Nutritional Facts: Yam Balls (West Africa)

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  2 lbs (908g)
yams
1 large (150g)
onions
3 (369g)
fresh tomatoes
1 teaspoon (2g)
cayenne
1 pint (27g)
peanut oil
1/4 teaspoon (0g)
dried thyme
1 to taste (0g)
salt
2 (100g)
eggs
1 tablespoon (8g)
flour
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.6 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.7 0.0 1 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 1.1 0.2 0.1 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.8 0.0 2 1
Ash (g) 6.9 0.5 1.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 1.1 0.0 11 3
Aspartic acid (g) 1.4 0.1 0.5 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 1.3 0.0 3 1
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 127.1 34.5 36.9 2.7 0.0 6.6 n/a 56.0 1.2 265 66
Calories 1,053.3 60.0 66.4 5.7 238.5 1.0 n/a 143.0 28.4 1,596 399
Calories (kj) 4,412.9 249.0 273.1 24.0 998.1 4.0 n/a 599.0 119.0 6,679 1,670
Carbohydrates (g) 249.5 14.0 14.4 1.0 0.0 0.2 n/a 0.7 6.0 286 71
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 372.0 0.0 372 93
Copper (mg) 1.4 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.1 0.0 2 0
Cystine (g) 0.2 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.3 0.0 0 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 35.4 2.6 4.4 0.5 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.2 43 11
Folate (mcg) 145.3 28.5 55.4 1.9 0.0 1.0 n/a 47.0 14.3 293 73
Folate, DFE (mcg) 145.3 28.5 55.4 1.9 0.0 1.0 n/a 47.0 22.7 302 75
Folate, food (mcg) 145.3 28.5 55.4 1.9 0.0 1.0 n/a 47.0 2.3 281 70
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 12.0 12 3
Fructose n/a 1.9 5.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 7 2
Galactose n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a 3.0 4.6 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.4 n/a 8 2
Glutamic acid (g) 1.6 0.4 1.6 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 1.7 0.3 6 1
Glycine (g) 0.5 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.4 0.0 1 0
Histidine (g) 0.3 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.3 0.0 1 0
Iron (mg) 4.7 0.3 1.0 0.1 0.0 0.4 n/a 1.8 0.4 9 2
Isoleucine (g) 0.5 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.7 0.0 1 0
Lactose n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 0.9 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 1.1 0.1 2 1
Lysine (g) 0.5 0.1 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.9 0.0 2 0
Magnesium (mg) 163.4 15.0 40.6 2.7 0.0 0.8 n/a 12.0 1.7 236 59
Maltose n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 3.4 0.2 0.4 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 4 1
Methionine (g) 0.2 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.4 0.0 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 12.5 0.0 n/a 3.7 0.0 16 4
Niacin (mg) 5.0 0.2 2.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.1 0.5 8 2
Pantothenic acid (mg) 2.8 0.2 0.3 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 1.5 0.0 5 1
Phenylalanine (g) 0.6 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.7 0.0 1 0
Phosphorus (mg) 444.9 43.5 88.6 5.3 0.0 0.7 n/a 198.0 8.4 789 197
Phytosterols n/a 22.5 25.8 1.5 55.9 0.6 n/a n/a n/a 106 27
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.2 8.6 0.0 n/a 1.9 0.0 12 3
Potassium (mg) 6,083.6 219.0 874.5 36.3 0.0 2.8 n/a 138.0 8.4 7,363 1,841
Proline (g) 0.5 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.5 0.1 1 0
Protein (g) 13.5 1.7 3.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 n/a 12.6 0.8 32 8
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 160.0 0.0 160 40
Riboflavin (mg) 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.5 0.0 1 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 4.6 0.0 n/a 3.1 0.0 8 2
Selenium (mcg) 6.4 0.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 n/a 30.7 2.6 41 10
Serine (g) 0.7 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 1.0 0.0 2 0
Sodium (mg) 72.6 6.0 18.5 0.5 0.0 0.2 n/a 142.0 0.2 240 60
Starch n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Sucrose n/a 1.5 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 1 0
Sugar (g) 4.4 6.4 9.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.4 0.0 21 5
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.9 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 1 0
Threonine (g) 0.5 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.6 0.0 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 3.1 0.0 2.0 0.5 4.2 0.0 n/a 1.1 0.0 11 3
Tocopherol, beta n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0 0
Tocopherol, delta n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.4 n/a n/a 0.1 0.0 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma n/a 0.0 0.4 n/a 4.3 n/a n/a 0.5 0.0 5 1
Total Fat (g) 1.3 0.2 0.7 0.3 27.0 0.0 n/a 9.5 0.1 39 10
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
TransFatty acids n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.2 0.0 0 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.4 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.5 0.0 1 0
Valine (g) 0.5 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.9 0.0 2 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 1,107.8 3.0 3,073.8 749.0 0.0 13.3 n/a 540.0 0.0 5,487 1,372
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 54.5 0.0 155.0 37.5 0.0 0.7 n/a 160.0 0.0 408 102
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.9 0.0 1 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 2.1 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.2 0.0 3 1
Vitamin C (mg) 109.9 11.1 50.6 1.4 0.0 0.2 n/a 0.0 0.0 173 43
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 82.0 0.0 82 21
Water (g) 636.8 133.7 348.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 76.2 0.9 1,196 299
Zinc (mg) 1.8 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 1.3 0.1 4 1

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