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Goose Eggs Nutrition

One large goose egg weighs approximately 144 grams, about three and a half times the size of its chicken counterpart. This larger version comes with much larger servings of protein, vitamins and minerals, but this means you'll also be eating a much larger serving of calories, carbohydrates, fat and cholesterol than when eating a normal chicken egg.

  1. Calories

    • One whole, raw goose egg contains approximately 266 calories. 172 of these calories are calories from fat, 7 from carbohydrates and 87 from protein. The USDA suggests that a healthy fat consumption level is consuming between 20 and 35 percent of all of the calories they eat as fat. These 172 calories from fat translate to 65 percent of the total calories.

    Carbohydrates

    • One goose egg has 1.9 grams of total carbohydrates, made up of 1.4 grams of sugar and 0 grams of dietary fiber. This is a very small amount of carbohydrates, just one percent of the recommended daily value. Goose eggs also contain a very low glycemic load, as 1.4 grams of sugar is just around two percent of the recommended daily value.

    Fats

    • A raw goose egg has 19.1 grams of total fat, almost 30 percent of your daily recommended value. Of this total, 5.2 grams are saturated fat, 8.3 grams are monounsaturated fat and 2.4 grams are polyunsaturated fat. A goose egg also contains 798 milligrams of omega-3 fatty acids and 979 milligrams of omega-6 fatty acids.

    Vitamins and Minerals

    • Goose eggs contain several vitamins and minerals. A goose egg is a great source (more than 30 percent of your recommended daily value) of riboflavin, folate, Vitamin B12, Iron, phosphorous and selenium. Goose eggs are also a good source of Vitamin A, thiamin, Vitamin E, Vitamin B6, pantothenic acid, choline, calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, zinc and small amounts of copper and manganese.

    Other

    • One goose egg contains 20 grams of protein, or 40 percent of the recommended daily value, however it also contains 1,227 milligrams of cholesterol, more than four times the amount recommended one person intakes per day. An egg also contains 101 grams of water and 1.6 grams of ash.

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