Brown rice flour uses the entire rice grain, including the bran. This gives the flour a darker color, and gives brown rice flour a higher mineral content than white rice flour. Brown rice flour is a common substitute for wheat flour, especially for people who are gluten-intolerant.
Calories
This nutrition information applies to 1 cup of brown rice flour. A serving of brown rice flour contains 574 calories, according to FatSecret website. This provides about 29 percent of the daily value for calories, based on a standard diet of 2,000 calories per day.
Carbohydrates, Protein And Fat
A serving of brown rice flour contains 499 calories from carbohydrates, 40 calories from fat and 35 calories from protein. The carbohydrate content in a serving of brown rice flour is 120.84 mg, which provides about 40 percent of the daily value for carbohydrates. It also has 4.39 g of fat, or about 7 percent of the daily value for fat. The protein content in a serving of brown rice flour is 11.42 g, which is about 23 percent of the daily value for protein.
Minerals
Brown rice flour provides 17 percent of the daily value for iron and 2 percent of the daily value for calcium per serving. A serving of brown rice flour also contains 457 mg of potassium, or about 13 percent of the daily value for potassium.
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