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Ingredients Descriptions and Photos
Kamut®

Kamut®

Kamut
(Kamut)  Kamut brand wheat is the registered trade name of Kamut International, Ltd., who cultivated a viable grain that was supposedly found in a jar in a pyramid in Egypt and planted it in the United States.  This could be the Egyptian wheat mentioned in the Bible (Exodus 9:32).  The nutritional values of kamut are compared with conventional wheat (see below).  (Photo-left is actual size)

TABLE A: NUTRITIONAL VALUES FOR COMMON WHEAT AND KAMUT BRAND WHEAT

  Common Wheat a. Kamut Brand Wheat b.
PROXIMATE:
water 11.5% 9.8%
food energy/100g (calories) 335 359
protein 12.3% 17.3%
total lipid (fat) 1.9% 2.6%
carbohydrate 72.7% 68.2%
crude fiber 2.1% 1.8%
ash 1.66% 1.82%
MINERALS: (mg/100g)
calcium 30 31
iron 3.9 4.2
magnesium 117 153
phosphorus 396 411
potassium 400 446
sodium 2.0 3.8
zinc 3.2 4.3
copper 0.44 0.46
manganese 3.8 3.2
VITAMINS: (mg/100g)    
thiamin (B1) 0.42 0.45
riboflavin (B2) 0.11 0.12
niacin 5.31 5.54
pantothenic acid 0.91 0.23
vitamin B6 0.35 0.08
folacin 0.0405 0.0375
vitamin E 1.2 1.7
LIPIDS: (g/100g)
saturated 0.303 0.550
16:0 (palmitic acid) monounsaturated 0.225 0.400
18:1 (oleic acid) polyunsaturated 0.733 1.580
18:2 (linoleic acid) 0.035 0.125
cholesterol 18:3 (linolenic acid) 0.0 0.0
AMINO ACIDS: (g/100g)
tryptophan 0.194 0.117
threonine 0.403 0.540
isoleucine 0.630 0.600
leucine 0.964 1.23
lysine 0.361 0.440
methionine 0.222 0.250
cystine 0.348 0.58
phenylalanine 0.675 0.85.
tyrosine 0.404 0.430
valine 0.624 0.800
arginine 0.610 0.860
histidine 0.321 0.430
alanine 0.491 0.630
aspartic acid 0.700 0.980
glutamic acid 4.68 5.97
glycine 0.560 0.650
proline 1.50 1.44
serine 0.662 0.930

a. Agriculture Handbook No. 8-20, “Cereal Grains and Pasta” 1988, pp 20071-20076.

b. Medallion Laboratories’ Analytical Report No. 88011589 done for Montana Flour & Grains on Kamut brand wheat October 24, 1988.

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Vegan FlagThe above recipe is in keeping with God's creation intent (Genesis 1:29-31): 'Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground-- everything that has the breath of life in it-- I give every green plant for food." And it was so. God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.' (NIV) Let no animal suffer or die that we may live!