Nutritional Facts: Mom's Homemade Biscuits

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  2 cups (250g)
flour
4 tablespoons (50g)
sugar
1 teaspoon (6g)
salt
3 teaspoons (14g)
baking powder
1/3 cup (68g)
shortening
3/4 cup (183g)
milk
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.8 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.2 1 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 1.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.2 1 0
Ash (g) 1.2 0.0 6.0 9.9 0.0 1.3 18 5
Aspartic acid (g) 1.1 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.5 2 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Calcium (mg) 37.5 0.5 1.4 1,016.2 0.0 217.8 1,273 318
Calories 910.0 195.0 0.0 7.0 603.5 117.1 1,833 458
Calories (kj) 3,807.5 815.5 0.0 29.4 2,525.1 490.4 7,668 1,917
Carbohydrates (g) 190.8 50.4 0.0 3.3 0.0 8.5 253 63
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.6 26 6
Copper (mg) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Cystine (g) 0.5 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 6.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7 2
Folate (mcg) 457.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.2 467 117
Folate, DFE (mcg) 727.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.2 737 184
Folate, food (mcg) 72.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.2 82 20
Folic acid (mcg) 385.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 385 96
Fructose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Galactose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 8.7 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 1.3 10 2
Glycine (g) 0.9 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 1 0
Histidine (g) 0.6 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.2 1 0
Iron (mg) 11.6 0.0 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.1 13 3
Isoleucine (g) 0.9 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.4 1 0
Lactose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 1.8 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.6 2 1
Lysine (g) 0.6 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.5 1 0
Magnesium (mg) 55.0 0.0 0.1 5.4 0.0 23.8 84 21
Maltose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 2 0
Methionine (g) 0.5 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.2 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.4 1.9 33 8
Niacin (mg) 14.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 15 4
Pantothenic acid (mg) 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 2 0
Phenylalanine (g) 1.3 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.3 2 0
Phosphorus (mg) 270.0 0.0 0.0 1,368.7 0.0 170.2 1,809 452
Phytosterols n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 136.5 0.0 137 34
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.8 0.2 19 5
Potassium (mg) 267.5 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.0 276.3 546 137
Proline (g) 3.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.6 4 1
Protein (g) 25.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 32 8
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 56.7 57 14
Riboflavin (mg) 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 2 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.1 4.2 22 5
Selenium (mcg) 84.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.7 89 22
Serine (g) 1.3 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.3 2 0
Sodium (mg) 5.0 0.5 2,325.5 1,089.2 0.0 89.7 3,510 877
Sucrose n/a 50.3 n/a n/a n/a n/a 50 13
Sugar (g) 0.7 50.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 51 13
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 2 1
Threonine (g) 0.7 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.3 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.2 n/a 4 1
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.2 n/a n/a n/a 0.3 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.1 n/a n/a n/a 10.5 n/a 11 3
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 1.0 n/a n/a n/a 22.0 n/a 23 6
Total Fat (g) 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 68.3 6.7 77 19
Tryptophan (g) 0.3 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 0 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.8 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.3 1 0
Valine (g) 1.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.4 1 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 252.5 253 63
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 60.4 60 15
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 1 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.7 3 1
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Water (g) 29.8 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 160.5 191 48
Zinc (mg) 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 2 1

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