Nutritional Facts: Classic Shortbread

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  1 cup (227g)
butter
1/2 teaspoon (2g)
almond extract
2/3 cup (80g)
confectioners' sugar
2 cups (250g)
flour
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.1 n/a n/a 0.8 1 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 1 0
Arginine (g) 0.1 n/a n/a 1.0 1 0
Ash (g) 4.8 0.0 0.0 1.2 6 0
Aspartic acid (g) 0.1 n/a n/a 1.1 1 0
Beta-sitosterol (mg) 9.1 n/a n/a n/a 9 1
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 54.5 0.2 0.8 37.5 93 8
Calories 1,627.6 6.0 311.4 910.0 2,855 238
Calories (kj) 6,807.7 25.3 1,302.3 3,807.5 11,943 995
Campesterol (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 0.1 0.3 79.9 190.8 271 23
Cholesterol (mg) 488.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 488 41
Copper (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0 0
Cystine (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.5 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.8 7 1
Folate (mcg) 6.8 0.0 0.0 457.5 464 39
Folate, DFE (mcg) 6.8 0.0 0.0 727.5 734 61
Folate, food (mcg) 6.8 0.0 0.0 72.5 79 7
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 385.0 385 32
Fructose n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Galactose n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 0.4 n/a n/a 8.7 9 1
Glycine (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.9 1 0
Histidine (g) 0.1 n/a n/a 0.6 1 0
Iron (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.6 12 1
Isoleucine (g) 0.1 n/a n/a 0.9 1 0
Lactose n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 0.2 n/a n/a 1.8 2 0
Lysine (g) 0.2 n/a n/a 0.6 1 0
Magnesium (mg) 4.5 0.3 0.0 55.0 60 5
Maltose n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 2 0
Methionine (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.5 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 47.7 0.0 0.0 0.2 48 4
Niacin (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 14.8 15 1
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.1 1 0
Phenylalanine (g) 0.1 n/a n/a 1.3 1 0
Phosphorus (mg) 54.5 0.1 0.0 270.0 325 27
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 6.9 0.0 0.0 1.0 8 1
Potassium (mg) 54.5 3.1 1.6 267.5 327 27
Proline (g) 0.2 n/a n/a 3.0 3 0
Protein (g) 1.9 0.0 0.0 25.8 28 2
Retinol (mcg) 1,523.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,523 127
Riboflavin (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.2 1 0
Saturated Fat (g) 116.6 0.0 0.0 0.4 117 10
Selenium (mcg) 2.3 0.0 0.5 84.8 88 7
Serine (g) 0.1 n/a n/a 1.3 1 0
Sodium (mg) 1,620.8 0.2 1.6 5.0 1,628 136
Starch n/a n/a 1.0 n/a 1 0
Stigmasterol (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Sugar (g) 0.1 0.3 78.3 0.7 79 7
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 2 0
Threonine (g) 0.1 n/a n/a 0.7 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 5.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 5 0
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.2 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.1 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a 1.0 1 0
Total Fat (g) 184.1 0.0 0.0 2.5 187 16
Trans-monoenoic Fat (g) 6.8 n/a n/a n/a 7 1
TransFatty acids (g) 7.4 n/a n/a n/a 7 1
Tryptophan (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.3 0 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.1 n/a n/a 0.8 1 0
Valine (g) 0.1 n/a n/a 1.0 1 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 5,672.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 5,673 473
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 1,552.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,553 129
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin D (IU) 136.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 136 11
Water (g) 36.0 1.1 0.2 29.8 67 6
Zinc (mg) 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.8 2 0

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