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Rye flour

Rye flour is made from refined rye. Cooks use it for fermentation.

Made from
Rye
Cooked most in
Europe
Top country
Finland
Rye flour, whole

Photo: Veganbaking.net from USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use rye flour

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Ferment

Nutrition

What 100 g of rye flour holds

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

Protein 10%Fat 2%Carbohydrate 88%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of rye flour
Energy359 kcal · 1,360 kJ
Protein8.4 g
Fat1.9 g
of which saturated0.27 g
Carbohydrate77 g
of which sugars2.3 g
Fibre14 g
Sodium0 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of rye flour: minerals and vitamins
Potassium434 mg
Calcium32 mg
Iron2.5 mg
Magnesium95 mg
Zinc2.3 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)1 µg
Folate33 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 168885, 2512375), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where rye flour is cooked

4 dishes in the catalogue use rye 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 rye flour among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with rye flour

4 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Pepernoot

  • Möpkenbrot

    Germany

  • Kalakukko

    Finland

  • Zatiruha

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

Family

Related forms

Made from
rye (refined)
A kind of
flour

Cooked together

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

What rye flour is called

Names in 26 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    harina de centeno

  • French

    farine de seigle

  • Italian

    farina di segale

  • Portuguese

    farinha de centeio

  • German

    Roggenmehl

  • Dutch

    roggemeel

  • Russian

    ржаная мука · мука ржаная

  • Polish

    mąka żytnia

  • Hebrew

    קמח שיפון

  • Armenian

    տարեկանի ալյուր

  • Basque

    zekale-irin

  • Belarusian

    жытняя мука

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  • Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)

    жытняя мука

  • Catalan

    farina de sègol

  • Czech

    žitná mouka

  • Danish

    rugmel

  • Estonian

    Rukkijahu

  • Finnish

    ruisjauho

  • Galician

    fariña de centeo

  • Latgalian

    rudzu mylti

  • Latvian

    rudzu milti

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    rugmel

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    rugmjøl

  • Slovenian

    ržena moka

  • Swedish

    rågmjöl

  • Ukrainian

    житнє борошно

  • Welsh

    blawd rhyg

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q10658708

Photos

Photo: Veganbaking.net from USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons