Beverage
Pellet
Hop pellets are milled and compressed hop cones, usually T-90 or similar, offering denser storage, better stability, and easier dosing than whole flowers. Most modern commercial and craft breweries bitter and aroma-hop with pellets; utilisation of alpha acids is often slightly higher than whole cone. For cooks working with beer recipes or home brew adaptations, pellet weights convert from cone recipes with published factors. Keep vacuum-sealed and frozen for long storage. Pellets disperse into fine green sediment—whirlpool and filtration differ from whole-cone hop backs. Flavour quality still tracks variety and crop year, not pellet form alone.
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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 4.75 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
- Total Carbohydrate 8.64 g
- Dietary Fibre 0 g
- Total Sugars 7.68 g
- Complex / starch 0 g
- Protein 0.48 g
- Water 85.1 g
- Energy 40 kcal
- Water 85.1 g
- Carbohydrates 8.64 g
- Sugars 7.68 g
- Protein 0.48 g
- Fat 0.1 g
- Vitamins 20.6 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.02 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.06 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 0.55 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.11 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.02 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 0.5 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 2.1 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 0.05 mg
- Vitamin K 0.2 µg
- Minerals 302 mg
- Major Minerals 301 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: 0.06 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 0.55 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.11 · vitamin-b6: 0.02 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 0.5 · vitamin-b9-folate: 2.1 · vitamin-e: 0.05 · vitamin-k: 0.2 ·
Minerals
Pellet of Hops: composition reflects this culinary part relative to the whole ingredient.
History
Industrial pelletising made hops easier to ship and store for global brewing.
Craft brewers adopted pellets for consistency while still celebrating variety character.
Cryo and enriched pellet fractions pushed aroma intensity further in IPA production.