Nutritional Facts: Buttercream Frosting

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  1 cup (244g)
milk
1/4 cup (32g)
cornstarch
1 cup (227g)
butter
1 cup (200g)
sugar
1 teaspoon (4g)
vanilla
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.3 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 0 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 1 0
Arginine (g) 0.3 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 0 0
Ash (g) 1.8 0.0 4.8 0.0 0.0 7 1
Aspartic acid (g) 0.6 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 1 0
Beta-sitosterol n/a n/a 9.1 n/a n/a 9 1
Caffeine n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 290.4 0.6 54.5 2.0 0.5 348 43
Calories 156.2 121.9 1,627.6 774.0 12.1 2,692 336
Calories (kj) 653.9 510.1 6,807.7 3,236.0 50.6 11,258 1,407
Campesterol n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 11.3 29.2 0.1 200.0 0.5 241 30
Cholesterol (mg) 34.2 0.0 488.1 0.0 0.0 522 65
Copper (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Cystine (g) 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Folate (mcg) 12.2 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.0 19 2
Folate, DFE (mcg) 12.2 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.0 19 2
Folate, food (mcg) 12.2 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.0 19 2
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Fructose n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Galactose n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 1.7 0.0 0.4 n/a n/a 2 0
Glycine (g) 0.2 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Histidine (g) 0.2 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 0 0
Iron (mg) 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0 0
Isoleucine (g) 0.5 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 1 0
Lactose n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 0.8 0.0 0.2 n/a n/a 1 0
Lysine (g) 0.6 0.0 0.2 n/a n/a 1 0
Magnesium (mg) 31.7 1.0 4.5 0.0 0.5 38 5
Maltose n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Methionine (g) 0.2 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 2.6 0.0 47.7 0.0 0.0 50 6
Niacin (mg) 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0 0
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1 0
Phenylalanine (g) 0.4 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 0 0
Phosphorus (mg) 226.9 4.2 54.5 0.0 0.3 286 36
Phytosterols (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 0.3 0.0 6.9 0.0 0.0 7 1
Potassium (mg) 368.4 1.0 54.5 4.0 6.2 434 54
Proline (g) 0.8 0.0 0.2 n/a n/a 1 0
Protein (g) 8.0 0.1 1.9 0.0 0.0 10 1
Retinol (mcg) 75.6 0.0 1,523.2 0.0 0.0 1,599 200
Riboflavin (mg) 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 1 0
Saturated Fat (g) 5.6 0.0 116.6 0.0 0.0 122 15
Selenium (mcg) 4.9 0.9 2.3 1.2 0.0 9 1
Serine (g) 0.4 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 1 0
Sodium (mg) 119.6 2.9 1,620.8 2.0 0.4 1,746 218
Stigmasterol n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Sucrose n/a n/a n/a 199.6 n/a 200 25
Sugar n/a 0.0 0.1 199.6 0.5 200 25
Theobromine n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Threonine (g) 0.4 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, alpha n/a 0.0 5.3 0.0 0.0 5 1
Tocopherol, beta n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Total Fat (g) 8.9 0.0 184.1 0.0 0.0 193 24
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a n/a 6.8 n/a n/a 7 1
TransFatty acids n/a n/a 7.4 n/a n/a 7 1
Tryptophan (g) 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.4 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 0 0
Valine (g) 0.5 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 1 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 336.7 0.0 5,672.7 0.0 0.0 6,009 751
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 80.5 0.0 1,552.7 0.0 0.0 1,633 204
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.9 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 1 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 3.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4 0
Vitamin D n/a 0.0 136.2 0.0 0.0 136 17
Water (g) 214.0 2.7 36.0 0.0 2.2 255 32
Zinc (mg) 0.9 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1 0

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