Nutritional Facts: Basic Baked Macaroni and Cheese

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  2 cups (210g)
macaroni noodles
2 tablespoons (28g)
butter
2 tablespoons (16g)
flour
1/8 teaspoon (0g)
pepper
1/8 teaspoon (0g)
paprika
2 cups (488g)
milk
2 cups (226g)
cheddar cheese
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.9 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.6 3 1
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 1.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.6 2.1 4 1
Ash (g) 1.8 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 3.5 8.9 15 2
Aspartic acid (g) 1.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.2 3.6 6 1
Beta-sitosterol n/a 1.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 44.1 6.8 2.3 1.3 0.7 580.7 1,629.5 2,265 378
Calories 779.1 203.6 56.9 0.7 0.8 312.3 910.8 2,264 377
Calories (kj) 3,261.3 851.7 238.0 3.0 3.4 1,307.8 3,805.8 9,471 1,579
Campesterol n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 156.8 0.0 11.9 0.2 0.2 22.7 2.9 195 32
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 61.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 68.3 237.3 367 61
Copper (mg) 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1 0
Cystine (g) 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 6.7 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 7 1
Folate (mcg) 497.7 0.9 28.6 0.0 0.1 24.4 40.7 592 99
Folate, DFE (mcg) 821.1 0.9 45.5 0.0 0.1 24.4 40.7 933 155
Folate, food (mcg) 37.8 0.9 4.5 0.0 0.1 24.4 40.7 108 18
Folic acid (mcg) 459.9 0.0 24.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 484 81
Fructose (g) 0.2 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Galactose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) (g) 0.3 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 9.7 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 3.4 13.8 27 5
Glycine (g) 0.9 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.0 2 0
Histidine (g) 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 2.0 3 1
Hydroxyproline (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Iron (mg) 6.9 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.1 0.2 1.5 10 2
Isoleucine (g) 1.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.0 3.5 6 1
Lactose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.5 1 0
Leucine (g) 2.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.6 5.4 9 2
Lysine (g) 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 4.7 7 1
Magnesium (mg) 111.3 0.6 3.4 0.5 0.5 63.4 63.3 243 41
Maltose (g) 4.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.3 4 1
Manganese (mg) 1.9 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 0
Methionine (g) 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.5 2 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.4 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.2 21.2 33 5
Niacin (mg) 15.1 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.2 17 3
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.9 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.9 3 1
Phenylalanine (g) 1.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.8 3.0 5 1
Phosphorus (mg) 396.9 6.8 16.9 0.5 0.9 453.8 1,157.1 2,033 339
Phytosterols n/a n/a n/a 0.3 0.5 0.0 n/a 1 0
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 1.2 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.7 2.1 5 1
Potassium (mg) 468.3 6.8 16.7 3.8 6.6 736.9 221.5 1,461 243
Proline (g) 3.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.6 6.3 11 2
Protein (g) 27.4 0.2 1.6 0.0 0.0 16.0 56.3 102 17
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 190.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 151.3 583.1 925 154
Riboflavin (mg) 0.8 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.8 3 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.6 14.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.1 47.7 74 12
Selenium (mcg) 132.7 0.3 5.3 0.0 0.0 9.8 31.4 180 30
Serine (g) 1.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.9 3.3 6 1
Sodium (mg) 12.6 202.8 0.3 0.1 0.2 239.1 1,403.5 1,859 310
Starch (g) 131.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 131 22
Stigmasterol n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Sucrose (g) 1.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.5 2 0
Sugar (g) 5.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 1.2 7 1
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 1.9 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 2 0
Threonine (g) 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 2.0 4 1
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.2 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.7 2 0
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 1.8 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 2 0
Total Fat (g) 3.2 23.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 17.9 74.9 119 20
Trans-monoenoic Fat (g) 0.0 0.8 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 1 0
TransFatty acids (g) 0.0 0.9 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.7 1 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 2.7 4 1
Valine (g) 1.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.1 3.8 6 1
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 709.7 0.0 1.6 141.6 673.4 2,264.5 3,791 632
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 194.3 0.0 0.1 7.1 161.0 598.9 961 160
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 1.9 4 1
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 1 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.3 0.0 7 1
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 17.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 54.2 71 12
Water (g) 20.8 4.5 1.9 0.0 0.0 427.9 83.1 538 90
Zinc (mg) 3.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.9 7.0 12 2

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