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Water chestnut flour

Water chestnut flour is a starch-rich flour used to thicken sauces and make batters, cakes, and dumpling wrappers.

Water chestnut flour — illustrative ingredient image

About Water chestnut flour

Water chestnut flour is a dry powder made from the Chinese water chestnut, usually by drying and milling its corm. It is used in batters, cakes, sweets, dumplings, and pastries, and can also thicken sauces, soups, or fillings. Some products sold by this name are mainly separated starch.

The powder is commonly pale cream, off-white, or lightly grey, with a fine texture and a mild, subtly sweet flavour. When mixed with liquid and heated, it can give a preparation body and, depending on its composition, a smooth or slightly elastic texture. Flour containing more corm solids behaves differently from purified starch.

It is sold in packets or bulk as a loose powder. It may be stirred into liquid, blended with other flours, or incorporated into dough and batter. Heating changes it into a thickened sauce, tender cake, chewy sweet, dumpling wrapper, or other cooked preparation.

Ingredient type
flour

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water chestnut flour

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Water chestnut flour nutrition & diet

Water chestnut flour nutritional value

Representative benchmark: Flour, 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
353kcal
Protein
10.7g
Carbs
72.1g
Fat
1.6g

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.

Portions & preparation

Match the reference to flour milled from water-chestnut corm, not chestnut flour or another starch. Specify dry flour versus hydrated batter, dough, or cooked wrapper, because the edible portion and dilution differ. Note added sugar, oil, eggs, dairy, seasonings, or other flours in the finished preparation.

Compare the right form: Reference must match water-chestnut-corm flour, distinguishing dry powder from batter, dough, thickener, or cooked wrapper; recipe matters.

Diet considerations

Water-chestnut flour is plant-derived when its sole ingredient is the specified corm, but commercial or recipe blends may include cereal flours, starches, eggs, dairy, fats, or sweeteners. Compatibility depends on the formulation and cross-ingredient additions. Its carbohydrate pattern is portion- and recipe-dependent, especially in wrappers, cakes, batters, and sauces.

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

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
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  • Pescatarian
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  • Keto
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  • Paleo
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  • Low-carb
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  • Halal
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  • Kosher
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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 — 01.1.1.2.9_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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