Nutritional Facts: Shortbread

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  150 g (149g)
butter
100 g (100g)
caster sugar
275 g (344g)
plain flour
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.0 n/a 1.1 1 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 0.0 n/a 1.4 1 0
Ash (g) 3.1 0.0 1.6 5 1
Aspartic acid (g) 0.1 n/a 1.5 2 0
Beta-sitosterol (mg) 6.0 n/a n/a 6 1
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 35.8 1.0 51.6 88 11
Calories 1,069.0 387.0 1,251.2 2,707 338
Calories (kj) 4,471.5 1,618.0 5,235.3 11,325 1,416
Campesterol (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 0.1 100.0 262.3 362 45
Cholesterol (mg) 320.6 0.0 0.0 321 40
Copper (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.5 1 0
Cystine (g) 0.0 n/a 0.8 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 0.0 9.3 9 1
Folate (mcg) 4.5 0.0 629.1 634 79
Folate, DFE (mcg) 4.5 0.0 1,000.3 1,005 126
Folate, food (mcg) 4.5 0.0 99.7 104 13
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 529.4 529 66
Fructose n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Galactose n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 0.3 n/a 12.0 12 2
Glycine (g) 0.0 n/a 1.3 1 0
Histidine (g) 0.0 n/a 0.8 1 0
Iron (mg) 0.0 0.1 15.9 16 2
Isoleucine (g) 0.1 n/a 1.2 1 0
Lactose n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 0.1 n/a 2.4 3 0
Lysine (g) 0.1 n/a 0.8 1 0
Magnesium (mg) 3.0 0.0 75.6 79 10
Maltose n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.0 0.0 2.3 2 0
Methionine (g) 0.0 n/a 0.6 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 31.3 0.0 0.3 32 4
Niacin (mg) 0.1 0.0 20.3 20 3
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.2 0.0 1.5 2 0
Phenylalanine (g) 0.1 n/a 1.8 2 0
Phosphorus (mg) 35.8 0.0 371.2 407 51
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 4.5 0.0 1.4 6 1
Potassium (mg) 35.8 2.0 367.8 406 51
Proline (g) 0.1 n/a 4.1 4 1
Protein (g) 1.3 0.0 35.5 37 5
Retinol (mcg) 1,000.5 0.0 0.0 1,000 125
Riboflavin (mg) 0.1 0.0 1.7 2 0
Saturated Fat (g) 76.6 0.0 0.5 77 10
Selenium (mcg) 1.5 0.6 116.5 119 15
Serine (g) 0.1 n/a 1.8 2 0
Sodium (mg) 1,064.6 1.0 6.9 1,072 134
Stigmasterol (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Sucrose n/a 99.8 n/a 100 12
Sugar (g) 0.1 99.8 0.9 101 13
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.0 0.0 2.7 3 0
Threonine (g) 0.1 n/a 1.0 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 3.5 0.0 0.2 4 0
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.0 n/a 0.2 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 n/a 0.1 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 0.0 n/a 1.3 1 0
Total Fat (g) 120.9 0.0 3.4 124 16
Trans-monoenoic Fat (g) 4.4 n/a n/a 4 1
TransFatty acids (g) 4.9 n/a n/a 5 1
Tryptophan (g) 0.0 n/a 0.4 0 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.1 n/a 1.1 1 0
Valine (g) 0.1 n/a 1.4 2 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 3,726.0 0.0 0.0 3,726 466
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 1,019.8 0.0 0.0 1,020 127
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.3 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.2 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin D (IU) 89.5 0.0 0.0 89 11
Water (g) 23.7 0.0 41.0 65 8
Zinc (mg) 0.1 0.0 2.4 3 0

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