Mauka
Mauka is an Andean starchy root crop commonly boiled or roasted, with pale flesh that becomes soft and mildly sweet when cooked.
About Mauka
Mauka is an Andean root crop eaten as a starchy vegetable. Its edible root is commonly cooked before serving, including by boiling or roasting, and can be used in place of other cooked roots in meals.
The root is typically pale inside, with skin that may be cream, yellowish, or tinged with purple. Cooking softens its firm raw texture and brings out a mild, somewhat sweet flavour. Fresh roots and cooked mauka differ in moisture and texture; the name refers to the crop, not to a particular prepared dish.
- Ingredient type
- whole food
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Mauka nutrition & diet
Mauka nutritional value
Representative benchmark: Fish, not further specified
Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.
- Calories
- 129kcal
- Protein
- 20.3g
- Carbs
- 0.3g
- Fat
- 5.2g
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.
Comparisons should distinguish raw root from cooked mauka, since cooking changes water content and the edible portion measured.
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 — 01.1.3.1.9_99 ↗. 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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