Nutritional Facts: No-Fail Biscuits

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  3 cups (375g)
flour
2 tablespoons (25g)
white sugar
3 teaspoons (14g)
baking powder
3 teaspoons (9g)
cream of tartar
1 teaspoon (6g)
salt
1 teaspoon (5g)
baking soda
3/4 cup (154g)
shortening
1 1/4 cups (305g)
milk
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 1.2 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.3 2 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 1.6 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.4 2 0
Ash (g) 1.8 0.0 9.9 3.3 6.0 1.7 0.0 2.2 25 1
Aspartic acid (g) 1.6 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.8 2 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Calcium (mg) 56.3 0.3 1,016.2 0.7 1.4 0.0 0.0 363.0 1,438 60
Calories 1,365.0 97.5 7.0 23.2 0.0 0.0 1,359.2 195.2 3,047 127
Calories (kj) 5,711.3 407.7 29.4 97.1 0.0 0.0 5,687.2 817.4 12,750 531
Carbohydrates (g) 286.2 25.2 3.3 5.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.2 334 14
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 42.7 43 2
Copper (mg) 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Cystine (g) 0.8 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 10.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10 0
Folate (mcg) 686.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.3 702 29
Folate, DFE (mcg) 1,091.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.3 1,107 46
Folate, food (mcg) 108.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.3 124 5
Folic acid (mcg) 577.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 578 24
Fructose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Galactose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 13.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 2.1 15 1
Glycine (g) 1.4 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.2 2 0
Histidine (g) 0.9 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.3 1 0
Iron (mg) 17.4 0.0 1.6 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 19 1
Isoleucine (g) 1.3 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.6 2 0
Lactose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 2.7 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 1.0 4 0
Lysine (g) 0.9 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.8 2 0
Magnesium (mg) 82.5 0.0 5.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 39.7 128 5
Maltose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 2.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 3 0
Methionine (g) 0.7 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.3 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 68.4 3.2 72 3
Niacin (mg) 22.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 22 1
Pantothenic acid (mg) 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 3 0
Phenylalanine (g) 2.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.5 2 0
Phosphorus (mg) 405.0 0.0 1,368.7 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 283.7 2,058 86
Phytosterols n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 307.5 0.0 308 13
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 40.1 0.4 42 2
Potassium (mg) 401.3 0.5 0.7 1,485.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 460.6 2,348 98
Proline (g) 4.5 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 1.0 5 0
Protein (g) 38.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.0 49 2
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 94.6 95 4
Riboflavin (mg) 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 2 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 38.4 6.9 46 2
Selenium (mcg) 127.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.1 133 6
Serine (g) 1.9 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.5 2 0
Sodium (mg) 7.5 0.3 1,089.2 4.7 2,325.5 1,258.6 0.0 149.5 4,835 201
Sucrose n/a 25.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 25 1
Sugar (g) 1.0 25.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 26 1
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 3 0
Threonine (g) 1.1 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.5 2 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.4 n/a 10 0
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.3 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.7 n/a 1 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 23.6 n/a 24 1
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 1.4 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 49.7 n/a 51 2
Total Fat (g) 3.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 153.8 11.2 169 7
Tryptophan (g) 0.5 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 1 0
Tyrosine (g) 1.2 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.5 2 0
Valine (g) 1.6 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.7 2 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 420.9 421 18
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.7 101 4
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 1 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.6 5 0
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Water (g) 44.7 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 267.5 313 13
Zinc (mg) 2.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 4 0

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