Nutritional Facts: Basil Pesto

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  1/2 lb (227g)
basil
1/2 lb (227g)
spinach
2 1/2 cups (540g)
olive oil
1 1/4 cups (169g)
pine nuts
1 tablespoon (18g)
salt
3/4 cup (102g)
garlic
2 cups (200g)
parmesan cheese
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.3 0.3 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.1 2.3 4 1
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 0.3 0.4 0.0 4.1 0.0 0.6 3.1 8 1
Ash (g) 3.4 3.9 0.0 4.4 18.0 1.5 16.1 47 6
Aspartic acid (g) 0.7 0.5 0.0 2.2 0.0 0.5 5.3 9 1
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 401.8 224.9 5.4 27.0 4.3 185.2 2,218.0 3,067 383
Calories 52.2 52.3 4,773.6 1,135.7 0.0 152.4 862.0 7,028 879
Calories (kj) 213.4 220.4 19,974.6 4,752.0 0.0 637.4 3,610.0 29,408 3,676
Carbohydrates (g) 6.0 8.2 0.0 22.1 0.0 33.8 8.1 78 10
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 176.0 176 22
Copper (mg) 0.9 0.3 0.0 2.2 0.0 0.3 0.5 4 1
Cystine (g) 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.2 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 3.6 5.0 0.0 6.2 0.0 2.1 0.0 17 2
Folate (mcg) 154.4 440.8 0.0 57.4 0.0 3.1 20.0 676 84
Folate, DFE (mcg) 154.4 440.8 0.0 57.4 0.0 3.1 20.0 676 84
Folate, food (mcg) 154.4 440.8 0.0 57.4 0.0 3.1 20.0 676 84
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Fructose (g) 0.0 0.3 n/a 0.1 n/a n/a 0.3 1 0
Galactose (g) 0.6 0.2 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.3 1 0
Glucose (dextrose) (g) 0.0 0.2 n/a 0.1 n/a n/a 0.3 1 0
Glutamic acid (g) 0.6 0.8 0.0 4.9 0.0 0.8 17.4 25 3
Glycine (g) 0.3 0.3 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.2 1.5 3 0
Histidine (g) 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.1 2.2 3 0
Iron (mg) 7.2 6.2 3.0 9.3 0.1 1.7 1.8 29 4
Isoleucine (g) 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.2 3.9 6 1
Lactose (g) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.3 0 0
Leucine (g) 0.4 0.5 0.0 1.7 0.0 0.3 7.4 10 1
Lysine (g) 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.3 6.0 8 1
Magnesium (mg) 145.3 179.5 0.0 423.6 0.2 25.6 76.0 850 106
Maltose (g) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.3 0 0
Manganese (mg) 2.6 2.0 0.0 14.9 0.0 1.7 0.2 21 3
Methionine (g) 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.1 2.0 3 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.2 0.0 394.0 31.7 0.0 0.0 16.8 443 55
Niacin (mg) 2.0 1.6 0.0 7.4 0.0 0.7 0.2 12 2
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.6 0.7 2 0
Phenylalanine (g) 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.2 4.2 6 1
Phosphorus (mg) 127.1 111.3 0.0 970.3 0.0 156.5 1,458.0 2,823 353
Phytosterols n/a 20.4 1,193.4 237.9 0.0 n/a n/a 1,452 181
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 0.9 0.4 56.8 57.5 0.0 0.3 2.3 118 15
Potassium (mg) 669.7 1,267.8 5.4 1,007.4 1.4 410.3 250.0 3,612 451
Proline (g) 0.2 0.3 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.1 9.2 11 1
Protein (g) 7.2 6.5 0.0 23.1 0.0 6.5 76.9 120 15
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 446.0 446 56
Riboflavin (mg) 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.1 1.0 2 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.1 0.1 74.6 8.3 0.0 0.1 34.6 118 15
Selenium (mcg) 0.7 2.3 0.0 1.2 0.0 14.5 35.4 54 7
Serine (g) 0.2 0.2 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.2 4.6 7 1
Sodium (mg) 9.1 179.5 10.8 3.4 6,976.4 17.4 3,058.0 10,255 1,282
Starch n/a n/a n/a 2.4 n/a n/a n/a 2 0
Sucrose (g) 0.0 0.2 n/a 5.8 n/a n/a 0.3 6 1
Sugar (g) 0.7 1.0 0.0 6.1 0.0 1.0 1.8 11 1
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.2 0.1 1 0
Threonine (g) 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.2 2.9 4 1
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 1.8 4.6 77.5 15.7 0.0 0.1 0.5 100 13
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 0.4 0.4 4.5 18.8 n/a n/a n/a 24 3
Total Fat (g) 1.5 0.9 540.0 115.4 0.0 0.5 57.2 715 89
Tryptophan (g) 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 1.0 1 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.1 4.7 6 1
Valine (g) 0.3 0.4 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.3 5.0 7 1
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 11,974.3 21,304.5 0.0 48.9 0.0 9.2 1,730.0 35,067 4,383
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 599.3 1,065.6 0.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 458.0 2,125 266
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 5 1
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 1.3 0.1 2 0
Vitamin C (mg) 40.9 63.8 0.0 1.4 0.0 31.9 0.0 138 17
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 42.0 42 5
Water (g) 209.0 207.7 0.0 3.8 0.0 59.9 41.7 522 65
Zinc (mg) 1.8 1.2 0.0 10.9 0.0 1.2 7.7 23 3

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