Nutritional Facts: Awesome Mac and Cheese

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  8 ounces (242g)
elbow macaroni
5 tablespoons (71g)
butter
5 tablespoons (37g)
all-purpose flour
1 quart (976g)
milk
1 to taste (0g)
salt and pepper
1 pinch (0g)
cayenne pepper
5 ounces (142g)
cheddar cheese
5 ounces (151g)
monterey jack cheese
1 to taste (0g)
paprika
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 1.1 0.0 0.1 1.1 n/a n/a 1.0 1.0 n/a 4 1
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Arginine (g) 1.1 0.0 0.2 1.2 n/a n/a 1.3 1.4 n/a 5 1
Ash (g) 2.1 1.5 0.2 7.0 n/a 0.0 5.6 5.3 n/a 22 4
Aspartic acid (g) 1.5 0.0 0.2 2.4 n/a n/a 2.3 2.4 n/a 9 1
Beta-sitosterol n/a 2.8 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Calcium (mg) 50.8 17.0 5.6 1,161.4 n/a 0.2 1,023.8 1,122.9 n/a 3,382 564
Calories 896.6 509.1 136.5 624.6 n/a 0.4 572.3 561.4 n/a 3,301 550
Calories (kj) 3,753.3 2,129.3 571.1 2,615.7 n/a 1.5 2,391.3 2,351.1 n/a 13,813 2,302
Campesterol n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 180.5 0.0 28.6 45.4 n/a 0.1 1.8 1.0 n/a 257 43
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 152.7 0.0 136.6 n/a 0.0 149.1 134.0 n/a 572 95
Copper (mg) 0.7 0.0 0.1 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Cystine (g) 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.3 n/a n/a 0.2 0.2 n/a 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 7.7 0.0 1.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 9 1
Folate (mcg) 572.8 2.1 9.7 48.8 n/a 0.1 25.6 27.1 n/a 686 114
Folate, DFE (mcg) 945.0 2.1 9.7 48.8 n/a 0.1 25.6 27.1 n/a 1,058 176
Folate, food (mcg) 43.5 2.1 9.7 48.8 n/a 0.1 25.6 27.1 n/a 157 26
Folic acid (mcg) 529.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 529 88
Fructose (g) 0.3 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Galactose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) (g) 0.3 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 11.1 0.1 1.3 6.7 n/a n/a 8.7 9.0 n/a 37 6
Glycine (g) 1.1 0.0 0.1 0.7 n/a n/a 0.6 0.6 n/a 3 1
Histidine (g) 0.7 0.0 0.1 0.9 n/a n/a 1.2 1.3 n/a 4 1
Hydroxyproline (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Iron (mg) 8.0 0.0 0.4 0.5 n/a 0.0 1.0 1.1 n/a 11 2
Isoleucine (g) 1.2 0.0 0.1 1.9 n/a n/a 2.2 2.3 n/a 8 1
Lactose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.3 n/a n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 2.4 0.1 0.3 3.1 n/a n/a 3.4 3.5 n/a 13 2
Lysine (g) 0.7 0.0 0.1 2.5 n/a n/a 2.9 3.1 n/a 9 2
Magnesium (mg) 128.1 1.4 8.2 126.9 n/a 0.2 39.8 40.6 n/a 345 58
Maltose (g) 4.7 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.2 n/a n/a 5 1
Manganese (mg) 2.2 0.0 0.3 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 3 0
Methionine (g) 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.8 n/a n/a 0.9 1.0 n/a 3 1
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.4 14.9 0.0 10.3 n/a 0.0 13.3 13.2 n/a 52 9
Niacin (mg) 17.3 0.0 0.5 0.8 n/a 0.0 0.1 0.1 n/a 19 3
Pantothenic acid (mg) 1.0 0.1 0.2 3.1 n/a n/a 0.6 0.3 n/a 5 1
Phenylalanine (g) 1.6 0.0 0.2 1.5 n/a n/a 1.9 1.9 n/a 7 1
Phosphorus (mg) 456.8 17.0 40.5 907.7 n/a 0.3 727.0 668.3 n/a 2,818 470
Phytosterols n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.1 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 1.4 2.2 0.2 1.3 n/a 0.0 1.3 1.4 n/a 8 1
Potassium (mg) 538.9 17.0 40.1 1,473.8 n/a 2.3 139.2 121.9 n/a 2,333 389
Proline (g) 3.8 0.1 0.4 3.1 n/a n/a 4.0 4.2 n/a 16 3
Protein (g) 31.5 0.6 3.9 32.0 n/a 0.0 35.4 36.8 n/a 140 23
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 476.4 0.0 302.6 n/a 0.0 366.4 289.0 n/a 1,434 239
Riboflavin (mg) 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 n/a 0.0 0.5 0.6 n/a 4 1
Saturated Fat (g) 0.7 36.5 0.1 22.2 n/a 0.0 30.0 28.7 n/a 118 20
Selenium (mcg) 152.7 0.7 12.7 19.5 n/a 0.0 19.7 21.8 n/a 227 38
Serine (g) 1.5 0.0 0.2 1.7 n/a n/a 2.1 2.2 n/a 8 1
Sodium (mg) 14.5 506.9 0.7 478.2 n/a 0.0 881.8 806.8 n/a 2,689 448
Starch (g) 150.9 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 151 25
Stigmasterol n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Sucrose (g) 1.2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.3 n/a n/a 2 0
Sugar (g) 6.5 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0.7 0.8 n/a 8 1
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 3 0
Threonine (g) 1.1 0.0 0.1 1.4 n/a n/a 1.3 1.3 n/a 5 1
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.3 1.6 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.4 0.4 n/a 3 0
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 2.1 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 2 0
Total Fat (g) 3.6 57.6 0.4 35.7 n/a 0.0 47.1 45.6 n/a 190 32
Trans-monoenoic Fat (g) 0.0 2.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 2 0
TransFatty acids (g) 0.0 2.3 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 2 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 n/a n/a 0.5 0.5 n/a 2 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.6 0.0 0.1 1.5 n/a n/a 1.7 1.8 n/a 6 1
Valine (g) 1.4 0.0 0.2 2.1 n/a n/a 2.4 2.5 n/a 9 1
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 1,774.3 0.0 1,346.9 n/a 46.8 1,422.8 1,157.5 n/a 5,748 958
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 485.6 0.0 322.1 n/a 2.3 376.3 298.0 n/a 1,484 247
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.1 0.0 3.5 n/a 0.0 1.2 1.2 n/a 6 1
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.4 n/a 0.0 0.1 0.1 n/a 1 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.6 n/a 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 15 2
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 42.6 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 34.1 33.1 n/a 110 18
Water (g) 23.9 11.3 4.5 855.9 n/a 0.0 52.2 61.7 n/a 1,009 168
Zinc (mg) 3.4 0.1 0.3 3.7 n/a 0.0 4.4 4.5 n/a 16 3

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