Sesame Flour & Meal

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Sesame flour is the dry, powdery product left after sesame seeds have been pressed to extract their oil. Because much of the fat has been removed, it’s notably higher in protein and lower in fat than whole sesame seeds or tahini, making it useful as a protein-boosting ingredient in baking and cooking.

It has a mild, toasty sesame flavour and can be blended with other flours in breads, pancakes, and biscuits, or used to coat proteins before frying. It’s also used in some commercial food products as a flavouring and binding agent.

Sesame flour is a niche product in Australian retail but can be found in health food stores and specialty baking suppliers. As with all sesame products, it must be treated as an allergen in food preparation.

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How it's made

Sesame seeds are cleaned, optionally roasted, and then mechanically pressed or solvent-extracted to remove the bulk of their oil. The resulting press cake — a dry, compacted residue — is then ground into a fine flour and sieved to achieve a consistent texture. The degree of defatting determines whether the flour is classified as low-fat or partially defatted.

Nutrition (per 100g)

Energy 332kcal
Protein 50.1g
Carbs 35.5g
Fat 1.8g
Fibre 0g Sugar 0g
Mass Distribution

1 oz is about 28.35 g — roughly 90 kcal of this.

What it costs the planet (per kilo)

Carbon ≈1kg
Freshwater ≈8268.2L
Land ≈26.2m²

≈ Estimated — worked out from a category-typical value further up its supply chain. Where this comes from →

Where it comes from

Made from
Sesame, seeds

In the kitchen

Used as

nutty baking flour

Goes well with
honey chocolate almond lemon oat
Classic dishes
  • Sesame cookies
  • Halva
  • Gluten-free bread

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Where this data comes from

Nutrition data from

USDA

How it was calculated

SR Legacy

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