Nutritional Facts: Real Traditional Tamales

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  1 kg (1,000g)
lard
1 kg (1,000g)
cornflour
4 (580g)
chicken breasts
5 (70g)
jalapenos
1/2 (55g)
onions
8 small (728g)
green tomatoes
20 (20g)
corn husks
25 g (25g)
parsley
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.0 5.2 6.9 n/a 0.0 0.2 n/a 0.0 12 1
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 0.0 3.5 7.5 n/a 0.1 0.2 n/a 0.0 11 1
Ash (g) 0.0 14.5 5.9 0.4 0.2 3.6 n/a 0.6 25 1
Aspartic acid (g) 0.0 4.8 10.8 n/a 0.1 1.2 n/a 0.1 17 1
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 0.0 70.0 63.8 8.4 12.7 94.6 n/a 34.5 284 14
Calories 9,020.0 3,610.0 997.6 20.3 22.0 167.4 n/a 9.0 13,846 692
Calories (kj) 37,740.0 15,100.0 4,176.0 83.3 91.3 691.6 n/a 37.8 57,920 2,896
Carbohydrates (g) 0.0 768.5 0.0 4.6 5.1 37.1 n/a 1.6 817 41
Cholesterol (mg) 950.0 0.0 371.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 1,321 66
Copper (mg) 0.0 2.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.7 n/a 0.0 3 0
Cystine (g) 0.0 1.3 1.6 n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 3 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 73.0 0.0 2.0 0.9 8.0 n/a 0.8 85 4
Folate (mcg) 0.0 250.0 23.2 18.9 10.5 65.5 n/a 38.0 406 20
Folate, DFE (mcg) 0.0 250.0 23.2 18.9 10.5 65.5 n/a 38.0 406 20
Folate, food (mcg) 0.0 250.0 23.2 18.9 10.5 65.5 n/a 38.0 406 20
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Fructose n/a n/a n/a 1.8 0.7 n/a n/a n/a 3 0
Galactose n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a n/a n/a 1.0 1.1 n/a n/a n/a 2 0
Glutamic acid (g) 0.0 13.0 17.8 n/a 0.1 3.2 n/a 0.1 34 2
Glycine (g) 0.0 2.8 7.1 n/a 0.0 0.2 n/a 0.0 10 1
Histidine (g) 0.0 2.1 3.6 n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 6 0
Iron (mg) 0.0 23.8 4.3 0.2 0.1 3.7 n/a 1.6 34 2
Isoleucine (g) 0.0 2.5 6.2 n/a 0.0 0.2 n/a 0.0 9 0
Lactose n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 0.0 8.5 8.9 n/a 0.0 0.3 n/a 0.1 18 1
Lysine (g) 0.0 2.0 10.0 n/a 0.0 0.3 n/a 0.0 12 1
Magnesium (mg) 0.0 930.0 145.0 10.5 5.5 72.8 n/a 12.5 1,176 59
Maltose n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.0 4.6 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.7 n/a 0.0 6 0
Methionine (g) 0.0 1.5 3.3 n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 5 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 451.0 10.2 22.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 n/a 0.1 484 24
Niacin (mg) 0.0 19.0 57.5 0.9 0.1 3.6 n/a 0.3 81 4
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.0 6.6 4.7 0.2 0.1 3.6 n/a 0.1 15 1
Phenylalanine (g) 0.0 3.4 4.7 n/a 0.0 0.2 n/a 0.0 8 0
Phosphorus (mg) 0.0 2,720.0 1,009.2 18.2 16.0 203.8 n/a 14.5 3,982 199
Phytosterols (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 8.3 n/a n/a 1.3 10 0
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 112.0 17.6 11.4 0.1 0.0 0.6 n/a 0.0 142 7
Potassium (mg) 0.0 3,150.0 1,276.0 173.6 80.3 1,485.1 n/a 138.5 6,304 315
Proline (g) 0.0 6.1 5.5 n/a 0.0 0.2 n/a 0.1 12 1
Protein (g) 0.0 69.3 120.9 0.6 0.6 8.7 n/a 0.7 201 10
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 139.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 139 7
Riboflavin (mg) 0.0 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.3 n/a 0.0 2 0
Saturated Fat (g) 392.0 5.4 15.4 0.1 0.0 0.2 n/a 0.0 413 21
Selenium (mcg) 2.0 154.0 96.3 0.3 0.3 2.9 n/a 0.0 256 13
Serine (g) 0.0 3.3 4.2 n/a 0.0 0.2 n/a 0.0 8 0
Sodium (mg) 0.0 50.0 365.4 2.1 2.2 94.6 n/a 14.0 528 26
Starch n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Sucrose n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.5 n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Sugar (g) 0.0 6.4 0.0 2.9 2.3 29.1 n/a 0.2 41 2
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.0 2.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 n/a 0.0 3 0
Threonine (g) 0.0 2.6 5.0 n/a 0.0 0.2 n/a 0.0 8 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 6.0 4.2 1.6 2.5 0.0 2.8 n/a 0.2 17 1
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 0.0 n/a 0.3 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.1 1 0
Total Fat (g) 1,000.0 38.6 53.7 0.3 0.1 1.5 n/a 0.2 1,094 55
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
TransFatty acids n/a n/a 0.6 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.0 0.5 1.4 n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 2 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.0 2.8 4.0 n/a 0.0 0.2 n/a 0.0 7 0
Valine (g) 0.0 3.5 5.9 n/a 0.0 0.2 n/a 0.0 10 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 2,140.0 481.4 754.6 1.1 4,673.8 n/a 2,106.0 10,157 508
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 110.0 139.2 37.8 0.0 233.0 n/a 105.3 625 31
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 2 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.0 3.7 3.1 0.3 0.1 0.6 n/a 0.0 8 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 83.0 4.1 170.4 n/a 33.3 291 15
Vitamin D (IU) 1,020.0 0.0 92.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 1,113 56
Water (g) 0.0 109.1 402.9 64.2 49.0 677.0 n/a 21.9 1,324 66
Zinc (mg) 1.1 17.3 4.6 0.1 0.1 0.5 n/a 0.3 24 1

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