Nutritional Facts: Gingerbread

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  3/4 teaspoon (5g)
salt
3/4 teaspoon (3g)
baking soda
1/2 teaspoon (1g)
ginger
1/2 teaspoon (1g)
cinnamon
1/4 cup (51g)
shortening
1/2 cup (100g)
sugar
1 (50g)
eggs
1 cup (337g)
light molasses
1 1/2 cups (188g)
flour
1/2 cup (119g)
boiling water
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.4 n/a 0.6 n/a 1 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.4 n/a 0.8 n/a 1 0
Ash (g) 4.5 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 11.1 0.9 0.1 19 2
Aspartic acid (g) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.7 n/a 0.8 n/a 1 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 1.1 0.0 1.0 13.1 0.0 1.0 28.0 690.9 28.1 3.6 767 85
Calories 0.0 0.0 3.0 3.2 453.1 387.0 71.5 977.3 682.5 0.0 2,578 286
Calories (kj) 0.0 0.0 12.6 13.5 1,895.7 1,618.0 299.5 4,087.8 2,855.6 0.0 10,783 1,198
Carbohydrates (g) 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.1 0.0 100.0 0.4 251.8 143.1 0.0 497 55
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 186.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 186 21
Copper (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 0.3 0.0 2 0
Cystine (g) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.1 n/a 0.4 n/a 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.1 0.0 6 1
Folate (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 23.5 0.0 343.1 0.0 367 41
Folate, DFE (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 23.5 0.0 545.6 0.0 569 63
Folate, food (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 23.5 0.0 54.4 0.0 78 9
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 288.8 0.0 289 32
Fructose n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 43.1 n/a n/a 43 5
Galactose n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.2 40.2 n/a n/a 40 4
Glutamic acid (g) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.8 n/a 6.5 n/a 7 1
Glycine (g) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.2 n/a 0.7 n/a 1 0
Histidine (g) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.2 n/a 0.4 n/a 1 0
Hydroxyproline n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Iron (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.9 15.9 8.7 0.0 26 3
Isoleucine (g) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.3 n/a 0.7 n/a 1 0
Lactose n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.5 n/a 1.3 n/a 2 0
Lysine (g) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.5 n/a 0.4 n/a 1 0
Magnesium (mg) 0.0 0.0 1.9 0.8 0.0 0.0 6.0 815.5 41.3 1.2 867 96
Maltose n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.2 n/a 0.0 0.0 5.2 1.3 0.0 7 1
Methionine (g) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.2 n/a 0.3 n/a 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 22.8 0.0 1.8 0.1 0.2 0.0 25 3
Niacin (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.1 11.1 0.0 14 2
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 2.7 0.8 0.0 4 0
Phenylalanine (g) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.3 n/a 1.0 n/a 1 0
Phosphorus (mg) 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.8 0.0 0.0 99.0 104.5 202.5 0.0 408 45
Phytosterols (mg) 0.0 n/a 0.7 0.3 102.5 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 104 12
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.4 0.0 1.0 0.2 0.8 0.0 15 2
Potassium (mg) 0.4 0.0 11.9 5.6 0.0 2.0 69.0 4,933.7 200.6 1.2 5,224 580
Proline (g) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.3 n/a 2.2 n/a 3 0
Protein (g) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 6.3 0.0 19.4 0.0 26 3
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 80.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 80 9
Riboflavin (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.9 0.0 1 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.8 0.0 1.6 0.1 0.3 0.0 15 2
Selenium (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.6 15.4 60.0 63.6 0.0 140 16
Serine (g) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.5 n/a 1.0 n/a 1 0
Sodium (mg) 1,744.1 943.9 0.2 0.1 0.0 1.0 71.0 124.7 3.8 3.6 2,892 321
Sucrose n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 99.8 0.0 99.1 n/a n/a 199 22
Sugar (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 99.8 0.2 187.0 0.5 0.0 288 32
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.5 0.0 2 0
Threonine (g) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.3 n/a 0.5 n/a 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.1 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 4 0
Tocopherol, beta n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.2 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.1 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 7.9 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 8 1
Tocopherol, gamma n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 16.6 n/a 0.3 n/a 0.7 n/a 18 2
Total Fat (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 51.3 0.0 4.8 0.3 1.8 0.0 58 6
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
TransFatty acids n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.1 n/a 0.2 n/a 0 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.2 n/a 0.6 n/a 1 0
Valine (g) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.4 n/a 0.8 n/a 1 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.3 3.9 0.0 0.0 270.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 274 30
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 80.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 80 9
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.3 0.1 0.0 2 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 41.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 41 5
Water (g) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 38.1 73.7 22.4 118.4 253 28
Zinc (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.0 1.3 0.0 3 0

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