Great pignut
Earthnut (great pignut)
Earthnut, or great pignut, is an edible wild plant valued for its small underground tuber, which may be eaten raw or cooked as a root vegetable.
About Earthnut (great pignut)
The great pignut, also called earthnut, is an edible wild plant valued chiefly for its small underground tuber. It is gathered and eaten as a root vegetable in some regional food traditions, rather than used as a nut despite the common name. Identification matters because the name refers to a particular wild food, not to peanuts or other true nuts.
The tuber is generally small and irregular, with a firm, starchy interior and a mild, earthy flavour. It may be eaten raw or cooked, though preparation and customary use vary. The plant’s above-ground parts are not the usual culinary portion, and commercially available forms are uncommon compared with familiar cultivated tubers.
- Ingredient type
- whole food
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Earthnut (great pignut) nutrition & diet
Earthnut (great pignut) nutritional value
Representative benchmark: Nuts, not further specified
Representative nutrition benchmarkOfficial table values for a comparable food category, not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient.
Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.
- Calories
- 483kcal
- Protein
- 13.7g
- Carbs
- 14.2g
- Fat
- 39.4g
Representative benchmark from a comparable official food-composition category; it is not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient. The displayed reference form must be considered, and species, cultivar, recipe, brand, processing and preparation can change values.
Nutrition comparisons should refer to the edible tuber and distinguish it from other plant parts or from foods called earthnuts in unrelated contexts. Raw and cooked preparations may differ in water content.
Dietary compatibility
- VeganNot established
- VegetarianNot established
- PescatarianNot established
- KetoNot established
- PaleoNot established
- Low-carbNot established
- HalalNot established
- KosherNot established
What these diet assessments mean
- Vegan · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Vegetarian · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Pescatarian · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Keto · Not established
- A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
- Paleo · Not established
- The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
- Low-carb · Not established
- A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
- 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: Pacific Nutrient Database 2020 — 01.1.6.8.9_99 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.
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