Wheat germ Calories and nutrition facts · Flour
- Carbs
- 4.7 g
- Fibre
- 2.1 g
- Sugars
- 2.5 g
- Protein
- 4.4 g
- Fat
- 1.5 g
Where the calories come from
Wheat germ has 54 kcal per serving (15 g), with 4.7 g carbs, 2.1 g fibre, 4.4 g protein and 1.5 g fat. 100 g has 360 kcal.
Share of your daily needs in one serving
How much is too much
About 140 g of wheat germ a day reaches the EU safe upper level for zinc: 25 mg, the most an adult can have every day without risk of harm. That's 9.4 × serving (15 g).
Diet tags
Last updated June 30, 2026 · Where the data comes from
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Per 100 g, against the 57 flour in our catalog.
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Calories 360 kcal · typical 348 kcal
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Fibre 14 g · typical 7.6 g
More fibre than 78% of flour.
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Protein 29.4 g · typical 11.5 g
More protein than 95% of flour.
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Magnesium 293 mg · typical 110 mg
More magnesium than 91% of flour.
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Zinc 17.8 mg · typical 2.6 mg
More zinc than 100% of flour.
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Fat 10 g · typical 2.4 g
More fat than 96% of flour.
The bar shows this food; the line marks the typical (median) value of the category.
Nutrients in wheat germ
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% of the daily value for a healthy adult. Your own needs depend on age, sex and activity.
Energy and macros
Vitamins
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Vitamin A (RAE) 5µg1% of daily
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Vitamin D 0µg0% of daily
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Vitamin E 22mg201% of daily
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Vitamin K 4µg6% of daily
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Vitamin B1 1.70mg204% of daily
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Vitamin B2 0.63mg39% of daily
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74% of daily
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Vitamin B6 0.65mg41% of daily
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Vitamin B9 (Folate) 213µg65% of daily
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Vitamin B12 0µg0% of daily
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Vitamin C 0mg0% of daily
Minerals
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Salt 6mg0% of max
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Calcium 41mg4% of daily
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Chromium 1µg4% of daily
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Copper 1.06mg82% of daily
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Fluoride 0.14mg
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Iodine 5µg3% of daily
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Iron 9mg56% of daily
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Magnesium 293mg98% of daily
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Manganese 18mg590% of daily
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Molybdenum 0.03mg46% of daily
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Phosphorus 1,000mg182% of daily
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Potassium 1,060mg30% of daily
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Selenium 9µg14% of daily
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Sodium 2.30mg0% of max
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Zinc 18mg191% of daily
Carbohydrates
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Starch 15g
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Sugars 16g33% of max
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Added Sugars 0g0% of max
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Sucrose 15g
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Maltose 0g
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Fructose 0.60g
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Galactose no data
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Glucose 0.60g
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Fibre, total 14g56% of daily
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Polyols no data
Fats
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Omega-3 0.57g
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Alpha-linolenic acid 568mg
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EPA fatty acid 0mg
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DHA fatty acid 0mg
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Omega-6 3.83g
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Linoleic acid 3,825mg
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Arachidonic acid 0mg
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Oleic acid 946mg
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Saturated fatty acids 1.22g6% of max
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Palmitic acid 1,153mg
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Stearic acid 0.04g
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Cholesterol 0mg
Amino acids
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Histidine 0.64g66% of daily
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Isoleucine 0.85g64% of daily
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Leucine 1.57g53% of daily
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Lysine 1.47g55% of daily
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Methionine 0.46g34% of daily
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Cysteine no data
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Phenylalanine 0.93g40% of daily
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Tyrosine 0.70g59% of daily
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Tryptophan 0.32g91% of daily
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Threonine 0.97g69% of daily
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Valine 1.20g71% of daily
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Alanine 1.48g
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Arginine 1.87g
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Asparagine no data
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Aspartic acid 2.07g
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Cystine 0.46g65% of daily
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Glutamic acid 4.00g
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Glutamine no data
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Glycine 1.42g
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Proline 1.23g
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Serine 1.10g
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Hydroxyproline no data
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Taurine no data
Amino acid data is mapped from the USDA database, for information only.
Wheat germ in other food databases
The same food in national food composition databases, next to ours. Per 100 g.
BLS: “Wheat germ” · Fineli: “Wheat germ” · USDA: “Wheat germ, crude”. Databases measure different samples, so some spread is normal. Nutriely's values are what the app uses. Sources and licences.
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- Flour, whole wheat flour 358 kcal / 100 g
- Brown rice flour 363 kcal / 100 g
- Flour, dark wheat flour 363 kcal / 100 g
- Flour, millet 357 kcal / 100 g
- Flour, barley, whole 356 kcal / 100 g
Where the data comes from
How we combine and check nutrition data: Nutriely data sources.
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