Nutritional Facts: Cathead Biscuits

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  2 1/4 cups (281g)
flour
1/3 teaspoon (2g)
baking soda
1 teaspoon (6g)
salt
2 teaspoons (9g)
baking powder
5 tablespoons (64g)
shortening
1 cup (245g)
buttermilk
1/8 cup (28g)
butter
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.9 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.3 0.0 1 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 1.2 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.3 0.0 1 0
Ash (g) 1.3 0.6 6.0 6.6 0.0 2.2 0.6 17 2
Aspartic acid (g) 1.2 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.6 0.0 2 0
Beta-sitosterol n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1.1 1 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 42.2 0.0 1.4 677.5 0.0 284.2 6.8 1,012 127
Calories 1,023.8 0.0 0.0 4.7 565.8 98.0 203.4 1,896 237
Calories (kj) 4,283.4 0.0 0.0 19.6 2,367.4 414.1 851.0 7,935 992
Campesterol n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 214.6 0.0 0.0 2.2 0.0 11.7 0.0 229 29
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.8 61.0 71 9
Copper (mg) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Cystine (g) 0.6 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 0.0 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 7.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8 1
Folate (mcg) 514.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.3 0.9 528 66
Folate, DFE (mcg) 818.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.3 0.9 832 104
Folate, food (mcg) 81.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.3 0.9 95 12
Folic acid (mcg) 433.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 433 54
Glutamic acid (g) 9.8 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 1.6 0.1 11 1
Glycine (g) 1.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.2 0.0 1 0
Histidine (g) 0.6 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.2 0.0 1 0
Iron (mg) 13.1 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 14 2
Isoleucine (g) 1.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.5 0.0 2 0
Leucine (g) 2.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.8 0.0 3 0
Lysine (g) 0.6 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.7 0.0 1 0
Magnesium (mg) 61.9 0.0 0.1 3.6 0.0 27.0 0.6 93 12
Manganese (mg) 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 2 0
Methionine (g) 0.5 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.2 0.0 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 28.5 0.6 6.0 35 4
Niacin (mg) 16.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 17 2
Pantothenic acid (mg) 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 2 0
Phenylalanine (g) 1.5 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.4 0.0 2 0
Phosphorus (mg) 303.8 0.0 0.0 912.5 0.0 218.1 6.8 1,441 180
Phytosterols n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 128.0 n/a n/a 128 16
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.7 0.1 0.9 19 2
Potassium (mg) 300.9 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 370.0 6.8 679 85
Proline (g) 3.4 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.8 0.0 4 1
Protein (g) 29.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.1 0.2 37 5
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 31.9 190.4 222 28
Riboflavin (mg) 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 2 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.0 1.3 14.6 32 4
Selenium (mcg) 95.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.9 0.3 101 13
Serine (g) 1.5 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.4 0.0 2 0
Sodium (mg) 5.6 419.1 2,325.5 726.2 0.0 257.3 202.6 3,936 492
Stigmasterol n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Sugar (g) 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.7 0.0 13 2
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 2 0
Threonine (g) 0.8 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.4 0.0 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.9 0.1 0.7 5 1
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.2 n/a n/a n/a 0.3 0.0 0.0 1 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.1 n/a n/a n/a 9.8 0.0 0.0 10 1
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 1.1 n/a n/a n/a 20.7 0.1 0.0 22 3
Total Fat (g) 2.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 64.0 2.2 23.0 92 11
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.8 1 0
TransFatty acids n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.9 1 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.4 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 0.0 0 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.9 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.3 0.0 1 0
Valine (g) 1.2 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.6 0.0 2 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 115.2 709.1 824 103
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 34.3 194.1 228 29
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 1 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5 0.0 2 0
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5 17.0 19 2
Water (g) 33.5 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 220.8 4.5 259 32
Zinc (mg) 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 3 0

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