Nuts
Paste
Mongongo paste is the thicker traditional grind of mongongo meats used as food energy in San and neighbouring foodways. It is about calories and culture first. A good paste is freshly prepared and free of spoilage. A bad paste is oxidised or dirty with shell. Do not treat as almond praline. Honour origin when featuring it on a menu. Refrigerate modern jars.
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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 54.7 g
- Saturated Fat 6.94 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 28.6 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 13.8 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 4.82 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
- Total Carbohydrate 18.9 g
- Dietary Fibre 7.93 g
- Total Sugars 4.23 g
- Complex / starch 5.14 g
- Protein 18 g
- Water 4.17 g
- Energy 612 kcal
- Water 4.17 g
- Carbohydrates 18.9 g
- Protein 18 g
- Fat 54.7 g
- Saturated Fat 6.94 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 28.6 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 13.8 g
- Omega-3 1.38 g
- Vitamins 90.6 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.23 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.17 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 2.24 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.55 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.16 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 16.4 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 43.2 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 5.3 mg
- Vitamin K 5.3 µg
- Minerals 316 mg
- Major Minerals 315 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.23 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.17 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 2.24 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.55 · vitamin-b6: 0.16 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 16.4 · vitamin-b9-folate: 43.2 · vitamin-e: 5.3 · vitamin-k: 5.3 ·
Minerals
Paste of Mongongo: composition reflects this culinary part relative to the whole ingredient.
History
Mongongo pastes were daily wild foods in the nuts home range.
Observers recorded mongongo paste as a staple energy food.
Chefs occasionally presented mongongo paste with cultural credit.