Nutritional Facts: Gingerbread

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  2 1/3 cups (292g)
flour
1/3 cup (67g)
sugar
1/2 cup (103g)
shortening
1 cup (337g)
molasses
3/4 cup (178g)
hot water
1 teaspoon (5g)
baking soda
1 teaspoon (2g)
ginger
1 teaspoon (3g)
cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon (3g)
salt
1 large (50g)
eggs
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 1.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 1 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 2 0
Ash (g) 1.4 0.0 0.0 11.1 0.2 1.7 0.1 0.1 3.0 0.5 18 2
Aspartic acid (g) 1.3 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 2 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 43.7 0.7 0.0 690.9 5.3 0.0 2.1 26.2 0.7 28.0 798 89
Calories 1,061.5 257.7 906.1 977.3 0.0 0.0 6.0 6.5 0.0 71.5 3,287 365
Calories (kj) 4,441.4 1,077.6 3,791.5 4,087.8 0.0 0.0 25.3 27.0 0.0 299.5 13,750 1,528
Carbohydrates (g) 222.5 66.6 0.0 251.8 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.1 0.0 0.4 545 61
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 186.0 186 21
Copper (mg) 0.4 0.0 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 0
Cystine (g) 0.6 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 7.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.4 0.0 0.0 10 1
Folate (mcg) 533.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 23.5 558 62
Folate, DFE (mcg) 848.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 23.5 873 97
Folate, food (mcg) 84.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 23.5 108 12
Folic acid (mcg) 449.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 449 50
Fructose n/a 0.0 n/a 43.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 43 5
Galactose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a 0.0 n/a 40.2 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.2 40 4
Glutamic acid (g) 10.1 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 11 1
Glycine (g) 1.1 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1 0
Histidine (g) 0.7 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1 0
Hydroxyproline n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Iron (mg) 13.5 0.0 0.0 15.9 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.9 31 3
Isoleucine (g) 1.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1 0
Lactose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Leucine (g) 2.1 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 3 0
Lysine (g) 0.7 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1 0
Magnesium (mg) 64.2 0.0 0.0 815.5 1.8 0.0 3.9 1.6 0.0 6.0 893 99
Maltose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Manganese (mg) 2.0 0.0 n/a 5.2 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.5 0.0 0.0 8 1
Methionine (g) 0.5 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.3 0.0 45.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 48 5
Niacin (mg) 17.2 0.0 0.0 3.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 21 2
Pantothenic acid (mg) 1.3 0.0 0.0 2.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 5 1
Phenylalanine (g) 1.5 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 2 0
Phosphorus (mg) 315.0 0.0 0.0 104.5 0.0 0.0 3.0 1.7 0.0 99.0 523 58
Phytosterols n/a n/a 205.0 n/a n/a n/a 1.5 0.7 0.0 n/a 207 23
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 1.2 0.0 26.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 29 3
Potassium (mg) 312.0 1.3 0.0 4,933.7 1.8 0.0 23.8 11.3 0.2 69.0 5,353 595
Proline (g) 3.5 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 4 0
Protein (g) 30.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 6.3 37 4
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 80.0 80 9
Riboflavin (mg) 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 2 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.5 0.0 25.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 28 3
Selenium (mcg) 98.9 0.4 0.0 60.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.1 0.0 15.4 176 20
Serine (g) 1.5 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 2 0
Sodium (mg) 5.8 0.7 0.0 124.7 5.3 1,258.6 0.5 0.3 1,162.7 71.0 2,630 292
Sucrose n/a 66.5 n/a 99.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 166 18
Sugar (g) 0.8 66.5 0.0 187.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 255 28
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 0
Threonine (g) 0.8 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.2 0.0 6.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.5 7 1
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.2 n/a 0.5 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 1 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.1 n/a 15.7 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 16 2
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 1.1 n/a 33.1 n/a n/a n/a 0.1 0.3 n/a 0.3 35 4
Total Fat (g) 2.9 0.0 102.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 4.8 111 12
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
TransFatty acids n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.4 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.9 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1 0
Valine (g) 1.2 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 2 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 7.7 0.0 270.0 278 31
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 80.0 80 9
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 2 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 41.0 41 5
Water (g) 34.8 0.0 0.0 73.7 177.6 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.0 38.1 325 36
Zinc (mg) 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.6 4 0

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