Nutritional Facts: Baking Powder Biscuits

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  2 cups (250g)
flour
4 teaspoons (18g)
baking powder
1 teaspoon (6g)
salt
1/3 cup (76g)
butter
3/4 cup (184g)
buttermilk
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.8 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.2 1 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 1.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.2 1 0
Ash (g) 1.2 13.2 6.0 1.6 1.6 24 6
Aspartic acid (g) 1.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.5 2 0
Beta-sitosterol n/a n/a n/a 3.0 n/a 3 1
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 37.5 1,355.0 1.4 18.1 213.2 1,625 406
Calories 910.0 9.4 0.0 542.0 73.5 1,535 384
Calories (kj) 3,807.5 39.2 0.0 2,267.0 310.5 6,424 1,606
Campesterol n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 190.8 4.4 0.0 0.0 8.8 204 51
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 162.5 7.4 170 42
Copper (mg) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Cystine (g) 0.5 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.1 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 6.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7 2
Folate (mcg) 457.5 0.0 0.0 2.3 9.2 469 117
Folate, DFE (mcg) 727.5 0.0 0.0 2.3 9.2 739 185
Folate, food (mcg) 72.5 0.0 0.0 2.3 9.2 84 21
Folic acid (mcg) 385.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 385 96
Glutamic acid (g) 8.7 n/a 0.0 0.1 1.2 10 3
Glycine (g) 0.9 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.1 1 0
Histidine (g) 0.6 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.2 1 0
Iron (mg) 11.6 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 14 3
Isoleucine (g) 0.9 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.4 1 0
Leucine (g) 1.8 n/a 0.0 0.1 0.6 2 1
Lysine (g) 0.6 n/a 0.0 0.1 0.5 1 0
Magnesium (mg) 55.0 7.2 0.1 1.5 20.2 84 21
Manganese (mg) 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 0
Methionine (g) 0.5 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.1 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.2 0.0 0.0 15.9 0.5 17 4
Niacin (mg) 14.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 15 4
Pantothenic acid (mg) 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 2 0
Phenylalanine (g) 1.3 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.3 2 0
Phosphorus (mg) 270.0 1,824.9 0.0 18.1 163.5 2,277 569
Phytosterols n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 1.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 0.1 3 1
Potassium (mg) 267.5 0.9 0.5 18.1 277.5 565 141
Proline (g) 3.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 0.6 4 1
Protein (g) 25.8 0.0 0.0 0.6 6.1 33 8
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 507.2 23.9 531 133
Riboflavin (mg) 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 2 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.4 0.0 0.0 38.8 1.0 40 10
Selenium (mcg) 84.8 0.0 0.0 0.8 3.7 89 22
Serine (g) 1.3 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.3 2 0
Sodium (mg) 5.0 1,452.3 2,325.5 539.7 192.9 4,515 1,129
Stigmasterol n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Sugar (g) 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.8 10 2
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 2 1
Threonine (g) 0.7 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.3 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.1 2 0
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.2 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 1.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 1 0
Total Fat (g) 2.5 0.0 0.0 61.3 1.6 65 16
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a n/a n/a 2.3 n/a 2 1
TransFatty acids n/a n/a n/a 2.5 n/a 2 1
Tryptophan (g) 0.3 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.8 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.3 1 0
Valine (g) 1.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.4 2 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,889.0 86.4 1,975 494
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 517.0 25.7 543 136
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 1 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 2 0
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 45.4 1.8 47 12
Water (g) 29.8 0.7 0.0 12.0 165.6 208 52
Zinc (mg) 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.8 3 1

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