Nutritional Facts: Grammy Dorothy’s Chocolate Frosting

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  1 lb (454g)
confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup (122g)
milk
4 ounces (113g)
unsweetened chocolate
3 tablespoons (38g)
shortening
Total 1 serving
Alanine n/a 0.1 0.5 0.0 1 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine n/a 0.1 0.9 0.0 1 0
Ash (g) 0.0 0.9 4.1 0.0 5 0
Aspartic acid n/a 0.3 1.4 0.0 2 0
Beta-sitosterol n/a n/a 96.4 n/a 96 8
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 n/a 90.7 0.0 91 8
Calcium (mg) 4.5 145.2 114.5 0.0 264 22
Calories 1,764.5 78.1 568.1 339.5 2,750 229
Calories (kj) 7,379.9 327.0 2,378.0 1,420.4 11,505 959
Campesterol n/a n/a 14.7 n/a 15 1
Carbohydrates (g) 452.5 5.7 33.8 0.0 492 41
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 17.1 0.0 0.0 17 1
Copper (mg) 0.0 0.0 3.7 0.0 4 0
Cystine n/a 0.0 0.3 0.0 0 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 0.0 18.8 0.0 19 2
Folate (mcg) 0.0 6.1 31.8 0.0 38 3
Folate, DFE (mcg) 0.0 6.1 31.8 0.0 38 3
Folate, food (mcg) 0.0 6.1 31.8 0.0 38 3
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Fructose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Galactose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glutamic acid n/a 0.8 2.1 0.0 3 0
Glycine n/a 0.1 0.6 0.0 1 0
Histidine n/a 0.1 0.2 0.0 0 0
Hydroxyproline n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Iron (mg) 0.3 0.1 19.7 0.0 20 2
Isoleucine n/a 0.2 0.5 0.0 1 0
Lactose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Leucine n/a 0.4 0.8 0.0 1 0
Lysine n/a 0.3 0.5 0.0 1 0
Magnesium (mg) 0.0 15.9 370.8 0.0 387 32
Maltose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.0 0.0 4.7 n/a 5 0
Methionine n/a 0.1 0.2 0.0 0 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.0 1.3 18.3 17.1 37 3
Niacin (mg) 0.0 0.1 1.5 0.0 2 0
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 1 0
Phenylalanine n/a 0.2 0.6 0.0 1 0
Phosphorus (mg) 0.0 113.5 453.6 0.0 567 47
Phytosterols n/a 0.0 n/a 76.8 77 6
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 0.0 0.2 1.8 10.0 12 1
Potassium (mg) 9.1 184.2 941.2 0.0 1,135 95
Proline n/a 0.4 1.0 0.0 1 0
Protein (g) 0.0 4.0 14.6 0.0 19 2
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 37.8 0.0 0.0 38 3
Riboflavin (mg) 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.0 2.8 36.7 9.6 49 4
Selenium (mcg) 2.7 2.4 9.2 0.0 14 1
Serine n/a 0.2 0.6 0.0 1 0
Sodium (mg) 9.1 59.8 27.2 0.0 96 8
Starch (g) 5.7 n/a n/a n/a 6 0
Stigmasterol n/a n/a 43.1 n/a 43 4
Sugar (g) 443.7 n/a 1.0 0.0 445 37
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 n/a 1,470.8 0.0 1,471 123
Thiamin (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0 0
Threonine n/a 0.2 0.4 0.0 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.0 n/a 0.5 2.4 3 0
Tocopherol, beta n/a n/a 0.0 0.2 0 0
Tocopherol, delta n/a n/a 0.0 5.9 6 0
Tocopherol, gamma n/a n/a 6.6 12.4 19 2
Total Fat (g) 0.0 4.5 59.3 38.4 102 9
Tryptophan n/a 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 0
Tyrosine n/a 0.2 0.5 0.0 1 0
Valine n/a 0.3 0.7 0.0 1 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 168.4 0.0 0.0 168 14
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 40.3 0.0 0.0 40 3
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 2 0
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0 0
Water (g) 1.0 107.0 1.5 0.0 110 9
Zinc (mg) 0.0 0.5 10.9 0.0 11 1

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