Nutritional Facts: Homemade Macaroni and Cheese

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  5 tablespoons (71g)
unsalted butter
3 tablespoons (22g)
all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups (366g)
milk
1/2 teaspoon (3g)
salt
1/4 teaspoon (1g)
fresh ground pepper
1 cup (100g)
parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons (10g)
parmesan cheese
1 lb (456g)
elbow macaroni
1/4 teaspoon (1g)
garlic
8 ounces (227g)
sharp cheddar cheese
8 ounces (229g)
American cheese
1/4 cup (27g)
fresh breadcrumbs
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.1 2.0 0.0 1.6 1.1 0.1 7 2
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 1.6 0.2 2.2 0.0 2.1 1.9 0.1 9 2
Ash (g) 0.0 0.1 2.6 3.0 0.0 8.0 0.8 4.0 0.0 8.9 10.2 0.8 39 10
Aspartic acid (g) 0.0 0.1 0.9 0.0 0.0 2.7 0.3 2.8 0.0 3.6 2.8 0.2 13 3
Beta-sitosterol (mg) 2.8 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3 1
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 17.0 3.4 435.5 0.7 2.5 1,109.0 110.9 95.8 1.3 1,638.1 1,138.0 49.4 4,602 1,150
Calories 509.1 81.9 234.2 0.0 1.4 431.0 43.1 1,691.8 1.0 915.6 757.9 106.7 4,774 1,193
Calories (kj) 2,129.3 342.7 980.9 0.0 6.0 1,805.0 180.5 7,081.7 4.4 3,826.0 3,173.6 446.3 19,976 4,994
Campesterol (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 0.0 17.2 17.0 0.0 0.4 4.1 0.4 340.5 0.2 2.9 19.1 19.4 421 105
Cholesterol (mg) 152.7 0.0 51.2 0.0 0.0 88.0 8.8 0.0 0.0 238.6 146.5 0.0 686 171
Copper (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 1.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 2 0
Cystine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.1 2 1
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 14.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 17 4
Folate (mcg) 2.1 5.8 18.3 0.0 0.1 10.0 1.0 1,080.7 0.0 40.9 11.4 28.9 1,199 300
Folate, DFE (mcg) 2.1 5.8 18.3 0.0 0.1 10.0 1.0 1,783.0 0.0 40.9 11.4 44.3 1,917 479
Folate, food (mcg) 2.1 5.8 18.3 0.0 0.1 10.0 1.0 82.1 0.0 40.9 11.4 6.8 179 45
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 998.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 22.1 1,021 255
Fructose n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.5 n/a n/a n/a 0.7 1 0
Galactose n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.5 n/a n/a n/a 0.5 1 0
Glutamic acid (g) 0.1 0.8 2.5 0.0 0.0 8.7 0.9 21.0 0.0 13.8 9.3 1.1 58 15
Glycine (g) 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.1 2.0 0.0 1.0 0.7 0.1 5 1
Histidine (g) 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.1 1.4 0.0 2.0 1.8 0.1 7 2
Hydroxyproline n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Iron (mg) 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.9 0.1 15.0 0.0 1.5 1.9 1.3 21 5
Isoleucine (g) 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.2 2.3 0.0 3.5 2.1 0.1 11 3
Lactose n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.5 n/a 0.0 1 0
Leucine (g) 0.1 0.2 1.2 0.0 0.0 3.7 0.4 4.5 0.0 5.4 4.0 0.3 20 5
Lysine (g) 0.0 0.1 1.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.3 1.4 0.0 4.7 4.5 0.1 15 4
Magnesium (mg) 1.4 4.9 47.6 0.0 1.0 38.0 3.8 241.7 0.2 63.6 68.7 11.6 483 121
Maltose n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.2 0.0 8.9 n/a 0.3 n/a 0.5 10 2
Manganese (mg) 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 4.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 5 1
Methionine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.1 0.7 0.0 1.5 1.2 0.1 5 1
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 14.9 0.0 3.9 0.0 0.0 8.4 0.8 0.8 0.0 21.3 16.4 0.3 67 17
Niacin (mg) 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 32.7 0.0 0.2 0.2 1.8 36 9
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.1 0.1 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.9 2.2 0.1 7 2
Phenylalanine (g) 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 2.1 0.2 3.0 0.0 3.0 2.3 0.2 12 3
Phosphorus (mg) 17.0 24.3 340.4 0.0 0.9 729.0 72.9 861.8 1.1 1,163.3 915.9 44.6 4,171 1,043
Phytosterols n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.5 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 2.2 3 1
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 2.2 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.1 2.6 0.0 2.1 1.6 0.6 11 3
Potassium (mg) 17.0 24.1 552.7 0.2 7.6 125.0 12.5 1,016.9 2.8 222.7 831.2 52.9 2,866 716
Proline (g) 0.1 0.3 1.2 0.0 0.0 4.6 0.5 7.2 0.0 6.4 4.6 0.4 25 6
Protein (g) 0.6 2.3 12.0 0.0 0.1 38.5 3.8 59.5 0.0 56.6 45.0 3.6 222 55
Retinol (mcg) 476.4 0.0 113.5 0.0 0.0 223.0 22.3 0.0 0.0 586.2 338.9 0.0 1,760 440
Riboflavin (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.9 1.0 0.1 5 1
Saturated Fat (g) 36.5 0.0 8.3 0.0 0.0 17.3 1.7 1.3 0.0 47.9 35.2 0.3 149 37
Selenium (mcg) 0.7 7.6 7.3 0.0 0.0 17.7 1.8 288.2 0.1 31.6 37.1 6.8 399 100
Serine (g) 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.0 2.3 0.2 2.8 0.0 3.3 2.2 0.2 12 3
Sodium (mg) 7.8 0.4 179.3 1,162.7 0.1 1,529.0 152.9 27.4 0.1 1,410.9 2,211.9 197.6 6,880 1,720
Starch n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 284.8 n/a n/a n/a 16.1 301 75
Stigmasterol (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Sucrose n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.2 0.0 2.2 n/a 0.5 n/a 0.0 3 1
Sugar (g) 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.1 12.2 0.0 1.2 n/a 1.7 16 4
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 5 1
Threonine (g) 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.1 2.1 0.0 2.0 1.5 0.1 8 2
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 1.6 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.7 n/a 0.0 3 1
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.3 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 4.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.2 4 1
Total Fat (g) 57.6 0.2 13.4 0.0 0.0 28.6 2.9 6.9 0.0 75.3 56.0 1.4 242 61
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
TransFatty acids n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.8 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 3 1
Tyrosine (g) 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 2.3 0.2 1.1 0.0 2.7 2.5 0.1 10 2
Valine (g) 0.0 0.1 0.8 0.0 0.0 2.5 0.3 2.7 0.0 3.8 2.7 0.2 13 3
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 1,774.3 0.0 505.1 0.0 3.1 865.0 86.5 0.0 0.1 2,276.5 1,614.3 0.0 7,125 1,781
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 485.6 0.0 120.8 0.0 0.2 229.0 22.9 0.0 0.0 602.1 364.1 0.0 1,825 456
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.1 0.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 2.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.9 2.9 0.1 9 2
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.0 1 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 5.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 6 1
Vitamin D (IU) 42.6 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 21.0 2.1 0.0 0.0 54.5 n/a 0.0 120 30
Water (g) 12.7 2.7 320.9 0.0 0.1 20.8 2.1 45.1 0.4 83.5 98.7 1.8 589 147
Zinc (mg) 0.1 0.2 1.4 0.0 0.0 3.9 0.4 6.4 0.0 7.1 6.9 0.4 27 7

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