Nutritional Facts: Best Ever Macaroni & Cheese

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  2 1/2 cups (263g)
elbow macaroni
1 teaspoon (6g)
salt
6 cups (1,422g)
water
5 cups (0g)
American cheese
1 to taste (0g)
salt
1 to taste (0g)
pepper
1 to taste (0g)
butter
1 (50g)
eggs
1 1/4 cups (305g)
milk
1 to taste (0g)
butter
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 1.1 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.4 0.3 n/a 2 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Arginine (g) 1.2 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.4 0.4 n/a 2 1
Ash (g) 2.3 6.0 1.4 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.5 2.2 n/a 12 3
Aspartic acid (g) 1.6 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.7 0.8 n/a 3 1
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Calcium (mg) 55.1 1.4 42.7 n/a n/a n/a n/a 28.0 363.0 n/a 490 123
Calories 973.9 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 71.5 195.2 n/a 1,241 310
Calories (kj) 4,076.6 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 299.5 817.4 n/a 5,194 1,298
Carbohydrates (g) 196.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.4 14.2 n/a 211 53
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 186.0 42.7 n/a 229 57
Copper (mg) 0.8 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Cystine (g) 0.7 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.1 0.1 n/a 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 8.4 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 8 2
Folate (mcg) 622.1 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 23.5 15.3 n/a 661 165
Folate, DFE (mcg) 1,026.4 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 23.5 15.3 n/a 1,065 266
Folate, food (mcg) 47.3 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 23.5 15.3 n/a 86 22
Folic acid (mcg) 574.9 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 575 144
Fructose (g) 0.3 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Galactose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) (g) 0.3 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.2 n/a n/a 1 0
Glutamic acid (g) 12.1 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.8 2.1 n/a 15 4
Glycine (g) 1.2 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.2 0.2 n/a 2 0
Histidine (g) 0.8 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.2 0.3 n/a 1 0
Hydroxyproline (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Iron (mg) 8.7 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.9 0.2 n/a 10 2
Isoleucine (g) 1.3 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.3 0.6 n/a 2 1
Lactose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 2.6 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.5 1.0 n/a 4 1
Lysine (g) 0.8 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.5 0.8 n/a 2 1
Magnesium (mg) 139.1 0.1 14.2 n/a n/a n/a n/a 6.0 39.7 n/a 199 50
Maltose (g) 5.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 5 1
Manganese (mg) 2.4 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 2 1
Methionine (g) 0.4 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.2 0.3 n/a 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.4 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1.8 3.2 n/a 6 1
Niacin (mg) 18.8 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.3 n/a 19 5
Pantothenic acid (mg) 1.1 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.8 1.0 n/a 3 1
Phenylalanine (g) 1.8 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.3 0.5 n/a 3 1
Phosphorus (mg) 496.1 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 99.0 283.7 n/a 879 220
Phytosterols n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 1.5 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1.0 0.4 n/a 3 1
Potassium (mg) 585.4 0.5 14.2 n/a n/a n/a n/a 69.0 460.6 n/a 1,130 282
Proline (g) 4.1 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.3 1.0 n/a 5 1
Protein (g) 34.2 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 6.3 10.0 n/a 51 13
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 80.0 94.6 n/a 175 44
Riboflavin (mg) 1.1 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.2 0.5 n/a 2 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.7 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1.6 6.9 n/a 9 2
Selenium (mcg) 165.9 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 15.4 6.1 n/a 187 47
Serine (g) 1.6 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.5 0.5 n/a 3 1
Sodium (mg) 15.8 2,325.5 42.7 n/a n/a n/a n/a 71.0 149.5 n/a 2,604 651
Starch (g) 163.9 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 164 41
Sucrose (g) 1.3 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Sugar (g) 7.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.2 n/a n/a 7 2
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 2.3 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a 2 1
Threonine (g) 1.2 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.3 0.5 n/a 2 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.3 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.5 n/a n/a 1 0
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 2.3 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.3 n/a n/a 3 1
Total Fat (g) 4.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 4.8 11.2 n/a 20 5
Trans-monoenoic Fat (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
TransFatty acids (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.5 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.1 0.1 n/a 1 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.6 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.2 0.5 n/a 1 0
Valine (g) 1.5 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.4 0.7 n/a 3 1
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 270.0 420.9 n/a 691 173
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 80.0 100.7 n/a 181 45
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.4 1.1 n/a 2 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.4 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.1 0.1 n/a 1 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 4.6 n/a 5 1
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 41.0 n/a n/a 41 10
Water (g) 26.0 0.0 1,420.6 n/a n/a n/a n/a 38.1 267.5 n/a 1,752 438
Zinc (mg) 3.7 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.6 1.2 n/a 6 1

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