Nutrition and buying tips: Basil

All values below are per 1 tsp (0.7g) of Basil Flakes.

Proximates

• Water 0.7g
• Energy 2kcal
• Protein 0.16g
• Total lipid (fat) 0.03g
• Carbohydrate, by difference 0.33g
• Fiber, total dietary 0.3g
• Sugars, total 0.01g

Minerals

• Calcium, Ca 16mg
• Iron, Fe 0.63mg
• Magnesium, Mg 5mg
• Phosphorus, P 2mg
• Potassium, K 18mg
• Sodium, Na 1mg
• Zinc, Zn 0.05mg

Vitamins

• Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid 0.0mg
• Thiamin 0.001mg
• Riboflavin 0.008mg
• Niacin 0.034mg
• Vitamin B-6 0.009mg
• Folate, DFE 7µg
• Vitamin B-12 0.00µg
• Vitamin A, IU 16IU
• Vitamin E, 0.22mg
• Vitamin D (D2 + D3) 0.0µg
• Vitamin D 0IU
• Vitamin K 36µg

Lipids

• Fatty acids, total saturated 0.045g
• Fatty acids, total monounsaturated 0.026g
• Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated 0.010g
• Fatt acids, total trans 0g
• Cholesterol 0mg

Tips on buying quality Basil

Herbs are one of the toughest food products to buy high quality of. To buy high quality Basil online, you need to be fully sure that what you’re getting is really Basil Flakes, and not flakes that look like Basil but are duds. This is really common in the herb trade, and we indirectly refer to this kind of dilution using different %s of volatile oil. Pure Basil has a high volatile oil %, around 2-3%. Diluted ones are usually much lower, 1.5%, 1.3% and sometimes even 1%. This is one reason why Regency’s basil flakes smell as strong as they do – they’re pure! Welcome to read our Basil page for more notes, or purchase your own of the most premium tasting quality available!