Beverage
Bract
Hops bract is a prepared form of the cone, cut or sorted so cooks get consistent pieces without full breakdown. plant ingredient with cultivar-driven sweetness, acid or starch. Match cooking time to piece size and moisture. ripeness and cut size drive timing more than complex technique. Use sound product and keep cut surfaces from drying out before the pan. Save clean trimmings for stock, crumbs or compound butters when they suit the ingredient.
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Nutrition and pairings
Nutrition
Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.
Nutrition Facts
Per 100 g edible portion
Amount per 100 g
- Total Fat 0.1 g
- Saturated Fat 0 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 4.79 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
- Total Carbohydrate 8.78 g
- Dietary Fibre 0 g
- Total Sugars 7.94 g
- Complex / starch 0 g
- Protein 0.52 g
- Water 90.6 g
- Energy 41.4 kcal
- Water 90.6 g
- Carbohydrates 8.78 g
- Sugars 7.94 g
- Protein 0.52 g
- Fat 0.1 g
- Vitamins 20.5 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.02 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.05 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 0.53 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.11 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.02 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 0.5 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 2 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 0.05 mg
- Vitamin K 0.2 µg
- Minerals 372 mg
- Major Minerals 371 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.02 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.05 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 0.53 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.11 · vitamin-b6: 0.02 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 0.5 · vitamin-b9-folate: 2 · vitamin-e: 0.05 · vitamin-k: 0.2 ·
Minerals
Bract of Hops: composition reflects this culinary part relative to the whole ingredient.
History
Market gardeners and growers selected hops for flavour, yield and keeping quality, including named bract portions.
Market gardeners and growers selected hops for flavour, yield and keeping quality, including named bract portions.
Cooks bought prepped forms of hops for speed while markets still sold whole produce, including named bract portions.