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Durum wheat semolina

A coarse flour milled from durum wheat, commonly used to make pasta and some breads.

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About Durum wheat semolina

Durum wheat semolina is a coarse-milled flour made from durum wheat. Its granular particles and yellow to golden colour make it especially useful for pasta, while it can also serve in breads, dumplings, porridges, and as a dusting flour. It is a raw flour rather than a finished pasta product.

Dry semolina has a mild wheat flavour and a firm, slightly gritty feel. The grind may be coarse or relatively fine, affecting how quickly it hydrates and how smooth a dough becomes. When cooked, it develops a firm, pleasantly chewy texture in pasta and a thicker, softer texture in porridge.

It appears as loose yellow or golden granules, with finer products resembling flour more closely. Mixing it with water produces dough; rolling, extruding, or shaping that dough creates pasta or other foods. Boiling, baking, or simmering then changes the dry flour into its finished form.

Ingredient type
flour

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Durum wheat semolina nutrition & diet

Durum wheat semolina nutritional value

Semolina, raw

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the stated food form.

Calories
349kcal
Protein
10.6g
Carbs
77.9g
Fat
1.6g

Reference values apply to the named food form, not every preparation, variety or brand. CoFID 2021 food code 11-903. Carbohydrate follows the dataset’s available-carbohydrate convention. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.

Portions & preparation

Reference coarse durum-wheat semolina as sold or as used in a recipe, distinguishing dry flour from hydrated dough or cooked food. Milling grade, enrichment, added ingredients, and preparation affect the represented portion. Do not substitute ordinary wheat flour or finished pasta for this ingredient.

Compare the right form: Match the reference to dry coarse semolina milled from identified durum wheat, noting enrichment, milling grade, and any hydration or recipe use.

Diet considerations

Durum-wheat semolina is plant-derived cereal flour and contains wheat. Compatibility changes when it is combined with egg, dairy, animal fat, sweeteners, or other flours, or formed into bread, pasta, batter, or coatings. The dry ingredient differs from the finished food, and portion size affects carbohydrate patterns in prepared dishes.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Typically compatible
  • Vegetarian
    Typically compatible
  • Pescatarian
    Typically compatible
  • Keto
    Depends on the version
  • Paleo
    Typically incompatible
  • Low-carb
    Depends on the version
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Typically compatible
The plain ingredient profile is plant, fungal or mineral based. Added ingredients in a prepared product need a separate check.
Vegetarian · Typically compatible
The plain ingredient profile is plant, fungal or mineral based. Added ingredients in a prepared product need a separate check.
Pescatarian · Typically compatible
The plain ingredient profile is plant, fungal or mineral based. Added ingredients in a prepared product need a separate check.
Keto · Depends on the version
Compatibility depends on the portion and preparation. A sourced carbohydrate amount for a defined serving is not available.
Paleo · Typically incompatible
This profile falls outside the conventional paleo pattern used here (grains and pseudograins, legumes, dairy or refined sugar).
Low-carb · Depends on the version
Compatibility depends on the portion and preparation. A sourced carbohydrate amount for a defined serving is not available.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 — Semolina, raw ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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