Nutritional Facts: Basic Biscuits

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  2 cups (250g)
all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon (14g)
baking powder
1/2 teaspoon (3g)
salt
1/2 cup (114g)
butter
3/4 cup (183g)
milk
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.8 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.2 1 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 1.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.2 1 0
Ash (g) 1.2 9.9 3.0 2.4 1.3 18 2
Aspartic acid (g) 1.1 n/a 0.0 0.1 0.5 2 0
Beta-sitosterol n/a n/a n/a 4.5 n/a 5 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Calcium (mg) 37.5 1,016.2 0.7 27.2 217.8 1,299 130
Calories 910.0 7.0 0.0 813.8 117.1 1,848 185
Calories (kj) 3,807.5 29.4 0.0 3,403.9 490.4 7,731 773
Campesterol n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 190.8 3.3 0.0 0.1 8.5 203 20
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 244.0 25.6 270 27
Copper (mg) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Cystine (g) 0.5 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.1 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 6.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7 1
Folate (mcg) 65.0 0.0 0.0 3.4 9.2 78 8
Folate, DFE (mcg) 65.0 0.0 0.0 3.4 9.2 78 8
Folate, food (mcg) 65.0 0.0 0.0 3.4 9.2 78 8
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 8.7 n/a 0.0 0.2 1.3 10 1
Glycine (g) 0.9 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.1 1 0
Histidine (g) 0.6 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.2 1 0
Iron (mg) 2.9 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 5 0
Isoleucine (g) 0.9 n/a 0.0 0.1 0.4 1 0
Leucine (g) 1.8 n/a 0.0 0.1 0.6 2 0
Lysine (g) 0.6 n/a 0.0 0.1 0.5 1 0
Magnesium (mg) 55.0 5.4 0.0 2.3 23.8 86 9
Manganese (mg) 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 0
Methionine (g) 0.5 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.2 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.2 0.0 0.0 23.9 1.9 26 3
Niacin (mg) 3.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 3 0
Pantothenic acid (mg) 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 2 0
Phenylalanine (g) 1.3 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.3 2 0
Phosphorus (mg) 270.0 1,368.7 0.0 27.2 170.2 1,836 184
Phytosterols n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 1.0 0.0 0.0 3.5 0.2 5 0
Potassium (mg) 267.5 0.7 0.2 27.2 276.3 572 57
Proline (g) 3.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 0.6 4 0
Protein (g) 25.8 0.0 0.0 1.0 6.0 33 3
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 761.6 56.7 818 82
Riboflavin (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.4 0.0 0.0 58.3 4.2 63 6
Selenium (mcg) 84.8 0.0 0.0 1.1 3.7 90 9
Serine (g) 1.3 n/a 0.0 0.1 0.3 2 0
Sodium (mg) 5.0 1,089.2 1,162.7 810.4 89.7 3,157 316
Stigmasterol n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Sugar (g) 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 n/a 1 0
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0
Threonine (g) 0.7 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.3 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.2 0.0 0.0 2.6 n/a 3 0
Tocopherol, beta n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Total Fat (g) 2.5 0.0 0.0 92.1 6.7 101 10
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a n/a n/a 3.4 n/a 3 0
TransFatty acids n/a n/a n/a 3.7 n/a 4 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.3 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.8 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.3 1 0
Valine (g) 1.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 0.4 2 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,836.4 252.5 3,089 309
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 776.3 60.4 837 84
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.7 1 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.7 3 0
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 68.1 n/a 68 7
Water (g) 29.8 0.6 0.0 18.0 160.5 209 21
Zinc (mg) 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.7 3 0

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