Nutritional Facts: Better Than Butter

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  1 cup (227g)
butter
1 cup (245g)
buttermilk
1 cup (218g)
vegetable oil
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.1 0.3 0.0 0 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 0.1 0.3 0.0 0 0
Ash (g) 4.8 2.2 0.0 7 0
Aspartic acid (g) 0.1 0.6 0.0 1 0
Beta-sitosterol (mg) 9.1 n/a n/a 9 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 54.5 284.2 0.0 339 7
Calories 1,627.6 98.0 1,927.1 3,653 76
Calories (kj) 6,807.7 414.1 8,063.8 15,286 318
Campesterol (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 0.1 11.7 0.0 12 0
Cholesterol (mg) 488.1 9.8 0.0 498 10
Copper (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Cystine (g) 0.0 0.1 0.0 0 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Folate (mcg) 6.8 12.3 0.0 19 0
Folate, DFE (mcg) 6.8 12.3 0.0 19 0
Folate, food (mcg) 6.8 12.3 0.0 19 0
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 0.4 1.6 0.0 2 0
Glycine (g) 0.0 0.2 0.0 0 0
Histidine (g) 0.1 0.2 0.0 0 0
Iron (mg) 0.0 0.1 0.0 0 0
Isoleucine (g) 0.1 0.5 0.0 1 0
Leucine (g) 0.2 0.8 0.0 1 0
Lysine (g) 0.2 0.7 0.0 1 0
Magnesium (mg) 4.5 27.0 0.0 31 1
Manganese (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Methionine (g) 0.0 0.2 0.0 0 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 47.7 0.6 60.1 108 2
Niacin (mg) 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 0
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.2 0.7 0.0 1 0
Phenylalanine (g) 0.1 0.4 0.0 1 0
Phosphorus (mg) 54.5 218.1 0.0 273 6
Phytosterols n/a n/a 2,110.2 2,110 44
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 6.9 0.1 119.2 126 3
Potassium (mg) 54.5 370.0 0.0 424 9
Proline (g) 0.2 0.8 0.0 1 0
Protein (g) 1.9 8.1 0.0 10 0
Retinol (mcg) 1,523.2 31.9 0.0 1,555 32
Riboflavin (mg) 0.1 0.4 0.0 0 0
Saturated Fat (g) 116.6 1.3 28.2 146 3
Selenium (mcg) 2.3 4.9 0.0 7 0
Serine (g) 0.1 0.4 0.0 1 0
Sodium (mg) 1,620.8 257.3 0.0 1,878 39
Stigmasterol (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Sugar (g) 0.1 11.7 0.0 12 0
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.0 0.1 0.0 0 0
Threonine (g) 0.1 0.4 0.0 0 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 5.3 0.1 31.2 37 1
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 0.0 0.1 n/a 0 0
Total Fat (g) 184.1 2.2 218.0 404 8
Trans-monoenoic Fat (g) 6.8 n/a 0.0 7 0
TransFatty acids (g) 7.4 n/a 0.6 8 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.0 0.1 0.0 0 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.1 0.3 0.0 0 0
Valine (g) 0.1 0.6 0.0 1 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 5,672.7 115.2 0.0 5,788 121
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 1,552.7 34.3 0.0 1,587 33
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.4 0.5 0.0 1 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.0 0.1 0.0 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 2.5 0.0 2 0
Vitamin D (IU) 136.2 2.5 0.0 139 3
Water (g) 36.0 220.8 0.0 257 5
Zinc (mg) 0.2 1.0 0.0 1 0

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