Nutritional Facts: Dad's Homemade Macaroni and Cheese

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  8 ounces (242g)
elbow macaroni
2 cups (200g)
light cottage cheese
8 ounces (227g)
light sour cream
3 (150g)
eggs
4 cups (528g)
Mexican blend cheese
3/4 teaspoon (5g)
salt
1/2 teaspoon (1g)
pepper
1 to taste (0g)
paprika
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 1.1 1.3 n/a 1.1 3.3 0.0 0.0 n/a 7 1
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Arginine (g) 1.1 1.1 n/a 1.2 3.7 0.0 0.0 n/a 7 1
Ash (g) 2.1 2.8 1.6 1.6 31.1 4.5 0.1 n/a 44 4
Aspartic acid (g) 1.5 1.7 n/a 2.0 7.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 12 1
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Calcium (mg) 50.8 122.0 319.8 84.0 3,590.4 1.1 5.1 n/a 4,173 417
Calories 896.6 144.0 313.0 214.5 1,969.4 0.0 2.9 n/a 3,540 354
Calories (kj) 3,753.3 606.0 1,308.7 898.5 8,242.1 0.0 12.1 n/a 14,821 1,482
Carbohydrates (g) 180.5 5.4 16.1 1.1 24.4 0.0 0.7 n/a 228 23
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 8.0 79.4 558.0 554.4 0.0 0.0 n/a 1,200 120
Copper (mg) 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Cystine (g) 0.6 0.2 n/a 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 n/a 2 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 7.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 n/a 8 1
Folate (mcg) 572.8 24.0 24.9 70.5 5.3 0.0 0.2 n/a 698 70
Folate, DFE (mcg) 945.0 24.0 24.9 70.5 5.3 0.0 0.2 n/a 1,070 107
Folate, food (mcg) 43.5 24.0 24.9 70.5 5.3 0.0 0.2 n/a 168 17
Folic acid (mcg) 529.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 529 53
Fructose (g) 0.3 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Galactose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) (g) 0.3 n/a n/a 0.6 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 1 0
Glutamic acid (g) 11.1 5.4 n/a 2.5 25.2 0.0 0.0 n/a 44 4
Glycine (g) 1.1 0.5 n/a 0.6 1.6 0.0 0.0 n/a 4 0
Histidine (g) 0.7 0.8 n/a 0.5 3.6 0.0 0.0 n/a 6 1
Hydroxyproline (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Iron (mg) 8.0 0.3 0.2 2.6 2.5 0.0 0.1 n/a 14 1
Isoleucine (g) 1.2 1.5 n/a 1.0 5.6 0.0 0.0 n/a 9 1
Lactose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 2.4 2.5 n/a 1.6 10.6 0.0 0.0 n/a 17 2
Lysine (g) 0.7 2.0 n/a 1.4 7.7 0.0 0.0 n/a 12 1
Magnesium (mg) 128.1 10.0 22.7 18.0 147.8 0.0 2.0 n/a 329 33
Maltose (g) 4.7 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 5 0
Manganese (mg) 2.2 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 n/a 3 0
Methionine (g) 0.4 0.7 n/a 0.6 2.9 0.0 0.0 n/a 5 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.4 0.6 7.0 5.5 45.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 59 6
Niacin (mg) 17.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 n/a 18 2
Pantothenic acid (mg) 1.0 0.4 n/a 2.3 1.3 0.0 0.0 n/a 5 1
Phenylalanine (g) 1.6 1.3 n/a 1.0 5.9 0.0 0.0 n/a 10 1
Phosphorus (mg) 456.8 268.0 161.0 297.0 2,344.3 0.0 1.8 n/a 3,529 353
Phytosterols n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 1.1 n/a 1 0
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 1.4 0.1 0.9 2.9 4.8 0.0 0.0 n/a 10 1
Potassium (mg) 538.9 172.0 480.8 207.0 459.4 0.4 15.3 n/a 1,874 187
Proline (g) 3.8 2.9 n/a 0.8 11.4 0.0 0.0 n/a 19 2
Protein (g) 31.5 24.8 7.9 18.8 113.2 0.0 0.1 n/a 196 20
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 22.0 199.6 240.0 337.9 0.0 0.0 n/a 800 80
Riboflavin (mg) 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.7 1.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 3 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.7 1.3 15.0 4.7 100.5 0.0 0.0 n/a 122 12
Selenium (mcg) 152.7 18.0 7.0 46.1 76.6 0.0 0.1 n/a 300 30
Serine (g) 1.5 1.4 n/a 1.5 6.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 10 1
Sodium (mg) 14.5 812.0 161.0 213.0 5,971.7 1,744.1 0.2 n/a 8,917 892
Starch (g) 150.9 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 151 15
Sucrose (g) 1.2 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 1 0
Sugar (g) 6.5 5.4 0.5 0.6 24.4 0.0 0.0 n/a 37 4
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 2.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 2 0
Threonine (g) 1.1 1.1 n/a 0.8 3.9 0.0 0.0 n/a 7 1
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.3 0.0 0.7 1.6 1.4 0.0 0.0 n/a 4 0
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 2.1 n/a n/a 0.8 n/a n/a 0.1 n/a 3 0
Total Fat (g) 3.6 2.0 24.0 14.3 158.3 0.0 0.0 n/a 202 20
Trans-monoenoic Fat (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
TransFatty acids (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.4 0.3 n/a 0.3 1.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 2 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.6 1.3 n/a 0.7 6.3 0.0 0.0 n/a 9 1
Valine (g) 1.4 1.5 n/a 1.3 7.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 11 1
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 82.0 744.0 810.0 1,161.6 0.0 6.3 n/a 2,804 280
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 22.0 204.1 240.0 337.9 0.0 0.3 n/a 804 80
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 1.3 1.0 1.3 7.3 0.0 0.0 n/a 11 1
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 2 0
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 18.1 123.0 116.2 0.0 0.0 n/a 257 26
Water (g) 23.9 165.0 177.1 114.2 201.0 0.0 0.1 n/a 681 68
Zinc (mg) 3.4 0.8 1.1 1.9 15.5 0.0 0.0 n/a 23 2

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