Nutritional Facts: How to Cook a Perfect Turkey

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  8 lbs (2,656g)
whole turkey
1 to taste (0g)
salt
1 to taste (0g)
pepper
1 to taste (0g)
spices
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 34.6 n/a n/a n/a 35 6
Alcohol (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Arginine (g) 38.2 n/a n/a n/a 38 6
Ash (g) 23.4 n/a n/a n/a 23 4
Aspartic acid (g) 52.3 n/a n/a n/a 52 9
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Calcium (mg) 398.4 n/a n/a n/a 398 66
Calories 4,249.6 n/a n/a n/a 4,250 708
Calories (kj) 17,768.6 n/a n/a n/a 17,769 2,961
Carbohydrates (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Cholesterol (mg) 1,806.1 n/a n/a n/a 1,806 301
Copper (mg) 2.7 n/a n/a n/a 3 0
Cystine (g) 5.9 n/a n/a n/a 6 1
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Folate (mcg) 212.5 n/a n/a n/a 212 35
Folate, DFE (mcg) 212.5 n/a n/a n/a 212 35
Folate, food (mcg) 212.5 n/a n/a n/a 212 35
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 86.5 n/a n/a n/a 87 14
Glycine (g) 32.6 n/a n/a n/a 33 5
Histidine (g) 16.3 n/a n/a n/a 16 3
Iron (mg) 38.0 n/a n/a n/a 38 6
Isoleucine (g) 27.2 n/a n/a n/a 27 5
Leucine (g) 42.2 n/a n/a n/a 42 7
Lysine (g) 49.3 n/a n/a n/a 49 8
Magnesium (mg) 584.3 n/a n/a n/a 584 97
Manganese (mg) 0.5 n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Methionine (g) 15.2 n/a n/a n/a 15 3
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 77.0 n/a n/a n/a 77 13
Niacin (mg) 108.5 n/a n/a n/a 108 18
Pantothenic acid (mg) 21.4 n/a n/a n/a 21 4
Phenylalanine (g) 21.2 n/a n/a n/a 21 4
Phosphorus (mg) 4,727.7 n/a n/a n/a 4,728 788
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 52.6 n/a n/a n/a 53 9
Potassium (mg) 7,065.0 n/a n/a n/a 7,065 1,177
Proline (g) 25.2 n/a n/a n/a 25 4
Protein (g) 542.4 n/a n/a n/a 542 90
Retinol (mcg) 53.1 n/a n/a n/a 53 9
Riboflavin (mg) 4.1 n/a n/a n/a 4 1
Saturated Fat (g) 60.0 n/a n/a n/a 60 10
Selenium (mcg) 648.1 n/a n/a n/a 648 108
Serine (g) 23.9 n/a n/a n/a 24 4
Sodium (mg) 1,726.4 n/a n/a n/a 1,726 288
Sugar (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 1.7 n/a n/a n/a 2 0
Threonine (g) 23.7 n/a n/a n/a 24 4
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 9.3 n/a n/a n/a 9 2
Total Fat (g) 213.0 n/a n/a n/a 213 36
Tryptophan (g) 6.0 n/a n/a n/a 6 1
Tyrosine (g) 20.6 n/a n/a n/a 21 3
Valine (g) 28.2 n/a n/a n/a 28 5
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 159.4 n/a n/a n/a 159 27
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 53.1 n/a n/a n/a 53 9
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 10.6 n/a n/a n/a 11 2
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 10.9 n/a n/a n/a 11 2
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Vitamin D (IU) 132.8 n/a n/a n/a 133 22
Water (g) 1,869.8 n/a n/a n/a 1,870 312
Zinc (mg) 58.4 n/a n/a n/a 58 10

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