Nutritional Facts: Grits

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  1 cup (237g)
water
1 cup (244g)
milk
1/4 teaspoon (2g)
salt
1 cup (156g)
grits
Total 1 serving
Alanine n/a 0.3 0.0 1.0 1 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine n/a 0.3 0.0 0.4 1 0
Ash (g) 0.2 1.8 1.5 0.9 4 1
Aspartic acid n/a 0.6 0.0 0.8 1 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 7.1 290.4 0.4 6.2 304 51
Calories 0.0 156.2 0.0 577.2 733 122
Calories (kj) 0.0 653.9 0.0 2,416.4 3,070 512
Carbohydrates (g) 0.0 11.3 0.0 123.4 135 22
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 34.2 0.0 0.0 34 6
Copper (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Cystine n/a 0.1 0.0 0.3 0 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 7 1
Folate (mcg) 0.0 12.2 0.0 266.8 279 46
Folate, DFE (mcg) 0.0 12.2 0.0 410.3 422 70
Folate, food (mcg) 0.0 12.2 0.0 60.8 73 12
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 205.9 206 34
Fructose n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Galactose n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Glutamic acid n/a 1.7 0.0 2.7 4 1
Glycine n/a 0.2 0.0 0.4 1 0
Histidine n/a 0.2 0.0 0.4 1 0
Iron (mg) 0.0 0.1 0.0 4.8 5 1
Isoleucine n/a 0.5 0.0 0.4 1 0
Lactose n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Leucine n/a 0.8 0.0 1.8 3 0
Lysine n/a 0.6 0.0 0.2 1 0
Magnesium (mg) 2.4 31.7 0.0 56.2 90 15
Maltose n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0 0
Methionine n/a 0.2 0.0 0.3 0 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.0 2.6 0.0 0.5 3 1
Niacin (mg) 0.0 0.2 0.0 7.0 7 1
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.4 1 0
Phenylalanine n/a 0.4 0.0 0.7 1 0
Phosphorus (mg) 0.0 226.9 0.0 173.2 400 67
Phytosterols n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 0.0 0.3 0.0 1.4 2 0
Potassium (mg) 2.4 368.4 0.1 220.0 591 98
Proline n/a 0.8 0.0 1.4 2 0
Protein (g) 0.0 8.0 0.0 11.9 20 3
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 75.6 0.0 0.0 76 13
Riboflavin (mg) 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.5 1 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.0 5.6 0.0 0.5 6 1
Selenium (mcg) 0.0 4.9 0.0 26.5 31 5
Serine n/a 0.4 0.0 0.6 1 0
Sodium (mg) 7.1 119.6 581.4 1.6 710 118
Starch n/a n/a n/a 106.4 106 18
Sucrose n/a n/a n/a 0.9 1 0
Sugar (g) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.9 1 0
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.0 0.1 0.0 2.0 2 0
Threonine n/a 0.4 0.0 0.4 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.3 0 0
Tocopherol, beta n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Tocopherol, delta n/a n/a n/a 0.1 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma n/a n/a n/a 1.1 1 0
Total Fat (g) 0.0 8.9 0.0 2.7 12 2
Tryptophan n/a 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 0
Tyrosine n/a 0.4 0.0 0.3 1 0
Valine n/a 0.5 0.0 0.6 1 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 336.7 0.0 4.7 341 57
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 80.5 0.0 0.0 81 13
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 1 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.4 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 3.7 0.0 0.0 4 1
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0 0
Water (g) 236.8 214.0 0.0 17.0 468 78
Zinc (mg) 0.0 0.9 0.0 1.1 2 0

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