Nutritional Facts: James Beard's Baking Powder Biscuits

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  2 cups (250g)
all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon (3g)
salt
1 tablespoon (14g)
baking powder
3/4 cup (183g)
milk
1/4 cup (57g)
butter
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.8 0.0 n/a 0.2 0.0 1 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 1.0 0.0 n/a 0.2 0.0 1 0
Ash (g) 1.2 3.0 9.9 1.3 1.2 17 1
Aspartic acid (g) 1.1 0.0 n/a 0.5 0.0 2 0
Beta-sitosterol n/a n/a n/a n/a 2.3 2 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 37.5 0.7 1,016.2 217.8 13.6 1,286 107
Calories 910.0 0.0 7.0 117.1 406.9 1,441 120
Calories (kj) 3,807.5 0.0 29.4 490.4 1,701.9 6,029 502
Campesterol n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 190.8 0.0 3.3 8.5 0.0 203 17
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.6 122.0 148 12
Copper (mg) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Cystine (g) 0.5 0.0 n/a 0.1 0.0 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 9.2 1.7 76 6
Folate, DFE (mcg) 65.0 0.0 0.0 9.2 1.7 76 6
Folate, food (mcg) 65.0 0.0 0.0 9.2 1.7 76 6
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 8.7 0.0 n/a 1.3 0.1 10 1
Glycine (g) 0.9 0.0 n/a 0.1 0.0 1 0
Histidine (g) 0.6 0.0 n/a 0.2 0.0 1 0
Iron (mg) 2.9 0.0 1.6 0.1 0.0 5 0
Isoleucine (g) 0.9 0.0 n/a 0.4 0.0 1 0
Leucine (g) 1.8 0.0 n/a 0.6 0.0 2 0
Lysine (g) 0.6 0.0 n/a 0.5 0.0 1 0
Magnesium (mg) 55.0 0.0 5.4 23.8 1.1 85 7
Manganese (mg) 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 0
Methionine (g) 0.5 0.0 n/a 0.2 0.0 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.9 11.9 14 1
Niacin (mg) 3.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 3 0
Pantothenic acid (mg) 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.1 2 0
Phenylalanine (g) 1.3 0.0 n/a 0.3 0.0 2 0
Phosphorus (mg) 270.0 0.0 1,368.7 170.2 13.6 1,822 152
Phytosterols n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.7 3 0
Potassium (mg) 267.5 0.2 0.7 276.3 13.6 558 47
Proline (g) 3.0 0.0 n/a 0.6 0.0 4 0
Protein (g) 25.8 0.0 0.0 6.0 0.5 32 3
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 56.7 380.8 438 36
Riboflavin (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.4 0.0 0.0 4.2 29.2 34 3
Selenium (mcg) 84.8 0.0 0.0 3.7 0.6 89 7
Serine (g) 1.3 0.0 n/a 0.3 0.0 2 0
Sodium (mg) 5.0 1,162.7 1,089.2 89.7 405.2 2,752 229
Stigmasterol n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Sugar (g) 0.7 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 1 0
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0 0
Threonine (g) 0.7 0.0 n/a 0.3 0.0 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.2 0.0 0.0 n/a 1.3 1 0
Tocopherol, beta n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Tocopherol, delta n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Total Fat (g) 2.5 0.0 0.0 6.7 46.0 55 5
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a n/a n/a n/a 1.7 2 0
TransFatty acids n/a n/a n/a n/a 1.9 2 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.3 0.0 n/a 0.1 0.0 0 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.8 0.0 n/a 0.3 0.0 1 0
Valine (g) 1.0 0.0 n/a 0.4 0.0 1 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 252.5 1,418.2 1,671 139
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 60.4 388.2 449 37
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.1 1 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.7 0.0 3 0
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 34.1 34 3
Water (g) 29.8 0.0 0.6 160.5 9.0 200 17
Zinc (mg) 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.1 3 0

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