Desi ghee nutrition per 100 g: A2 ghee fat, protein and vitamins

The a2 ghee nutritional value per 100g question is answered by the same single entry as every ghee. One source note first: the Indian Food Composition Tables 2017 (ICMR-NIN) list ghee only in their fatty-acid tables, with no energy, proximate, mineral or vitamin values, so the composition figures here come from the USDA FoodData Central record for clarified butter.

Read the table in one glance: 900 kcal per 100 g for ghee against 884 kcal for both oils, 100 g of fat in all three, and every other figure zero or not reported. The table is the short answer; the sections below answer the questions the table raises.

Per 100 g raw, edible portion. Composition: USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy), FDC ID 171314, NDB 1323; USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy), FDC ID 172337, NDB 4583; USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy), FDC ID 171410, NDB 4042. — means not reported. These are average values for the food; the label on a pack gives the values for that product.

Nobody measures ghee by the hundred grams at the table; the spoon is the unit. One teaspoon (5 g) is 45 kcal and two teaspoons (10 g) are 90 kcal, which is the ICMR-NIN limit for ghee or butter: 1 to 2 teaspoons in a day, or avoid it, if possible. A tablespoon (15 g) is 135 kcal, more than that day in one spoon, and a thin smear (3 g) brushed on a roti is 27 kcal. The numbers climb so fast because each gram of fat gives 9 kcal, where protein and carbohydrate give 4 kcal each (ICMR-NIN), and ghee is all fat. The 1 spoon ghee calories page works out the teaspoon, tablespoon and per-100 g numbers in full, a teaspoon brushed over a hot roti is the desi ghee roti recipe's method, and the desi ghee for weight loss page has what those spoons mean on the scale.

Does desi ghee have protein? No: 0 g per 100 g, and mustard oil and groundnut oil list the same zero, so none of the three is a protein food; fibre is 0 g and carbohydrate is 0 g across the trio as well. The protein question usually comes from the A1/A2 story: beta-casein is roughly 30 percent of cow's milk protein (a systematic review published in 2017 in Advances in Nutrition), and A2 ghee is ghee made from milk whose beta-casein is only the A2 type. IFCT 2017 lists no protein value for ghee and the USDA record shows 0 g, so no table records A2 ghee and normal ghee differing in protein; the a2 ghee vs normal ghee page walks through what does and does not differ.

Desi ghee glycemic index: there is no figure to give, and that is the correct answer. The glycemic index, as the University of Sydney GI group explains it, ranks carbohydrate foods by the way they raise blood glucose; ghee carries 0 g of carbohydrate per 100 g, so it cannot be ranked, and no glycemic load can be calculated for it. In a meal, ghee adds fat and calories, not glucose: a spoon over rice adds no carbohydrate of its own. For blood sugar, that is the useful part, and the portions, fat and carbohydrate detail are on is a2 ghee good for diabetes.

The vitamin search gets a short, honest answer. Vitamin C sits at 0 mg per 100 g, and the tables give no B-vitamin or folate values for ghee (USDA FoodData Central); IFCT 2017 also lists none. What the guidelines do record is the role ghee plays as a fat: it helps the meal absorb vitamins A, D, E and K, the fat-soluble set (ICMR-NIN), so a teaspoon in a dal or sabzi lets the vegetables' own vitamins cross. The omega 3 question gets the same answer: no omega-3 figure is listed for ghee in USDA FoodData Central or IFCT 2017, and in the ICMR-NIN guidelines n-3 is available in walnuts, flax seeds, chia seeds and soyabean, fenugreek seeds, mustard and leafy vegetables; ghee is not on that list. What the same guidelines list ghee among: animal-source foods that add cholesterol and saturated fatty acids to the diet. What each fact means for the day's eating is on the a2 ghee benefits page.

The mineral story is a clean set of zeros: iron 0 mg, calcium 0 mg and sodium 0 mg per 100 g, while magnesium, potassium and zinc carry no reported value. Groundnut oil lists 0.03 mg of iron and mustard oil lists 0 mg, so nothing in this trio is a mineral food either; the iron and calcium in a ghee-heavy meal come from the dal, the vegetables and the milk beside the ghee. The sodium zero has one practical reading: ghee adds no salt of its own, so the salt in a ghee-finished dish is entirely the cook's. Every name IFCT 2017 lists for ghee is on the desi ghee in english page, and the wider picture, how it is made, its types and uses, is in the bilona ghee guide.

What desi ghee contains?

Per 100 g: 900 kcal and 100 g of fat, with 0 g of protein, 0 g of carbohydrate and 0 g of fibre, and 0 mg of iron, calcium, sodium and vitamin C (USDA FoodData Central). IFCT 2017 lists ghee only in its fatty-acid tables. Desi ghee is essentially pure milk fat, and the A2 label changes the milk it came from, not this list.

Does a2 ghee have protein?

No. Ghee records 0 g of protein per 100 g in the USDA FoodData Central record, A2 or otherwise. The A1/A2 difference lives in the milk, not the jar: beta-casein is about 30 percent of cow's milk protein (a 2017 review in Advances in Nutrition). Protein on the plate comes from the dal, curd or milk beside the ghee, never from the ghee itself.

Does a2 ghee have omega 3?

No omega-3 figure is listed for ghee in USDA FoodData Central or IFCT 2017, and ghee does not sit on the plant list the ICMR-NIN guidelines give for n-3 (walnuts, flax seeds, chia seeds and soyabean, fenugreek seeds, mustard and leafy vegetables). Ghee is a saturated-fat food, not an omega-3 food.

Does a2 ghee have vitamin b12?

No vitamin B12 value is listed for ghee: USDA FoodData Central shows vitamin C at 0 mg per 100 g and gives no B-vitamin or folate figures, and IFCT 2017 lists none for ghee either. Ghee's vitamin role is indirect: as a fat, it helps vitamins A, D, E and K, the fat-soluble set, get absorbed from the rest of the meal (ICMR-NIN).

Is a2 ghee lactose free?

Generally yes: ghee is generally lactose-free because the milk solids are removed during clarification, and COWBERRY describes its A2 ghee the same way. Anyone who reacts to milk should still confirm with their doctor before making ghee a daily food.

Does ghee have cholesterol?

Ghee is an animal-source fat, and the ICMR-NIN guidelines put ghee with the animal foods that add cholesterol and saturated fatty acids to the diet, while plant foods carry no cholesterol. The is ghee good for cholesterol page carries the full picture of ghee, its fats and blood cholesterol.