Rich in vitamins and minerals
Chickpea flour is high in essential elements. One cup (92 grams) of chickpea flour has the following ingredients:
- Calories: 356
- Protein: 20 grams
- Fat: 6 grams
- Carbs: 53 grams
- Fiber: 10 grams
- Thiamine: 30% of the Reference Daily Intake (RDI)
- Folate: 101% of the RDI
- Iron: 25% of the RDI
- Phosphorus: 29% of the RDI
- Magnesium: 38% of the RDI
- Copper: 42% of the RDI
- Manganese: 74% of the RDI
One cup (92 grams) of chickpea flour has slightly more folate than the daily requirement. This vitamin is essential for avoiding spinal cord abnormalities during pregnancy. Babies born to women who consumed flour fortified with additional folate and other vitamins had 68% fewer spinal cord defects than those born to participants who consumed plain flour in one observational study of over 16,000 women. The women who used fortified flour also had 26% higher blood folate levels than the control group. Chickpea flour naturally provides nearly twice as much folate as enriched wheat flour. It's also a good source of minerals including iron, magnesium, phosphorus, copper, and manganese.
