Nutritional Facts: Absolutely the Easiest--Baked Macaroni and Cheese

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  2 cups (210g)
elbow macaroni
1/8 cup (28g)
butter
1 lb (455g)
cottage cheese
1/4 lb (114g)
American cheese
1/4 lb (114g)
cheddar cheese
3 cups (711g)
boiling water
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.9 0.0 1.7 0.6 0.8 n/a 4 1
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 1.0 0.0 2.3 0.9 1.1 n/a 5 1
Ash (g) 1.8 0.6 6.4 5.0 4.5 0.7 19 5
Aspartic acid (g) 1.3 0.0 4.1 1.4 1.8 n/a 9 2
Beta-sitosterol n/a 1.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 44.1 6.8 378.0 565.1 819.1 21.3 1,834 459
Calories 779.1 203.4 446.3 376.3 457.8 0.0 2,263 566
Calories (kj) 3,261.3 851.0 1,876.2 1,575.9 1,913.0 0.0 9,477 2,369
Campesterol n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 156.8 0.0 15.4 9.5 1.5 0.0 183 46
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 61.0 77.4 72.8 119.3 0.0 330 83
Copper (mg) 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 1 0
Cystine (g) 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.1 n/a 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 6.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7 2
Folate (mcg) 497.7 0.9 54.6 5.7 20.4 0.0 579 145
Folate, DFE (mcg) 821.1 0.9 54.6 5.7 20.4 0.0 903 226
Folate, food (mcg) 37.8 0.9 54.6 5.7 20.4 0.0 119 30
Folic acid (mcg) 459.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 460 115
Fructose (g) 0.2 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Galactose (g) 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) (g) 0.3 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 9.7 0.1 11.9 4.6 6.9 n/a 33 8
Glycine (g) 0.9 0.0 1.0 0.4 0.5 n/a 3 1
Histidine (g) 0.6 0.0 1.5 0.9 1.0 n/a 4 1
Hydroxyproline (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Iron (mg) 6.9 0.0 0.3 1.0 0.8 0.0 9 2
Isoleucine (g) 1.1 0.0 2.7 1.0 1.8 n/a 7 2
Lactose (g) 0.0 n/a 12.2 n/a 0.3 n/a 12 3
Leucine (g) 2.1 0.0 5.1 2.0 2.7 n/a 12 3
Lysine (g) 0.6 0.0 4.3 2.2 2.4 n/a 9 2
Magnesium (mg) 111.3 0.6 36.4 34.1 31.8 7.1 221 55
Maltose (g) 4.1 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.2 n/a 4 1
Manganese (mg) 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 0
Methionine (g) 0.3 0.0 1.2 0.6 0.7 n/a 3 1
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.4 6.0 3.5 8.1 10.7 0.0 29 7
Niacin (mg) 15.1 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.0 16 4
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.9 0.0 2.5 1.1 0.5 0.0 5 1
Phenylalanine (g) 1.4 0.0 2.6 1.1 1.5 n/a 7 2
Phosphorus (mg) 396.9 6.8 724.1 454.8 581.6 0.0 2,164 541
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 1.2 0.9 0.6 0.8 1.1 0.0 4 1
Potassium (mg) 468.3 6.8 473.6 412.7 111.3 7.1 1,480 370
Proline (g) 3.3 0.0 5.6 2.3 3.2 n/a 14 4
Protein (g) 27.4 0.2 50.6 22.4 28.3 0.0 129 32
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 190.4 163.9 168.3 293.1 0.0 816 204
Riboflavin (mg) 0.8 0.0 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.0 3 1
Saturated Fat (g) 0.6 14.6 7.8 17.5 24.0 0.0 64 16
Selenium (mcg) 132.7 0.3 44.2 18.4 15.8 0.0 211 53
Serine (g) 1.3 0.0 2.9 1.1 1.7 n/a 7 2
Sodium (mg) 12.6 202.6 1,657.6 1,098.3 705.5 21.3 3,698 924
Starch (g) 131.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 131 33
Stigmasterol n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Sucrose (g) 1.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.3 n/a 1 0
Sugar (g) 5.6 0.0 12.2 n/a 0.6 0.0 18 5
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 1.9 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 1
Threonine (g) 1.0 0.0 2.3 0.7 1.0 n/a 5 1
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.2 0.7 0.4 n/a 0.3 0.0 2 0
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 1.8 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 2 0
Total Fat (g) 3.2 23.0 19.6 27.8 37.6 0.0 111 28
Trans-monoenoic Fat (g) 0.0 0.8 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 0
TransFatty acids (g) 0.0 0.9 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.4 0.0 0.7 0.3 0.4 n/a 2 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.5 0.0 2.8 1.2 1.4 n/a 6 1
Valine (g) 1.2 0.0 3.4 1.3 1.9 n/a 8 2
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 709.1 637.5 801.6 1,138.3 0.0 3,286 822
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 194.1 168.5 180.8 301.0 0.0 844 211
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 2.0 1.5 0.9 0.0 4 1
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 1 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 17.0 13.7 n/a 27.3 0.0 58 14
Water (g) 20.8 4.5 363.4 49.0 41.7 710.3 1,190 297
Zinc (mg) 3.0 0.0 1.8 3.4 3.5 0.0 12 3

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