Nutritional Facts: Light Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

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  8 slices (224g)
whole wheat bread
8 teaspoons (39g)
light butter
6 ounces (170g)
low-fat cheddar cheese
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.5 n/a 1.1 2 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine n/a n/a 1.4 1 0
Ash (g) 8.6 0.4 6.2 15 4
Aspartic acid (g) 0.7 n/a 2.5 3 1
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 239.7 18.6 707.2 965 241
Calories 553.3 196.8 294.8 1,045 261
Calories (kj) 2,316.2 823.4 1,233.7 4,373 1,093
Carbohydrates (g) 92.5 0.0 3.3 96 24
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 41.0 35.8 77 19
Copper (mg) 0.8 0.0 0.0 1 0
Cystine (g) 0.3 n/a 0.2 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 15.2 0.0 0.0 15 4
Folate (mcg) 112.0 0.4 18.7 131 33
Folate, DFE (mcg) 112.0 0.4 18.7 131 33
Folate, food (mcg) 112.0 0.4 18.7 131 33
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 4.2 n/a 9.3 14 3
Glycine (g) 0.5 n/a 0.7 1 0
Histidine (g) 0.3 n/a 1.3 2 0
Iron (mg) 5.4 0.4 0.7 7 2
Isoleucine (g) 0.5 n/a 2.4 3 1
Leucine (g) 0.9 n/a 3.7 5 1
Lysine (g) 0.4 n/a 3.2 4 1
Magnesium (mg) 183.7 1.9 27.3 213 53
Manganese (mg) 4.8 n/a 0.0 5 1
Methionine (g) 0.2 n/a 1.0 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 3.6 6.2 3.5 13 3
Niacin (mg) 10.6 0.0 0.1 11 3
Pantothenic acid (mg) 1.5 n/a 0.3 2 0
Phenylalanine (g) 0.6 n/a 2.0 3 1
Phosphorus (mg) 452.5 13.1 824.7 1,290 323
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 1.3 0.8 0.4 3 1
Potassium (mg) 555.5 27.4 112.5 695 174
Proline (g) 1.4 n/a 4.3 6 1
Protein (g) 29.0 1.3 41.5 72 18
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 176.3 102.2 279 70
Riboflavin (mg) 0.5 0.0 0.4 1 0
Saturated Fat (g) 1.7 13.3 7.4 22 6
Selenium (mcg) 90.3 0.4 24.7 115 29
Serine (g) 0.6 n/a 2.2 3 1
Sodium (mg) 1,057.3 174.0 1,042.8 2,274 569
Sugar (g) 12.5 0.0 0.9 13 3
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.8 0.0 0.0 1 0
Threonine (g) 0.4 n/a 1.4 2 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 1.2 0.6 0.1 2 0
Total Fat (g) 7.5 21.3 11.9 41 10
Tryptophan (g) 0.2 n/a 0.5 1 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.4 n/a 1.8 2 1
Valine (g) 0.6 n/a 2.5 3 1
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 6.7 656.4 352.7 1,016 254
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 179.8 102.2 282 71
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.1 0.8 1 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.5 0.0 0.1 1 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 15.5 8.5 24 6
Water (g) 86.4 16.3 107.5 210 53
Zinc (mg) 4.0 0.1 3.1 7 2

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