Nutritional Facts: Jamaican (Cornmeal) Porridge

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  4 cups (948g)
water
1/2 teaspoon (3g)
salt
1 cup (122g)
yellow cornmeal
1 tablespoon (8g)
flour
1 cup (244g)
milk
1 teaspoon (4g)
vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon (1g)
cinnamon
2 tablespoons (38g)
condensed milk
Total 1 serving
Alanine n/a 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.3 n/a 0.0 0.1 1 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 1 0
Arginine n/a 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.3 n/a 0.0 0.1 1 0
Ash (g) 0.9 3.0 1.4 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.7 8 2
Aspartic acid n/a 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.6 n/a 0.0 0.2 2 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 28.4 0.7 7.3 1.2 290.4 0.5 6.5 106.5 442 110
Calories 0.0 0.0 441.6 28.4 156.2 12.1 1.6 120.4 760 190
Calories (kj) 0.0 0.0 1,848.3 119.0 653.9 50.6 6.8 503.3 3,182 795
Carbohydrates (g) 0.0 0.0 93.8 6.0 11.3 0.5 0.5 20.4 133 33
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 34.2 0.0 0.0 12.8 47 12
Copper (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Cystine n/a 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 0 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 0.0 8.9 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 9 2
Folate (mcg) 0.0 0.0 30.5 14.3 12.2 0.0 0.0 4.1 61 15
Folate, DFE (mcg) 0.0 0.0 30.5 22.7 12.2 0.0 0.0 4.1 70 17
Folate, food (mcg) 0.0 0.0 30.5 2.3 12.2 0.0 0.0 4.1 49 12
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12 3
Fructose n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Galactose n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Glutamic acid n/a 0.0 1.9 0.3 1.7 n/a 0.0 0.6 4 1
Glycine n/a 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.2 n/a 0.0 0.1 1 0
Histidine n/a 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.2 n/a 0.0 0.1 1 0
Hydroxyproline n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Iron (mg) 0.0 0.0 4.2 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 5 1
Isoleucine n/a 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.5 n/a 0.0 0.2 1 0
Lactose n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Leucine n/a 0.0 1.2 0.1 0.8 n/a 0.0 0.3 2 1
Lysine n/a 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.6 n/a 0.0 0.2 1 0
Magnesium (mg) 9.5 0.0 154.9 1.7 31.7 0.5 0.4 9.8 209 52
Maltose n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 1 0
Methionine n/a 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 n/a 0.0 0.1 0 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 2.6 0.0 0.0 0.9 5 1
Niacin (mg) 0.0 0.0 4.4 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 5 1
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.3 2 0
Phenylalanine n/a 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.4 n/a 0.0 0.1 1 0
Phosphorus (mg) 0.0 0.0 294.0 8.4 226.9 0.3 0.4 94.9 625 156
Phytosterols n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.2 n/a 0 0
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 2 1
Potassium (mg) 9.5 0.2 350.1 8.4 368.4 6.2 2.8 139.1 885 221
Proline n/a 0.0 0.9 0.1 0.8 n/a 0.0 0.3 2 1
Protein (g) 0.0 0.0 9.9 0.8 8.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 22 5
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 75.6 0.0 0.0 27.4 103 26
Riboflavin (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 1 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 5.6 0.0 0.0 2.1 8 2
Selenium (mcg) 0.0 0.0 18.9 2.6 4.9 0.0 0.0 5.6 32 8
Serine n/a 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.4 n/a 0.0 0.2 1 0
Sodium (mg) 28.4 1,162.7 42.7 0.2 119.6 0.4 0.1 47.6 1,402 350
Sucrose n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Sugar (g) 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 n/a 0.5 0.0 20.4 22 5
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Threonine n/a 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 n/a 0.0 0.1 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.1 1 0
Tocopherol, beta n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma n/a n/a 2.3 0.0 n/a n/a 0.1 n/a 2 1
Total Fat (g) 0.0 0.0 4.4 0.1 8.9 0.0 0.0 3.3 17 4
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
TransFatty acids n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tryptophan n/a 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 0 0
Tyrosine n/a 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 n/a 0.0 0.1 1 0
Valine n/a 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 n/a 0.0 0.2 1 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 0.0 261.1 0.0 336.7 0.0 1.9 100.1 700 175
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 0.0 13.4 0.0 80.5 0.0 0.1 27.8 122 30
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.2 1 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.7 0.0 0.0 1.0 5 1
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 2.3 2 1
Water (g) 947.1 0.0 12.5 0.9 214.0 2.2 0.1 10.2 1,187 297
Zinc (mg) 0.0 0.0 2.2 0.1 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.4 4 1

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