Nutritional Facts: Original Pound Cake from 1700's England

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  1 lb (454g)
sugar
1 lb (454g)
butter
1 lb (454g)
flour
1 dozen (528g)
eggs
1/4 teaspoon (2g)
salt
1/4 cup (61g)
fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon (6g)
fresh lemon rind
Total 1 serving
Alanine n/a 0.1 1.5 3.9 0.0 n/a n/a 6 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine n/a 0.1 1.9 4.3 0.0 n/a n/a 6 0
Ash (g) 0.0 9.6 2.1 5.6 1.5 0.1 0.0 19 1
Aspartic acid n/a 0.3 2.0 7.0 0.0 n/a n/a 9 0
Beta-sitosterol n/a 18.2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 18 1
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 4.5 109.0 68.1 295.7 0.4 3.7 8.0 489 24
Calories 1,755.4 3,255.2 1,652.6 755.0 0.0 13.4 2.8 7,434 372
Calories (kj) 7,339.1 13,615.5 6,914.4 3,162.7 0.0 55.5 11.8 31,099 1,555
Campesterol n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 453.5 0.3 346.4 3.8 0.0 4.2 1.0 809 40
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 976.1 0.0 1,964.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,940 147
Copper (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Cystine n/a 0.0 1.0 1.4 0.0 n/a n/a 2 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 0.0 12.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.6 13 1
Folate (mcg) 0.0 13.6 830.8 248.2 0.0 12.2 0.8 1,106 55
Folate, DFE (mcg) 0.0 13.6 1,321.1 248.2 0.0 12.2 0.8 1,596 80
Folate, food (mcg) 0.0 13.6 131.7 248.2 0.0 12.2 0.8 406 20
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 699.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 699 35
Fructose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.7 n/a 1 0
Galactose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 2.0 n/a 0.6 n/a 3 0
Glutamic acid n/a 0.8 15.8 8.8 0.0 n/a n/a 25 1
Glycine n/a 0.1 1.7 2.3 0.0 n/a n/a 4 0
Histidine n/a 0.1 1.0 1.6 0.0 n/a n/a 3 0
Iron (mg) 0.2 0.1 21.1 9.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 31 2
Isoleucine n/a 0.2 1.6 3.5 0.0 n/a n/a 5 0
Lactose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Leucine n/a 0.4 3.2 5.7 0.0 n/a n/a 9 0
Lysine n/a 0.3 1.0 4.8 0.0 n/a n/a 6 0
Magnesium (mg) 0.0 9.1 99.9 63.4 0.0 3.7 0.9 177 9
Maltose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.0 0.0 3.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 3 0
Methionine n/a 0.1 0.8 2.0 0.0 n/a n/a 3 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.0 95.4 0.4 19.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 115 6
Niacin (mg) 0.0 0.2 26.8 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 27 1
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.0 0.5 2.0 8.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 11 1
Phenylalanine n/a 0.2 2.4 3.6 0.0 n/a n/a 6 0
Phosphorus (mg) 0.0 109.0 490.3 1,045.4 0.0 4.9 0.7 1,650 83
Phytosterols n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 2.1 2 0
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 0.0 13.8 1.9 10.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 26 1
Potassium (mg) 9.1 109.0 485.8 728.6 0.1 62.8 9.6 1,405 70
Proline n/a 0.4 5.4 2.7 0.0 n/a n/a 9 0
Protein (g) 0.0 3.9 46.9 66.3 0.0 0.2 0.1 117 6
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 3,046.3 0.0 844.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,891 195
Riboflavin (mg) 0.1 0.2 2.2 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 5 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.0 233.2 0.7 16.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 250 13
Selenium (mcg) 2.7 4.5 153.9 162.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 323 16
Serine n/a 0.2 2.3 5.1 0.0 n/a n/a 8 0
Sodium (mg) 4.5 3,241.6 9.1 749.8 581.4 0.6 0.4 4,587 229
Starch n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Stigmasterol n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Sucrose (g) 452.7 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.3 n/a 453 23
Sugar (g) 452.7 0.3 1.2 2.0 0.0 1.5 0.3 458 23
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.0 0.0 3.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 4 0
Threonine n/a 0.2 1.3 2.9 0.0 n/a n/a 4 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.0 10.5 0.3 5.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 16 1
Tocopherol, beta n/a 0.0 0.3 0.1 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta n/a 0.0 0.1 0.3 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma n/a 0.0 1.7 2.6 n/a n/a n/a 4 0
Total Fat (g) 0.0 368.2 4.4 50.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 423 21
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a 13.5 n/a 0.1 n/a 0.0 n/a 14 1
TransFatty acids n/a 14.9 n/a 0.2 n/a 0.0 n/a 15 1
Tryptophan n/a 0.1 0.6 0.9 0.0 n/a n/a 2 0
Tyrosine n/a 0.2 1.4 2.6 0.0 n/a n/a 4 0
Valine n/a 0.3 1.9 4.5 0.0 n/a n/a 7 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 11,345.5 0.0 2,851.2 0.0 3.7 3.0 14,203 710
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 3,105.4 0.0 844.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 3,950 198
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.8 0.0 4.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 5 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 23.6 7.7 31 2
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 272.4 0.0 433.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 705 35
Water (g) 0.1 72.0 54.1 402.1 0.0 56.3 4.9 590 29
Zinc (mg) 0.0 0.4 3.2 6.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 10 1

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