Nutritional Facts: Mark Bittman's Basic Roast Chicken Parts With Variations

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  1/4 cup (54g)
extra virgin olive oil
1 (1,336g)
whole chickens
1 to taste (0g)
salt & freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup (0g)
herbs
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.0 13.4 n/a n/a 13 2
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Arginine (g) 0.0 14.4 n/a n/a 14 2
Ash (g) 0.0 11.6 n/a n/a 12 2
Aspartic acid (g) 0.0 20.4 n/a n/a 20 3
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Calcium (mg) 0.5 133.6 n/a n/a 134 22
Calories 477.4 2,885.8 n/a n/a 3,363 561
Calories (kj) 1,997.5 12,077.4 n/a n/a 14,075 2,346
Carbohydrates (g) 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 975.3 n/a n/a 975 163
Copper (mg) 0.0 0.6 n/a n/a 1 0
Cystine (g) 0.0 3.1 n/a n/a 3 1
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Folate (mcg) 0.0 80.2 n/a n/a 80 13
Folate, DFE (mcg) 0.0 80.2 n/a n/a 80 13
Folate, food (mcg) 0.0 80.2 n/a n/a 80 13
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 0.0 33.4 n/a n/a 33 6
Glycine (g) 0.0 15.1 n/a n/a 15 3
Histidine (g) 0.0 6.7 n/a n/a 7 1
Iron (mg) 0.3 13.5 n/a n/a 14 2
Isoleucine (g) 0.0 11.4 n/a n/a 11 2
Leucine (g) 0.0 16.6 n/a n/a 17 3
Lysine (g) 0.0 18.6 n/a n/a 19 3
Magnesium (mg) 0.0 253.8 n/a n/a 254 42
Manganese (mg) 0.0 0.2 n/a n/a 0 0
Methionine (g) 0.0 6.1 n/a n/a 6 1
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 39.4 88.7 n/a n/a 128 21
Niacin (mg) 0.0 87.8 n/a n/a 88 15
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.0 11.8 n/a n/a 12 2
Phenylalanine (g) 0.0 8.9 n/a n/a 9 1
Phosphorus (mg) 0.0 2,217.8 n/a n/a 2,218 370
Phytosterols (mg) 119.3 n/a n/a n/a 119 20
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 5.7 45.4 n/a n/a 51 9
Potassium (mg) 0.5 2,618.6 n/a n/a 2,619 437
Proline (g) 0.0 11.2 n/a n/a 11 2
Protein (g) 0.0 229.0 n/a n/a 229 38
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 507.7 n/a n/a 508 85
Riboflavin (mg) 0.0 1.5 n/a n/a 2 0
Saturated Fat (g) 7.5 60.5 n/a n/a 68 11
Selenium (mcg) 0.0 204.4 n/a n/a 204 34
Serine (g) 0.0 8.1 n/a n/a 8 1
Sodium (mg) 1.1 908.5 n/a n/a 910 152
Sugar (g) 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.0 0.8 n/a n/a 1 0
Threonine (g) 0.0 9.4 n/a n/a 9 2
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 7.7 4.0 n/a n/a 12 2
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.1 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 0.4 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Total Fat (g) 54.0 211.8 n/a n/a 266 44
Tryptophan (g) 0.0 2.5 n/a n/a 3 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.0 7.3 n/a n/a 7 1
Valine (g) 0.0 11.1 n/a n/a 11 2
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 1,750.2 n/a n/a 1,750 292
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 507.7 n/a n/a 508 85
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 4.1 n/a n/a 4 1
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.0 4.3 n/a n/a 4 1
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Water (g) 0.0 875.1 n/a n/a 875 146
Zinc (mg) 0.0 14.3 n/a n/a 14 2

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