Nutritional Facts: Instant Mashed Potatoes That are Better Than Homemade!

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  2 cups (488g)
chicken broth
3 tablespoons (43g)
butter
3/4 cup (179g)
heavy whipping cream
2 cups (120g)
instant potato flakes
Total 1 serving
Alanine n/a 0.0 0.1 0.3 0 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine n/a 0.0 0.1 0.5 1 0
Ash (g) 5.0 0.9 0.8 4.2 11 2
Aspartic acid n/a 0.0 0.3 2.2 3 0
Beta-sitosterol n/a 1.7 n/a n/a 2 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 19.5 10.2 116.0 32.4 178 30
Calories 78.1 305.4 615.8 424.8 1,424 237
Calories (kj) 327.0 1,277.6 2,575.8 1,776.0 5,956 993
Campesterol n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 1.9 0.0 5.0 97.4 104 17
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 91.6 244.5 0.0 336 56
Copper (mg) 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0 0
Cystine n/a 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.9 8 1
Folate (mcg) 9.8 1.3 7.1 55.2 73 12
Folate, DFE (mcg) 9.8 1.3 7.1 55.2 73 12
Folate, food (mcg) 9.8 1.3 7.1 55.2 73 12
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Fructose n/a n/a n/a 1.2 1 0
Galactose n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a n/a n/a 1.1 1 0
Glutamic acid n/a 0.1 0.8 1.7 3 0
Glycine n/a 0.0 0.1 0.3 0 0
Histidine n/a 0.0 0.1 0.2 0 0
Hydroxyproline n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Iron (mg) 1.0 0.0 0.1 1.5 3 0
Isoleucine n/a 0.0 0.2 0.3 1 0
Lactose n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Leucine n/a 0.0 0.4 0.5 1 0
Lysine n/a 0.0 0.3 0.5 1 0
Magnesium (mg) 4.9 0.9 12.5 79.2 97 16
Maltose n/a n/a n/a 0.6 1 0
Manganese (mg) 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.2 1 0
Methionine n/a 0.0 0.1 0.2 0 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 1.2 9.0 19.1 0.0 29 5
Niacin (mg) 6.7 0.0 0.1 7.5 14 2
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.5 2.5 3 1
Phenylalanine n/a 0.0 0.2 0.6 1 0
Phosphorus (mg) 146.4 10.2 110.7 187.2 454 76
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 0.5 1.3 2.5 0.2 4 1
Potassium (mg) 419.7 10.2 133.9 1,317.6 1,881 314
Proline n/a 0.0 0.4 0.3 1 0
Protein (g) 9.9 0.4 3.7 10.0 24 4
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 285.8 722.9 0.0 1,009 168
Riboflavin (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.8 21.9 41.1 0.2 64 11
Selenium (mcg) 0.0 0.4 0.9 16.1 17 3
Serine n/a 0.0 0.2 0.4 1 0
Sodium (mg) 1,493.3 304.2 67.8 124.8 1,990 332
Starch n/a n/a n/a 84.7 85 14
Stigmasterol n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Sucrose n/a n/a n/a 1.2 1 0
Sugar (g) 1.4 0.0 0.2 4.0 6 1
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 1 0
Threonine n/a 0.0 0.2 0.3 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.1 1.0 1.9 0.0 3 1
Tocopherol, beta n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Tocopherol, delta n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Total Fat (g) 2.8 34.6 66.0 0.5 104 17
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a 1.3 n/a n/a 1 0
TransFatty acids n/a 1.4 n/a n/a 1 0
Tryptophan n/a 0.0 0.1 0.1 0 0
Tyrosine n/a 0.0 0.2 0.3 0 0
Valine n/a 0.0 0.2 0.5 1 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 1,064.6 2,624.0 13.2 3,702 617
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 291.4 733.6 1.2 1,026 171
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.0 1 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 1 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 1.1 97.2 98 16
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 25.6 48.2 0.0 74 12
Water (g) 468.2 6.8 103.0 7.9 586 98
Zinc (mg) 0.5 0.0 0.4 0.8 2 0

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