Nutritional Facts: Lefse - Scandinavian Potato Cakes

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  4 cups (840g)
mashed potatoes
2 cups (250g)
flour
1/4 cup (51g)
shortening
1 tablespoon (18g)
salt
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.5 0.8 0.0 0.0 1 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 0.7 1.0 0.0 0.0 2 0
Ash (g) 12.3 1.2 0.0 18.0 31 2
Aspartic acid (g) 3.3 1.1 0.0 0.0 4 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 201.6 37.5 0.0 4.3 243 12
Calories 697.2 910.0 453.1 0.0 2,060 103
Calories (kj) 2,923.2 3,807.5 1,895.7 0.0 8,626 431
Carbohydrates (g) 147.6 190.8 0.0 0.0 338 17
Cholesterol (mg) 16.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 17 1
Copper (mg) 1.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 2 0
Cystine (g) 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 12.6 6.8 0.0 0.0 19 1
Folate (mcg) 67.2 457.5 0.0 0.0 525 26
Folate, DFE (mcg) 67.2 727.5 0.0 0.0 795 40
Folate, food (mcg) 67.2 72.5 0.0 0.0 140 7
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 385.0 0.0 0.0 385 19
Fructose (g) 2.1 n/a n/a n/a 2 0
Galactose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) (g) 2.6 n/a n/a n/a 3 0
Glutamic acid (g) 2.8 8.7 0.0 0.0 12 1
Glycine (g) 0.5 0.9 0.0 0.0 1 0
Histidine (g) 0.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 1 0
Iron (mg) 2.3 11.6 0.0 0.1 14 1
Isoleucine (g) 0.7 0.9 0.0 0.0 2 0
Lactose (g) 6.4 n/a n/a n/a 6 0
Leucine (g) 1.1 1.8 0.0 0.0 3 0
Lysine (g) 0.9 0.6 0.0 0.0 1 0
Magnesium (mg) 151.2 55.0 0.0 0.2 206 10
Maltose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 1.0 1.7 n/a 0.0 3 0
Methionine (g) 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 1.0 0.2 22.8 0.0 24 1
Niacin (mg) 9.4 14.8 0.0 0.0 24 1
Pantothenic acid (mg) 4.1 1.1 0.0 0.0 5 0
Phenylalanine (g) 0.7 1.3 0.0 0.0 2 0
Phosphorus (mg) 386.4 270.0 0.0 0.0 656 33
Phytosterols (mg) 0.0 n/a 102.5 0.0 103 5
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 0.5 1.0 13.4 0.0 15 1
Potassium (mg) 2,486.4 267.5 0.0 1.4 2,755 138
Proline (g) 0.9 3.0 0.0 0.0 4 0
Protein (g) 16.0 25.8 0.0 0.0 42 2
Retinol (mcg) 58.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 59 3
Riboflavin (mg) 0.3 1.2 0.0 0.0 2 0
Saturated Fat (g) 2.5 0.4 12.8 0.0 16 1
Selenium (mcg) 6.7 84.8 0.0 0.0 91 5
Serine (g) 0.7 1.3 0.0 0.0 2 0
Sodium (mg) 2,536.8 5.0 0.0 6,976.4 9,518 476
Sucrose (g) 1.3 n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Sugar (g) 12.7 0.7 0.0 0.0 13 1
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.7 2.0 0.0 0.0 3 0
Threonine (g) 0.6 0.7 0.0 0.0 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.2 0.2 3.1 0.0 3 0
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.0 0.2 0.2 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 0.1 7.9 n/a 8 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 0.0 1.0 16.6 n/a 18 1
Total Fat (g) 4.8 2.5 51.3 0.0 58 3
Tryptophan (g) 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 1 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.6 0.8 0.0 0.0 1 0
Valine (g) 0.9 1.0 0.0 0.0 2 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 226.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 227 11
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 58.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 59 3
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 1.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 2 0
Vitamin C (mg) 52.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 52 3
Vitamin D (IU) 67.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 67 3
Water (g) 659.2 29.8 0.0 0.0 689 34
Zinc (mg) 2.4 1.8 0.0 0.0 4 0

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