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Almond flour

Also called ground almond and almond meal

Almond flour is made from ground almonds. Cooks use it for baking.

  • Plant-based
  • Gluten-free
  • Allergen: tree nuts

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Made from
Almond
Cooked most in
Europe
Top country
Spain
Almond flour, packaged

Photo: Mohammed Qays Kazem · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use almond flour

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Bake

Cooking with it

It makes baked goods moist and gives them a rich, nutty flavor.

Nutrition

What 100 g of almond flour holds

Per 100 g. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 28%Fat 54%Carbohydrate 18%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of almond flour
Energy622 kcal
Protein26 g
Fat50 g
Carbohydrate16 g
Fibre9.3 g
Sodium0.89 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of almond flour: minerals and vitamins
Potassium667 mg
Calcium232 mg
Iron3.2 mg
Magnesium251 mg
Zinc2.8 mg
Folate38 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 2261420), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where almond flour is cooked

3 dishes in the catalogue use almond flour. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list almond flour among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with almond flour

3 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Tarta de Santiago

    Spain

  • Chebakia

  • Gâteau Basque

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include almond flour.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: almond flour in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
Contains: tree nutsChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Family

Related forms

Made from
almond (ground)

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What almond flour is called

Names in 19 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    harina de almendra · harina de almendras · almendra molida

  • French

    Plat aux amandes

  • German

    gemahlene Mandeln

  • Russian

    миндальная мука

  • Polish

    mąka migdałowa · mączka migdałowa

  • Arabic

    دقيق لوز

  • Chinese

    杏仁茶 · 磨杏仁粉

  • Albanian

    Mielli i bajames

  • Basque

    arbendol eho · arbendol irina · almendra eho · almendra irina

  • Belarusian

    Міндальная мука

  • Czech

    mandlová mouka · drcené mandle

  • Esperanto

    migdalfaruno

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  • Galician

    fariña de améndoa

  • Javanese

    Almond bubuk

  • Luxembourgish

    gemuele Mandelen

  • Min Nan Chinese

    hīng-jîn-tê · hīng-lîn-tê

  • Slovenian

    mandljeva moka · mleti mandlji

  • Swedish

    mandelmjöl

  • Ukrainian

    мигдальне борошно

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q4733897

Photos

Photo: Mohammed Qays Kazem · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons