Nutritional Facts: Chinese Barbecued Pork (Char Siu) - Cook's Illustrated

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  4 lbs (1,814g)
boneless pork butt
1/2 cup (100g)
sugar
1/2 cup (144g)
soy sauce
6 tablespoons (96g)
hoisin sauce
1/4 cup (59g)
dry sherry
1/4 teaspoon (1g)
white pepper
1 teaspoon (0g)
five-spice powder
1 tablespoon (14g)
sesame oil
2 tablespoons (12g)
fresh ginger
2 medium (6g)
garlic cloves
1/4 cup (60g)
ketchup
1/3 cup (113g)
honey
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 20.0 n/a 0.8 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 21 3
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.1 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6 1
Arginine (g) 21.7 n/a 0.6 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 22 4
Ash (g) 17.1 0.0 25.7 4.8 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 0.1 2.2 0.2 50 8
Aspartic acid (g) 31.1 n/a 1.3 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 33 5
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 90.7 1.0 28.8 30.7 4.7 1.6 n/a 0.0 1.9 10.9 10.8 6.8 188 31
Calories 4,028.0 387.0 86.4 211.2 49.0 1.8 n/a 120.2 9.6 8.9 58.2 343.2 5,303 884
Calories (kj) 16,855.8 1,618.0 361.4 883.2 204.7 7.4 n/a 503.1 40.0 37.4 242.4 1,435.9 22,189 3,698
Carbohydrates (g) 0.0 100.0 8.0 42.3 1.6 0.4 n/a 0.0 2.1 2.0 15.1 93.0 265 44
Cholesterol (mg) 1,197.5 0.0 0.0 2.9 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,200 200
Copper (mg) 1.3 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 2 0
Cystine (g) 4.2 n/a 0.2 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4 1
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 0.0 1.2 2.7 0.0 0.2 n/a 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 5 1
Folate (mcg) 54.4 0.0 25.9 22.1 0.6 0.1 n/a 0.0 1.3 0.2 6.0 2.3 113 19
Folate, DFE (mcg) 54.4 0.0 25.9 22.1 0.6 0.1 n/a 0.0 1.3 0.2 6.0 2.3 113 19
Folate, food (mcg) 54.4 0.0 25.9 22.1 0.6 0.1 n/a 0.0 1.3 0.2 6.0 2.3 113 19
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Fructose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 5.6 46.2 52 9
Galactose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 3.5 3 1
Glucose (dextrose) n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 7.1 40.4 47 8
Glutamic acid (g) 51.9 n/a 3.5 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 56 9
Glycine (g) 18.5 n/a 0.6 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 19 3
Histidine (g) 13.1 n/a 0.3 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13 2
Iron (mg) 14.0 0.1 3.4 1.0 0.2 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.5 20 3
Isoleucine (g) 15.5 n/a 0.7 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16 3
Lactose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 27.0 n/a 1.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 28 5
Lysine (g) 30.3 n/a 1.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 31 5
Magnesium (mg) 381.0 0.0 57.6 23.0 6.5 0.5 n/a 0.0 5.2 1.5 11.4 2.3 489 82
Maltose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1.0 1.6 3 0
Manganese (mg) 0.2 0.0 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 2 0
Methionine (g) 8.8 n/a 0.2 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9 2
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 126.6 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 n/a 5.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 133 22
Niacin (mg) 78.8 0.0 5.7 1.1 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.9 0.1 87 14
Pantothenic acid (mg) 10.9 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 12 2
Phenylalanine (g) 13.5 n/a 0.8 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 14 2
Phosphorus (mg) 3,755.8 0.0 187.2 36.5 11.8 1.1 n/a 0.0 4.1 9.2 19.8 4.5 4,030 672
Phytosterols n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.3 n/a 117.6 1.8 n/a 4.2 n/a 124 21
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 30.5 0.0 0.1 1.6 0.0 0.0 n/a 5.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 38 6
Potassium (mg) 6,042.0 2.0 305.3 114.2 58.4 0.4 n/a 0.0 49.8 24.1 229.2 58.7 6,884 1,147
Proline (g) 14.9 n/a 1.2 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 16 3
Protein (g) 340.0 0.0 15.1 3.2 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.2 0.4 1.0 0.3 360 60
Retinol (mcg) 36.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 36 6
Riboflavin (mg) 4.6 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 5 1
Saturated Fat (g) 98.7 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 n/a 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 101 17
Selenium (mcg) 558.8 0.6 1.2 1.7 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 0.9 0.2 0.9 564 94
Serine (g) 14.0 n/a 0.7 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15 2
Sodium (mg) 1,106.8 1.0 8,043.8 1,550.4 3.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 1.6 1.0 668.4 4.5 11,380 1,897
Sucrose n/a 99.8 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 1.0 101 17
Sugar (g) 0.0 99.8 2.4 26.2 0.5 n/a n/a 0.0 0.2 0.1 13.7 92.7 236 39
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 16.9 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 17 3
Threonine (g) 15.2 n/a 0.6 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16 3
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 5.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 n/a n/a 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 7 1
Tocopherol, beta n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.1 n/a 0 0
Total Fat (g) 284.7 0.0 0.1 3.3 0.0 0.0 n/a 13.6 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 302 50
Tryptophan (g) 4.1 n/a 0.3 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4 1
Tyrosine (g) 11.5 n/a 0.5 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12 2
Valine (g) 18.3 n/a 0.8 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 19 3
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 127.0 0.0 0.0 5.8 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.5 559.8 0.0 693 116
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 36.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 28.2 0.0 64 11
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 11.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12 2
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 7.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 8 1
Vitamin C (mg) 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.6 1.9 9.1 0.6 33 5
Vitamin D n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Water (g) 1,174.5 0.0 95.0 42.5 51.1 0.1 n/a 0.0 9.5 3.5 41.5 19.3 1,437 239
Zinc (mg) 31.8 0.0 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 33 6

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