Please could you tell me the food value that is in sago?

It provides u fibre strenght. But generate lot of heat.

Please could you tell me the food value that is in sago?
Sago has 0.2gms of protein.0.2gms of fat, 0.3gms of minerals, 87.1gms of carbohydrates, 351kcal of energy, 10 mgs of calcium and phosphorous.
Reply:Sago flour (Metroxylon) is nearly pure carbohydrate and has very little protein, vitamins, or minerals. However, as sago palms are typically found in areas unsuited for other forms of agriculture, sago cultivation is often the most ecologically appropriate form of land-use, and the nutritional deficiencies of the food can often be compensated for with other readily available foods.





One hundred grams of dry sago yields 355 calories, including an average of 94 grams of carbohydrate, 0.2 grams of protein, 0.5 grams of dietary fiber, 10mg of calcium, 1.2mg of iron, and negligible amounts of fat, carotene, thiamine, and ascorbic acid.





Sago can be stored for weeks or months, although generally it is eaten quickly after it is processed.





Sago is a powdery starch made from the processed pith found inside the trunks of the Sago Palm Metroxylon sagu. Metroxylon is the scientific name derived from Greek and means heartwood. The species name is from a local name for the food. Sago forms a major staple food for the lowland peoples of New Guinea and the Moluccas where it is often cooked and eaten as a form of pancake with fish.





Sago looks like tapioca and both are pearly grains of starch, but tapioca is made from the root of the cassava plant. They are similar but are not identical when used in recipes.





Because sago flour made from Metroxylon is the most widely used form, this article discusses sago from Metroxylon unless otherwise specified.





Sago palms grow very quickly, up to 1.5m of vertical stem growth per year, in the fresh water swamps and lowlands in the tropics. The stems are thick and either self supporting or grow with a somewhat climbing habit. The leaves are pinnate, not palmate. They are harvested at the age of 7 to 15 years just before they flower. They only flower and fruit once before they die. When harvested the stems are full of the stored starch which would otherwise be used for flowering and fruiting. The trunks are cut into sections and into halves and the starch is beaten or otherwise extracted from the "heartwood", and in some traditional methods it is collected when it settles out of water. One palm yields 150 to 300kg of starch.
Reply:Sago has 0.2gms of protein.0.2gms of fat, 0.3gms of minerals, 87.1gms of carbohydrates, 351kcal of energy, 10 mgs of calcium and phosphorous.