Nutritional Facts: How to Cook Perfect Pasta

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  1 lb (456g)
pasta
8 pints (3,792g)
water
1 teaspoon (6g)
salt
1 to taste (0g)
olive oil
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 2.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 2 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Arginine (g) 2.2 n/a 0.0 n/a 2 1
Ash (g) 4.0 3.8 6.0 n/a 14 3
Aspartic acid (g) 2.8 n/a 0.0 n/a 3 1
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Calcium (mg) 95.8 113.8 1.4 n/a 211 53
Calories 1,691.8 0.0 0.0 n/a 1,692 423
Calories (kj) 7,081.7 0.0 0.0 n/a 7,082 1,770
Carbohydrates (g) 340.5 0.0 0.0 n/a 340 85
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Copper (mg) 1.3 0.3 0.0 n/a 2 0
Cystine (g) 1.2 n/a 0.0 n/a 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 14.6 0.0 0.0 n/a 15 4
Folate (mcg) 1,080.7 0.0 0.0 n/a 1,081 270
Folate, DFE (mcg) 1,783.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 1,783 446
Folate, food (mcg) 82.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 82 21
Folic acid (mcg) 998.6 0.0 0.0 n/a 999 250
Fructose (g) 0.5 n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Galactose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) (g) 0.5 n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Glutamic acid (g) 21.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 21 5
Glycine (g) 2.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 2 1
Histidine (g) 1.4 n/a 0.0 n/a 1 0
Hydroxyproline (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Iron (mg) 15.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 15 4
Isoleucine (g) 2.3 n/a 0.0 n/a 2 1
Lactose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 4.5 n/a 0.0 n/a 5 1
Lysine (g) 1.4 n/a 0.0 n/a 1 0
Magnesium (mg) 241.7 37.9 0.1 n/a 280 70
Maltose (g) 8.9 n/a n/a n/a 9 2
Manganese (mg) 4.2 0.0 0.0 n/a 4 1
Methionine (g) 0.7 n/a 0.0 n/a 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.8 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Niacin (mg) 32.7 0.0 0.0 n/a 33 8
Pantothenic acid (mg) 2.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 2 0
Phenylalanine (g) 3.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 3 1
Phosphorus (mg) 861.8 0.0 0.0 n/a 862 215
Phytosterols n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 2.6 0.0 0.0 n/a 3 1
Potassium (mg) 1,016.9 37.9 0.5 n/a 1,055 264
Proline (g) 7.2 n/a 0.0 n/a 7 2
Protein (g) 59.5 0.0 0.0 n/a 59 15
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Riboflavin (mg) 1.8 0.0 0.0 n/a 2 0
Saturated Fat (g) 1.3 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Selenium (mcg) 288.2 0.0 0.0 n/a 288 72
Serine (g) 2.8 n/a 0.0 n/a 3 1
Sodium (mg) 27.4 113.8 2,325.5 n/a 2,467 617
Starch (g) 284.8 n/a n/a n/a 285 71
Sucrose (g) 2.2 n/a n/a n/a 2 1
Sugar (g) 12.2 0.0 0.0 n/a 12 3
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 4.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 4 1
Threonine (g) 2.1 n/a 0.0 n/a 2 1
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.5 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.3 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 4.0 n/a n/a n/a 4 1
Total Fat (g) 6.9 0.0 0.0 n/a 7 2
Trans-monoenoic Fat (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
TransFatty acids (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.8 n/a 0.0 n/a 1 0
Tyrosine (g) 1.1 n/a 0.0 n/a 1 0
Valine (g) 2.7 n/a 0.0 n/a 3 1
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.6 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Water (g) 45.1 3,788.2 0.0 n/a 3,833 958
Zinc (mg) 6.4 0.0 0.0 n/a 6 2

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