Nutritional Facts: Ginger Shortbread

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  2 cups (250g)
flour
1 tablespoon (5g)
ground ginger
1 teaspoon (5g)
baking soda
1/4 teaspoon (2g)
salt
1 cup (227g)
butter
2 cups (440g)
brown sugar
1/2 cup (0g)
crystallized ginger
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.8 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 1 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Arginine (g) 1.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 1 0
Ash (g) 1.2 0.3 1.7 1.5 4.8 2.0 n/a 11 1
Aspartic acid (g) 1.1 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 1 0
Beta-sitosterol n/a n/a n/a n/a 9.1 n/a n/a 9 1
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Calcium (mg) 37.5 5.9 0.0 0.4 54.5 365.2 n/a 463 51
Calories 910.0 17.4 0.0 0.0 1,627.6 1,672.0 n/a 4,227 470
Calories (kj) 3,807.5 73.0 0.0 0.0 6,807.7 6,996.0 n/a 17,684 1,965
Campesterol n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 190.8 3.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 431.6 n/a 626 70
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 488.1 0.0 n/a 488 54
Copper (mg) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 n/a 1 0
Cystine (g) 0.5 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 6.8 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 7 1
Folate (mcg) 457.5 0.7 0.0 0.0 6.8 4.4 n/a 469 52
Folate, DFE (mcg) 727.5 0.7 0.0 0.0 6.8 4.4 n/a 739 82
Folate, food (mcg) 72.5 0.7 0.0 0.0 6.8 4.4 n/a 84 9
Folic acid (mcg) 385.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 385 43
Fructose n/a 0.1 n/a n/a n/a 4.9 n/a 5 1
Galactose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a 0.1 n/a n/a n/a 5.9 n/a 6 1
Glutamic acid (g) 8.7 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.4 n/a n/a 9 1
Glycine (g) 0.9 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Histidine (g) 0.6 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 1 0
Hydroxyproline n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Iron (mg) 11.6 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.1 n/a 16 2
Isoleucine (g) 0.9 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 1 0
Lactose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 1.8 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.2 n/a n/a 2 0
Lysine (g) 0.6 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.2 n/a n/a 1 0
Magnesium (mg) 55.0 11.1 0.0 0.0 4.5 39.6 n/a 110 12
Maltose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 1.7 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 n/a 4 0
Methionine (g) 0.5 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 47.7 0.0 n/a 48 5
Niacin (mg) 14.8 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 n/a 16 2
Pantothenic acid (mg) 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.6 n/a 2 0
Phenylalanine (g) 1.3 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 1 0
Phosphorus (mg) 270.0 8.7 0.0 0.0 54.5 17.6 n/a 351 39
Phytosterols n/a 4.3 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 4 0
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.9 0.0 n/a 8 1
Potassium (mg) 267.5 68.6 0.0 0.1 54.5 585.2 n/a 976 108
Proline (g) 3.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.2 n/a n/a 3 0
Protein (g) 25.8 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.9 0.5 n/a 29 3
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,523.2 0.0 n/a 1,523 169
Riboflavin (mg) 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 n/a 1 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 116.6 0.0 n/a 117 13
Selenium (mcg) 84.8 2.9 0.0 0.0 2.3 5.3 n/a 95 11
Serine (g) 1.3 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 1 0
Sodium (mg) 5.0 1.4 1,258.6 581.4 1,620.8 123.2 n/a 3,590 399
Stigmasterol n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Sucrose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 416.1 n/a 416 46
Sugar (g) 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 426.9 n/a 428 48
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 2 0
Threonine (g) 0.7 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.3 0.0 n/a 5 1
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.2 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 1.0 0.2 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Total Fat (g) 2.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 184.1 0.0 n/a 187 21
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 6.8 n/a n/a 7 1
TransFatty acids n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 7.4 n/a n/a 7 1
Tryptophan (g) 0.3 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.8 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 1 0
Valine (g) 1.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 1 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 5,672.7 0.0 n/a 5,674 630
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 1,552.7 0.0 n/a 1,553 173
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 n/a 0 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 n/a 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 136.2 0.0 n/a 136 15
Water (g) 29.8 0.5 0.0 0.0 36.0 5.9 n/a 72 8
Zinc (mg) 1.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 n/a 2 0

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