Hickory nuts taste delicious and also contain a good nutritional value. There are different ways to prepare hickory nuts and the nutritional value and calorie content in each of these forms is different. Below mentioned are a few kinds of hickory nuts and the details about their calorie content and other micronutrients.
One cup of hickory nuts contain a total of 788 calories of which more than half of the calories that is 85% are obtained from fats, 8% calories come from proteins and the remaining 7% come from carbohydrates. The total fat content in an equal serving of hickory nuts is 77.2 grams consisting of 8.4 grams of saturated fat content, 26.3 grams of polyunsaturated fat content and 39.1 grams of monounsaturated fat content. It contains 15.3 grams of protein content, 21.9 grams of carbohydrate content. It is a good source of Thiamin, magnesium, copper and phosphorus and contains a good amount of various other essential vitamins and minerals.
Hickory nuts taste god in their dried form. One oz of dried hickory nuts has a total of 186 calories. Hickory farms mixed nuts also taste scrumptious. Each serving of this kind of hickory nuts contains 238 calories.
Smoked hickory nuts are also quite popular and contain good nutritional value. One fourth cup of old hickory smoked soy nuts available from GeniSoy contains a total of 120 calories out of which 35% of the calories are obtained from fat, 34% of the calories come from carbohydrate and 31% calories come from proteins. The total fat content in it is 5 grams consisting of 1 grams of saturated fat content, 2.5 grams of polyunsaturated fat content and 1.5 grams of monounsaturated fat content. An equal serving of this kind of hickory nuts contains carbohydrate content of 11 grams, protein content of 10 grams and sodium content of 290 mg.
