Dishes from the wild rice very well compensate for a deficiency of vitamins and minerals. The wild rice contains many beneficial nutrients, a significant amount of protein (15 g of 100, and in a very rich balance of amino acids), b vitamins and are especially valuable folic acid (here it is five times more than brown rice). In the Cup wild rice contains daily intake of folic acid for an adult. As for minerals, wild rice contains significant amounts of magnesium (177 mg), phosphorus (433 mg), zinc (6 mg) and manganese (1.3 mg is 2/3 of the daily value for an adult). As the wild rice contains calcium, copper, iron, iodine, folic acid, amino acids - methionine, lysine and threonine. The wild rice contains large amounts of protein, so this figure gives force to the muscles.