Nutritional Facts: Scottish Shortbread

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  1 cup (227g)
butter
1/2 cup (60g)
icing sugar
2 cups (250g)
flour
1/2 teaspoon (2g)
baking powder
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.1 n/a 0.8 n/a 1 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 0.1 n/a 1.0 n/a 1 0
Ash (g) 4.8 0.0 1.2 1.7 8 0
Aspartic acid (g) 0.1 n/a 1.1 n/a 1 0
Beta-sitosterol (mg) 9.1 n/a n/a n/a 9 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 54.5 0.6 37.5 169.4 262 10
Calories 1,627.6 233.4 910.0 1.2 2,772 111
Calories (kj) 6,807.7 976.2 3,807.5 4.9 11,596 464
Campesterol (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 0.1 59.9 190.8 0.6 251 10
Cholesterol (mg) 488.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 488 20
Copper (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0 0
Cystine (g) 0.0 n/a 0.5 n/a 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 0.0 6.8 0.0 7 0
Folate (mcg) 6.8 0.0 457.5 0.0 464 19
Folate, DFE (mcg) 6.8 0.0 727.5 0.0 734 29
Folate, food (mcg) 6.8 0.0 72.5 0.0 79 3
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 385.0 0.0 385 15
Fructose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Galactose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 0.4 n/a 8.7 n/a 9 0
Glycine (g) 0.0 n/a 0.9 n/a 1 0
Histidine (g) 0.1 n/a 0.6 n/a 1 0
Iron (mg) 0.0 0.0 11.6 0.3 12 0
Isoleucine (g) 0.1 n/a 0.9 n/a 1 0
Lactose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 0.2 n/a 1.8 n/a 2 0
Lysine (g) 0.2 n/a 0.6 n/a 1 0
Magnesium (mg) 4.5 0.0 55.0 0.9 60 2
Maltose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.0 0.0 1.7 0.0 2 0
Methionine (g) 0.0 n/a 0.5 n/a 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 47.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 48 2
Niacin (mg) 0.1 0.0 14.8 0.0 15 1
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.2 0.0 1.1 0.0 1 0
Phenylalanine (g) 0.1 n/a 1.3 n/a 1 0
Phosphorus (mg) 54.5 0.0 270.0 228.1 553 22
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 6.9 0.0 1.0 0.0 8 0
Potassium (mg) 54.5 1.2 267.5 0.1 323 13
Proline (g) 0.2 n/a 3.0 n/a 3 0
Protein (g) 1.9 0.0 25.8 0.0 28 1
Retinol (mcg) 1,523.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,523 61
Riboflavin (mg) 0.1 0.0 1.2 0.0 1 0
Saturated Fat (g) 116.6 0.0 0.4 0.0 117 5
Selenium (mcg) 2.3 0.4 84.8 0.0 87 3
Serine (g) 0.1 n/a 1.3 n/a 1 0
Sodium (mg) 1,620.8 1.2 5.0 181.5 1,809 72
Starch n/a 0.8 n/a n/a 1 0
Stigmasterol (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Sugar (g) 0.1 58.7 0.7 0.0 59 2
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 2 0
Threonine (g) 0.1 n/a 0.7 n/a 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 5.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 5 0
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.0 n/a 0.2 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 n/a 0.1 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 0.0 n/a 1.0 n/a 1 0
Total Fat (g) 184.1 0.0 2.5 0.0 187 7
Trans-monoenoic Fat (g) 6.8 n/a n/a n/a 7 0
TransFatty acids (g) 7.4 n/a n/a n/a 7 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.0 n/a 0.3 n/a 0 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.1 n/a 0.8 n/a 1 0
Valine (g) 0.1 n/a 1.0 n/a 1 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 5,672.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 5,673 227
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 1,552.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,553 62
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin D (IU) 136.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 136 5
Water (g) 36.0 0.1 29.8 0.1 66 3
Zinc (mg) 0.2 0.0 1.8 0.0 2 0

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