Nutritional Facts: Pesto

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  2 cups (86g)
fresh basil
1/2 cup (46g)
of fresh mint
1/4 cup (11g)
soft breadcrumbs
1/8 cup (13g)
parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon (14g)
olive oil
1 tablespoon (8g)
garlic
1/4 teaspoon (1g)
black pepper
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0 0
Ash (g) 1.3 0.9 0.2 1.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 4 1
Aspartic acid (g) 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 153.1 90.7 17.0 138.6 0.1 15.1 2.5 417 70
Calories 19.9 20.1 29.9 53.9 119.3 12.5 1.4 257 43
Calories (kj) 81.3 83.9 125.2 225.6 499.4 52.1 6.0 1,074 179
Carbohydrates (g) 2.3 3.8 5.7 0.5 0.0 2.8 0.4 15 3
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11 2
Copper (mg) 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Cystine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 1.4 3.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 5 1
Folate (mcg) 58.8 47.9 12.5 1.3 0.0 0.3 0.1 121 20
Folate, DFE (mcg) 58.8 47.9 19.2 1.3 0.0 0.3 0.1 128 21
Folate, food (mcg) 58.8 47.9 2.8 1.3 0.0 0.3 0.1 111 19
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 9.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10 2
Fructose (g) 0.0 n/a 0.2 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Galactose (g) 0.2 n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) (g) 0.0 n/a 0.2 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 0.2 0.2 0.3 1.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 2 0
Glycine (g) 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Histidine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Hydroxyproline n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Iron (mg) 2.7 5.4 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 9 1
Isoleucine (g) 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Lactose (g) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Leucine (g) 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Lysine (g) 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Magnesium (mg) 55.4 28.7 2.6 4.8 0.0 2.1 1.0 94 16
Maltose (g) 0.0 n/a 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Manganese (mg) 1.0 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 2 0
Methionine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.1 0.0 0.1 1.0 9.8 0.0 0.0 11 2
Niacin (mg) 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 2 0
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Phenylalanine (g) 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Phosphorus (mg) 48.4 27.4 11.1 91.1 0.0 12.8 0.9 192 32
Phytosterols n/a 4.6 0.0 n/a 29.8 n/a 0.5 35 6
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 1.4 0.0 0.0 2 0
Potassium (mg) 255.2 208.8 11.3 15.6 0.1 33.5 7.6 532 89
Proline (g) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Protein (g) 2.7 1.5 0.9 4.8 0.0 0.5 0.1 10 2
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 28 5
Riboflavin (mg) 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.0 0.1 0.1 2.2 1.9 0.0 0.0 4 1
Selenium (mcg) 0.3 n/a 1.9 2.2 0.0 1.2 0.0 6 1
Serine (g) 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Sodium (mg) 3.5 13.7 57.5 191.1 0.3 1.4 0.1 268 45
Starch n/a n/a 4.6 n/a n/a n/a n/a 5 1
Sucrose (g) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Sugar (g) 0.3 n/a 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 1 0
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Threonine (g) 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.7 n/a 0.0 0.0 1.9 0.0 0.0 3 0
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 0.1 n/a n/a n/a 0.1 n/a 0.0 0 0
Total Fat (g) 0.6 0.3 0.4 3.6 13.5 0.0 0.0 18 3
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
TransFatty acids n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Valine (g) 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 4,562.7 1,848.6 0.0 108.1 0.0 0.8 3.1 6,523 1,087
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 228.3 92.6 0.0 28.6 0.0 0.0 0.2 350 58
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 15.6 6.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.6 0.0 24 4
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 3 0
Water (g) 79.6 39.0 4.1 2.6 0.0 4.9 0.1 130 22
Zinc (mg) 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 2 0

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