutrition facts
Hush puppies: 296 kcal per 100 g, protein 6.2 g, fat 13.3 g, carbs 37.3 g. 1 piece (20 g): 59 kcal.
Deep-fried balls of seasoned cornmeal batter, often with onion, hush puppies come alongside fried catfish, shrimp and barbecue across the American South. Each 20 g hush puppy is about 59 kcal, and a side order holds several. Legend says cooks tossed them to barking dogs to hush them, though no one can prove it.
- High in folate
- High in phosphorus
- High in selenium
- Source of iron
- Protein 8%
- Fat 41%
- Carbs 51%
In everyday portions
- 1 piece ≈ 20 g 59 kcal P 1.2 · F 2.6 · C 7.5 g
- Typical serving · 80 g 237 kcal P 4.9 · F 10.6 · C 29.8 g
- 100 kcal is 34 g this much of it gives 100 kcal
- 20 g of protein is 325 g this much to eat for 20 g of protein
- Energy density Medium 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). What the % means
Energy and macros
- Energy 296 kcal 1,238 kJ 15%
- Protein 6.2 g 12%
- Fat 13.3 g 19%
- Carbs available, without fibre 37.3 g 14%
- Fibre 2.9 g
- Salt 2 g 34%
Where the calories come from
- Protein 8%
- Fat 41%
- Carbs 51%
Protein and carbs give 4 kcal a gram, fat 9. “Other” is fibre, alcohol and organic acids.
Vitamins
- Vitamin A 0 µg 0%
- Vitamin D 0 µg 0%
- Vitamin E 1.1 mg 9%
- Vitamin K 3.4 µg 5%
- Vitamin C 0 mg 0%
- Vitamin B1 thiamin 0.17 mg 15%
- Vitamin B2 riboflavin 0.07 mg 5%
- Vitamin B3 niacin 2.1 mg 13%
- Vitamin B5 pantothenic acid no data
- Vitamin B6 0.11 mg 8%
- Folate B9 223 µg 112%
- Vitamin B12 0 µg 0%
- Choline 11.6 mg
Minerals
- Potassium 256 mg 13%
- Calcium 100 mg 12%
- Phosphorus 410 mg 59%
- Magnesium 40 mg 11%
- Iron 2.5 mg 18%
- Zinc 0.73 mg 7%
- Copper 0.145 mg 14%
- Manganese no data
- Selenium 26.2 µg 48%
- Iodine no data
- Sodium 813 mg 34%
EU criteria for nutrition claims
Which of them 100 g of this food meets under Regulation (EC) 1924/2006.
- High in folate
- High in phosphorus
- High in selenium
- Source of iron
- Source of vitamin B1
Dishes
Among dishes
The category in the 17 Fit catalog: 699 foods. Compared per 100 g.
- 94% More calories than 94% of dishes.
- 89% More fibre than 89% of dishes.
- 99% More folate than 99% of dishes.
- 99% More phosphorus than 99% of dishes.
- 95% More selenium than 95% of dishes.
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Where these numbers come from
USDA FoodData Central (FNDDS, USA), code 2707819.
Carbs are available carbohydrates, without fibre, as on EU labels.