Nutritional Facts: Mexican Grits

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  1/4 cup (39g)
grits
1 cup (237g)
water
4 ounces (114g)
diced green chilies
1/2 teaspoon (3g)
salt
1/4 teaspoon (1g)
pepper
1 tablespoon (0g)
oleo
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.3 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Arginine (g) 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Ash (g) 0.2 0.2 1.6 3.0 0.0 n/a 5 3
Aspartic acid (g) 0.2 n/a 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Calcium (mg) 1.6 7.1 8.0 0.7 2.5 n/a 20 10
Calories 144.3 0.0 24.0 0.0 1.4 n/a 170 85
Calories (kj) 604.1 0.0 100.6 0.0 6.0 n/a 711 355
Carbohydrates (g) 30.8 0.0 5.8 0.0 0.4 n/a 37 19
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Copper (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Cystine (g) 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 1.8 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.1 n/a 3 2
Folate (mcg) 66.7 0.0 11.4 0.0 0.1 n/a 78 39
Folate, DFE (mcg) 102.6 0.0 11.4 0.0 0.1 n/a 114 57
Folate, food (mcg) 15.2 0.0 11.4 0.0 0.1 n/a 27 13
Folic acid (mcg) 51.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 51 26
Fructose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Galactose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 0.7 n/a 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Glycine (g) 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Histidine (g) 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Hydroxyproline n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Iron (mg) 1.2 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.1 n/a 2 1
Isoleucine (g) 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Lactose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 0.5 n/a 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Lysine (g) 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Magnesium (mg) 14.0 2.4 16.0 0.0 1.0 n/a 33 17
Maltose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 n/a 0 0
Methionine (g) 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Niacin (mg) 1.7 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 n/a 3 1
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Phenylalanine (g) 0.2 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Phosphorus (mg) 43.3 0.0 19.4 0.0 0.9 n/a 64 32
Phytosterols n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.5 n/a 1 0
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Potassium (mg) 55.0 2.4 213.7 0.2 7.6 n/a 279 139
Proline (g) 0.3 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Protein (g) 3.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.1 n/a 4 2
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Riboflavin (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Selenium (mcg) 6.6 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 n/a 7 4
Serine (g) 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Sodium (mg) 0.4 7.1 1,340.6 1,162.7 0.1 n/a 2,511 1,255
Starch (g) 26.6 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 27 13
Sucrose (g) 0.2 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Sugar (g) 0.2 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 n/a 4 2
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Threonine (g) 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 0.3 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Total Fat (g) 0.7 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
TransFatty acids n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Valine (g) 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 1.2 0.0 824.0 0.0 3.1 n/a 828 414
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 0.0 41.1 0.0 0.2 n/a 41 21
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 77.7 0.0 0.0 n/a 78 39
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Water (g) 4.3 236.8 105.7 0.0 0.1 n/a 347 173
Zinc (mg) 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0

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