Grains & Cereals
🇬🇧 CoFID 2021 · 11-878
✦ Very high amylopectin: creamy risotto
✦ Round grain with chalky core
✦ Selenium and B vitamins
✦ Classic Italian culinary rice
Raw Arborio rice is a short-to-medium grain Italian variety with exceptionally high amylopectin starch content, which gives risotto its characteristic creaminess when the starch is gradually released during slow, stirred cooking. It has a larger, rounder grain than most rice varieties and a chalky white centre.
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Preparation note
Do not rinse Arborio before making risotto — surface starch is essential for the cream. Toast dry in butter or oil for 1-2 minutes before adding wine, then add hot stock ladleful by ladleful.
Sources:
CoFID 2021
Where Rice, white, Italian Arborio risotto, raw Stands Out
Macronutrients per 100g
1,509
kJ
Energy
6.40
g
Protein
85.2
g
Carbs
0.90
g
Fibre
1.00
g
Fat
0.20
g
Sugars
0.21
g
Saturates
0.00
g
Salt
Vitamins & Minerals
| Nutrient | Per 100g | % Daily Value* | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphorus | 125 mg | 18% | |
| Potassium | 86.0 mg | 4% | |
| Chloride | 46.0 mg | 6% | |
| Magnesium | 30.0 mg | 8% | |
| Folate | 13.0 µg | 7% | |
| Selenium | 5.00 µg | 9% | |
| Calcium | 5.00 mg | 1% | |
| Niacin (B3) | 1.60 mg | 10% | |
| Zinc | 1.40 mg | 14% | |
| Manganese | 0.740 mg | 37% | |
| Pantothenic Acid (B5) | 0.280 mg | 5% | |
| Iron | 0.210 mg | 2% | |
| Copper | 0.200 mg | 20% | |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.110 mg | 8% | |
| Thiamin (B1) | 0.090 mg | 8% | |
| Vitamin E (alpha-TE) | 0.030 mg | 0% | |
| Vitamin B12 | 0.000 µg | 0% | |
| Vitamin C | 0.000 mg | 0% | |
| Vitamin D | 0.000 µg | 0% | |
| Vitamin A (RAE) | 0.000 µg | 0% | |
| Polyunsaturated fat (PUFA) | 0.370 g | — | |
| Monounsaturated fat | 0.240 g | — | |
| Sucrose | 0.200 g | — | |
| Cholesterol | 0.000 mg | — | |
| Beta-carotene | 0.000 µg | — | |
| Biotin (Vitamin B7) | 1.10 µg | 2% | |
| Retinol (vitamin A) | 0.000 µg | 0% | |
| Omega-3 (Alpha-linolenic acid) | 0.010 g | — |
* % Daily Value based on EU Nutrient Reference Values (NRVs). — indicates no EU NRV established.
Primary data source for this entry:
McCance & Widdowson's Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID 2021), Public Health England. Source record tag: CoFID 2021.
All values are per 100g fresh weight unless stated.
% Daily Values based on EU Nutrient Reference Values (NRVs) per Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011.
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