Nutritional Facts: Shortbread

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  1 cup (227g)
butter
2 cups (250g)
flour
1/3 cup (67g)
sugar
1/3 cup (73g)
brown sugar
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.1 0.8 n/a n/a 1 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 0.1 1.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Ash (g) 4.8 1.2 0.0 0.3 6 1
Aspartic acid (g) 0.1 1.1 n/a n/a 1 0
Beta-sitosterol (mg) 9.1 n/a n/a n/a 9 1
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 54.5 37.5 0.7 60.8 153 19
Calories 1,627.6 910.0 257.7 278.4 3,074 384
Calories (kj) 6,807.7 3,807.5 1,077.6 1,164.8 12,858 1,607
Campesterol (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 0.1 190.8 66.6 71.9 329 41
Cholesterol (mg) 488.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 488 61
Copper (mg) 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0 0
Cystine (g) 0.0 0.5 n/a n/a 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.0 7 1
Folate (mcg) 6.8 457.5 0.0 0.7 465 58
Folate, DFE (mcg) 6.8 727.5 0.0 0.7 735 92
Folate, food (mcg) 6.8 72.5 0.0 0.7 80 10
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 385.0 0.0 0.0 385 48
Fructose n/a n/a 0.0 0.8 1 0
Galactose n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a n/a 0.0 1.0 1 0
Glutamic acid (g) 0.4 8.7 n/a n/a 9 1
Glycine (g) 0.0 0.9 n/a n/a 1 0
Histidine (g) 0.1 0.6 n/a n/a 1 0
Iron (mg) 0.0 11.6 0.0 0.5 12 2
Isoleucine (g) 0.1 0.9 n/a n/a 1 0
Lactose n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0 0
Leucine (g) 0.2 1.8 n/a n/a 2 0
Lysine (g) 0.2 0.6 n/a n/a 1 0
Magnesium (mg) 4.5 55.0 0.0 6.6 66 8
Maltose n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 2 0
Methionine (g) 0.0 0.5 n/a n/a 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 47.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 48 6
Niacin (mg) 0.1 14.8 0.0 0.1 15 2
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.2 1.1 0.0 0.1 1 0
Phenylalanine (g) 0.1 1.3 n/a n/a 1 0
Phosphorus (mg) 54.5 270.0 0.0 2.9 327 41
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 6.9 1.0 0.0 0.0 8 1
Potassium (mg) 54.5 267.5 1.3 97.4 421 53
Proline (g) 0.2 3.0 n/a n/a 3 0
Protein (g) 1.9 25.8 0.0 0.1 28 3
Retinol (mcg) 1,523.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,523 190
Riboflavin (mg) 0.1 1.2 0.0 0.0 1 0
Saturated Fat (g) 116.6 0.4 0.0 0.0 117 15
Selenium (mcg) 2.3 84.8 0.4 0.9 88 11
Serine (g) 0.1 1.3 n/a n/a 1 0
Sodium (mg) 1,620.8 5.0 0.7 20.5 1,647 206
Stigmasterol (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Sucrose n/a n/a 66.5 69.3 136 17
Sugar (g) 0.1 0.7 66.5 71.1 138 17
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 2 0
Threonine (g) 0.1 0.7 n/a n/a 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 5.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 5 1
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.0 0.2 n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 0.0 1.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Total Fat (g) 184.1 2.5 0.0 0.0 187 23
Trans-monoenoic Fat (g) 6.8 n/a n/a n/a 7 1
TransFatty acids (g) 7.4 n/a n/a n/a 7 1
Tryptophan (g) 0.0 0.3 n/a n/a 0 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.1 0.8 n/a n/a 1 0
Valine (g) 0.1 1.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 5,672.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 5,673 709
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 1,552.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,553 194
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin D (IU) 136.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 136 17
Water (g) 36.0 29.8 0.0 1.0 67 8
Zinc (mg) 0.2 1.8 0.0 0.0 2 0

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