Alegría
Alegría is a traditional Mexican seed brittle made primarily from amaranth seeds bound together with honey or piloncillo syrup. It's a popular street snack and market treat, often shaped into bars or balls and sometimes mixed with nuts or dried fruit.
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🍽️ Nutrition at a glance
This energy-dense snack is high in carbohydrates from the sweetener and seeds, and provides a good amount of plant-based protein and fiber from the amaranth. A typical 30-gram serving contains roughly 120-150 calories.
Nutrition breakdown
| Calories | 140 kcal |
| Protein | 2.5 g |
| Carbs | 18 g |
| Fat | 7 g |
| Fiber | 1.5 g |
| Sugar | 12 g |
| Sodium | 5 mg |
| Magnesium | 45 mg |
| Phosphorus | 65 mg |
| Iron | 1.2 mg |
| Zinc | 0.8 mg |
| Copper | 0.3 mg |
| Manganese | 0.4 mg |
| Vitamin E | 1.5 mg |
| Thiamin (B1) | 0.1 mg |
Per 1 piece (30 g) · estimated, varies by recipe
💡 What's interesting
Amaranth was a sacred staple crop for the Aztec civilization, making this candy a direct culinary link to pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica. Nutritionally, amaranth is a 'complete protein' containing all essential amino acids, which is rare for a plant food.
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