Nutritional Facts: Big and Thick Buttermilk Biscuits

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  1 lb (454g)
self-rising flour
1/2 cup (103g)
shortening
1 3/4 cups (429g)
buttermilk
3 tablespoons (43g)
butter
1 cup (125g)
flour
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 1.4 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.4 2 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 1.8 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 3 0
Ash (g) 19.7 0.0 3.8 0.9 0.6 25 4
Aspartic acid (g) 1.9 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.5 4 1
Beta-sitosterol n/a n/a n/a 1.7 n/a 2 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 1,534.5 0.0 497.4 10.2 18.8 2,061 343
Calories 1,607.2 906.1 171.5 305.4 455.0 3,445 574
Calories (kj) 6,723.7 3,791.5 724.6 1,277.6 1,903.8 14,421 2,404
Campesterol n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 337.0 0.0 20.5 0.0 95.4 453 75
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 17.2 91.6 0.0 109 18
Copper (mg) 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1 0
Cystine (g) 1.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.3 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 12.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.4 16 3
Folate (mcg) 889.8 0.0 21.4 1.3 228.8 1,141 190
Folate, DFE (mcg) 1,393.8 0.0 21.4 1.3 363.8 1,780 297
Folate, food (mcg) 172.5 0.0 21.4 1.3 36.3 231 39
Folic acid (mcg) 717.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 192.5 910 152
Glutamic acid (g) 15.1 0.0 2.8 0.1 4.3 22 4
Glycine (g) 1.6 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.5 2 0
Histidine (g) 1.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.3 2 0
Iron (mg) 21.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 5.8 27 5
Isoleucine (g) 1.6 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.4 3 0
Leucine (g) 3.1 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.9 5 1
Lysine (g) 1.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.3 2 0
Magnesium (mg) 86.3 0.0 47.2 0.9 27.5 162 27
Manganese (mg) 4.5 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.9 5 1
Methionine (g) 0.8 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.2 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.4 45.6 1.1 9.0 0.1 56 9
Niacin (mg) 26.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 7.4 34 6
Pantothenic acid (mg) 2.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.5 4 1
Phenylalanine (g) 2.3 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.7 4 1
Phosphorus (mg) 2,701.3 0.0 381.6 10.2 135.0 3,228 538
Phytosterols n/a 205.0 n/a n/a n/a 205 34
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 1.9 26.8 0.1 1.3 0.5 31 5
Potassium (mg) 563.0 0.0 647.4 10.2 133.8 1,354 226
Proline (g) 5.2 0.0 1.4 0.0 1.5 8 1
Protein (g) 44.9 0.0 14.2 0.4 12.9 72 12
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 55.7 285.8 0.0 342 57
Riboflavin (mg) 1.9 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.6 3 1
Saturated Fat (g) 0.7 25.6 2.3 21.9 0.2 51 8
Selenium (mcg) 156.2 0.0 8.6 0.4 42.4 208 35
Serine (g) 2.2 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.6 4 1
Sodium (mg) 5,765.8 0.0 450.2 304.2 2.5 6,523 1,087
Stigmasterol n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Sugar (g) 1.0 0.0 20.5 0.0 0.3 22 4
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 3.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.0 4 1
Threonine (g) 1.2 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.4 2 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.2 6.3 0.2 1.0 0.1 8 1
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 1 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 15.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 16 3
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 1.5 33.1 0.1 0.0 0.5 35 6
Total Fat (g) 4.4 102.5 3.8 34.6 1.2 146 24
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a n/a n/a 1.3 n/a 1 0
TransFatty acids n/a n/a n/a 1.4 n/a 1 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 1 0
Tyrosine (g) 1.4 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.4 2 0
Valine (g) 1.8 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.5 3 1
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 0.0 201.5 1,064.6 0.0 1,266 211
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 0.0 60.0 291.4 0.0 351 59
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.1 0.0 1 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 4.3 0.0 0.0 4 1
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 4.3 25.6 0.0 30 5
Water (g) 48.1 0.0 386.4 6.8 14.9 456 76
Zinc (mg) 2.8 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.9 6 1

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