Nutritional Facts: Carnitas, Simple but Amazing!

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  4 lbs (114g)
boneless country-style ribs
2 cups (474g)
water
1 1/2 cups (372g)
orange juice
6 (18g)
garlic cloves
2 teaspoons (12g)
sea salt
1 teaspoon (2g)
orange zest
16 ounces (454g)
tomatillo salsa
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 1.3 n/a 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Arginine (g) 1.5 n/a 0.2 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a 2 0
Ash (g) 1.1 0.5 1.5 0.3 12.0 0.0 n/a 15 3
Aspartic acid (g) 2.1 n/a 0.3 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a 3 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Calcium (mg) 25.0 14.2 40.9 32.6 2.9 3.2 n/a 119 20
Calories 214.7 0.0 167.4 26.8 0.0 1.9 n/a 411 68
Calories (kj) 899.7 0.0 699.4 112.1 0.0 8.1 n/a 1,719 287
Carbohydrates (g) 0.0 0.0 38.7 6.0 0.0 0.5 n/a 45 8
Cholesterol (mg) 84.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 84 14
Copper (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Cystine (g) 0.3 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.4 0.0 0.2 n/a 1 0
Folate (mcg) 0.0 0.0 111.6 0.5 0.0 0.6 n/a 113 19
Folate, DFE (mcg) 0.0 0.0 111.6 0.5 0.0 0.6 n/a 113 19
Folate, food (mcg) 0.0 0.0 111.6 0.5 0.0 0.6 n/a 113 19
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 3.5 n/a 0.1 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a 4 1
Glycine (g) 1.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Histidine (g) 0.9 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Hydroxyproline (g) 0.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Iron (mg) 1.0 0.0 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 n/a 2 0
Isoleucine (g) 1.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Leucine (g) 1.9 n/a 0.0 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a 2 0
Lysine (g) 2.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 2 0
Magnesium (mg) 23.9 4.7 40.9 4.5 0.1 0.4 n/a 75 12
Manganese (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Methionine (g) 0.6 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 3.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 3 1
Niacin (mg) 3.5 0.0 1.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 5 1
Pantothenic acid (mg) 1.8 0.0 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 3 0
Phenylalanine (g) 0.9 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Phosphorus (mg) 219.2 0.0 63.2 27.5 0.0 0.4 n/a 310 52
Phytosterols n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.7 n/a 1 0
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 1.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Potassium (mg) 361.2 4.7 744.0 72.2 1.0 4.2 n/a 1,187 198
Proline (g) 0.9 n/a 0.2 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Protein (g) 22.0 0.0 2.6 1.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 26 4
Retinol (mcg) 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 2 0
Riboflavin (mg) 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Saturated Fat (g) 2.7 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 3 0
Selenium (mcg) 36.7 0.0 0.4 2.6 0.0 0.0 n/a 40 7
Serine (g) 0.9 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Sodium (mg) 71.6 14.2 3.7 3.1 4,651.0 0.1 n/a 4,744 791
Sugar (g) 0.0 0.0 31.2 0.2 0.0 n/a n/a 31 5
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Threonine (g) 1.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Total Fat (g) 13.4 0.0 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 14 2
Trans-monoenoic Fat (g) 0.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
TransFatty acids (g) 0.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.2 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.8 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Valine (g) 1.1 n/a 0.0 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 9.1 0.0 744.0 1.6 0.0 8.4 n/a 763 127
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 2.3 0.0 37.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 n/a 40 7
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 186.0 5.6 0.0 2.7 n/a 194 32
Vitamin D (IU) 32.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 33 5
Water (g) 77.5 473.5 328.5 10.5 0.0 1.5 n/a 892 149
Zinc (mg) 3.2 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 n/a 4 1

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