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Sorghum grain

Sorghum

Sorghum is a grain. Cooks treat it as a cereal grain.

  • Plant-based
  • Gluten-free
  • No listed allergens

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

Family
Poaceae
Cooked most in
Africa, Asia
Top country
Kazakhstan
Sorghum grain, whole

Photo: Salil Kumar Mukherjee · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Nutrition

What 100 g of sorghum grain holds

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

Protein 12%Fat 4%Carbohydrate 85%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of sorghum grain, raw
Energy370 kcal
Protein10 g
Fat3.3 g
Carbohydrate75 g
Fibre3.9 g
Sodium0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of sorghum grain, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium274 mg
Calcium7.5 mg
Iron2 mg
Magnesium109 mg
Zinc1.3 mg
Other forms

Protein 12%Fat 4%Carbohydrate 84%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of sorghum grain, other form
Energy329 kcal · 1,377 kJ
Protein11 g
Fat3.5 g
of which saturated0.61 g
Carbohydrate72 g
of which sugars2.5 g
Fibre6.7 g
Sodium2 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of sorghum grain, other form: minerals and vitamins
Potassium363 mg
Calcium13 mg
Iron3.4 mg
Magnesium165 mg
Zinc1.7 mg
Folate20 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 2710841, 169716), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where sorghum grain is cooked

3 dishes in the catalogue use sorghum grain. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list sorghum grain among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with sorghum grain

2 of the 3 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

  • Burukutu

    Nigeria

  • Maasa

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include sorghum grain.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: sorghum grain 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
None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, 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

Cooked together

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

What sorghum grain is called

Names in 10 languages, from Wikidata.

  • French

    grain de sorgho

  • Italian

    sorgo · saggina

  • German

    Sorghumkorn

  • Dutch

    sorghumgraan

  • Russian

    сорго

  • Chinese

    高粱米 · 高粱

Show all 10 languages

  • Catalan

    sorgo

  • Finnish

    durra

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    高粱米 · 高粱

  • Slovenian

    sirek

  • Swedish

    sorghum

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q105549747

Photos

Photo: Salil Kumar Mukherjee · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons