From the point of view of scientific classification, peanuts have nothing to do with nuts. It turns out that this is a full-fledged representative of the legume family. And people have been using it since ancient times. If you consider the chemical composition of this delicious relative of beans and peas, it becomes immediately clear why it is so popular. First, peanuts are very nutritious. This becomes possible because half of their composition is occupied by fats. 100 g of peanuts contain up to 50 g. Proteins also occupy the most part - a little more than 26 g. Carbohydrates are allocated almost 10 g. Food fibers in this product (in 100 g) are slightly more than 8 g. Ash substances are about 3 g and water - about 8 g.
