Nutritional Facts: America's Test Kitchen Beef Tacos

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  1 tablespoon (14g)
vegetable oil
1 (110g)
onions
3 (9g)
garlic cloves
2 tablespoons (16g)
chili powder
1 teaspoon (2g)
cumin
1 teaspoon (0g)
coriander
1/2 teaspoon (0g)
oregano
1/4 teaspoon (0g)
cayenne pepper
1 to taste (0g)
salt
1 lb (454g)
lean ground beef
1/2 cup (123g)
canned tomato sauce
1/2 cup (120g)
low sodium chicken broth
2 teaspoons (10g)
cider vinegar
1 teaspoon (5g)
light brown sugar
8 (102g)
taco shells
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 5.9 0.1 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.5 7 2
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 6.1 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.3 7 2
Ash (g) 0.0 0.4 0.1 1.9 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 4.4 2.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 2.0 12 3
Aspartic acid (g) 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.3 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 8.2 0.2 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.5 9 2
Beta-sitosterol n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 0.0 25.3 16.3 52.8 19.6 0.2 2.7 0.7 n/a 54.4 15.9 4.8 0.7 3.8 102.6 300 75
Calories 120.2 44.0 13.4 45.1 7.9 0.1 0.4 1.4 n/a 798.3 29.4 19.2 2.1 17.5 474.5 1,574 393
Calories (kj) 503.1 182.6 56.1 188.6 32.9 0.3 1.9 6.0 n/a 3,333.9 122.5 80.4 8.9 73.1 1,983.2 6,573 1,643
Campesterol n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 0.0 10.3 3.0 8.0 0.9 0.0 0.1 0.3 n/a 0.0 6.6 1.4 0.1 4.5 63.7 99 25
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 294.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 295 74
Copper (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 1 0
Cystine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.9 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.1 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 1.9 0.2 5.6 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 n/a 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.7 15 4
Folate (mcg) 0.0 20.9 0.3 4.5 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.5 n/a 27.2 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 70.1 138 34
Folate, DFE (mcg) 0.0 20.9 0.3 4.5 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.5 n/a 27.2 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 86.4 154 39
Folate, food (mcg) 0.0 20.9 0.3 4.5 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.5 n/a 27.2 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 46.7 114 29
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 24.4 24 6
Fructose n/a 1.4 n/a 0.7 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 2.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a 4 1
Galactose n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a 2.2 n/a 0.3 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 2.9 n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a 5 1
Glutamic acid (g) 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.3 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 13.5 0.8 n/a 0.0 n/a 1.3 16 4
Glycine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 7.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.3 7 2
Histidine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 2.9 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.2 3 1
Hydroxyproline n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 1.2 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 1 0
Iron (mg) 0.0 0.2 0.2 2.8 1.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 n/a 10.2 1.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.9 18 5
Isoleucine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 4.1 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.2 4 1
Lactose n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 7.1 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.9 8 2
Lysine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 7.5 0.1 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.2 8 2
Magnesium (mg) 0.0 11.0 2.3 23.8 7.7 0.1 0.5 0.7 n/a 90.7 19.6 1.2 0.5 0.4 86.4 245 61
Maltose n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Manganese n/a 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.4 1 0
Methionine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 2.3 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.2 2 1
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 3.8 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 19.7 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 6.5 31 8
Niacin (mg) 0.0 0.1 0.1 1.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 23.0 1.2 1.6 0.0 0.0 1.9 30 7
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 2.7 0.4 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.4 4 1
Phenylalanine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 3.6 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.3 4 1
Phosphorus (mg) 0.0 31.9 13.8 48.0 10.5 0.2 0.2 1.3 n/a 834.6 31.9 36.0 0.8 0.2 229.6 1,239 310
Phytosterols (mg) 131.6 16.5 n/a 13.3 1.4 0.0 0.3 0.4 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 164 41
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 7.4 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 1.6 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 7.4 18 5
Potassium (mg) 0.0 160.6 36.1 312.0 37.5 1.7 2.1 9.1 n/a 1,456.0 405.5 103.2 7.2 6.1 226.6 2,764 691
Proline (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 5.1 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.8 6 2
Protein (g) 0.0 1.2 0.6 2.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 n/a 90.7 1.6 2.4 0.0 0.0 7.2 106 27
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Riboflavin (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1 0
Saturated Fat (g) 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 18.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 6.3 27 7
Selenium (mcg) 0.0 0.6 1.3 3.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 75.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 4.9 86 21
Serine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 3.7 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.4 4 1
Sodium (mg) 0.0 4.4 1.5 262.4 3.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 n/a 299.4 641.9 36.0 0.5 1.3 395.2 1,646 412
Starch n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 58.2 58 15
Stigmasterol n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Sucrose n/a 1.1 n/a 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.3 n/a 0.0 4.3 n/a 6 1
Sugar (g) 0.0 4.7 0.1 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 5.2 0.2 0.0 4.5 1.2 17 4
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1 0
Threonine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 3.4 0.1 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.2 4 1
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 1.9 0.0 0.0 6.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 n/a 1.5 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 12 3
Tocopherol, beta n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma n/a 0.0 n/a 0.5 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Total Fat (g) 13.6 0.1 0.0 2.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 n/a 45.4 0.2 0.7 0.0 0.0 21.2 84 21
Trans-monoenoic Fat (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
TransFatty acids (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 2.9 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.1 3 1
Tryptophan (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.4 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 2.7 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.2 3 1
Valine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 4.5 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.3 5 1
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 2.2 0.8 4,744.0 26.7 21.6 2.8 187.2 n/a 0.0 530.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.3 5,533 1,383
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 237.3 1.3 1.1 0.1 9.4 n/a 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 277 69
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 10.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 10 3
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 1.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 3 1
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 8.1 2.8 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.3 n/a 0.0 8.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20 5
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 18.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18 5
Water (g) 0.0 98.0 5.3 1.7 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 n/a 315.2 111.6 115.2 9.2 0.1 7.5 664 166
Zinc (mg) 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 21.7 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.6 25 6

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