Nutritional Facts: The Best Biscuit

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  2 cups (250g)
flour
1 tablespoon (14g)
baking powder
1 tablespoon (13g)
sugar
1/2 teaspoon (3g)
salt
1/3 cup (68g)
Crisco
1/8 teaspoon (1g)
baking soda
3/4 cup (184g)
buttermilk
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.8 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.2 1 1
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 1.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.2 1 1
Ash (g) 1.2 9.9 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.2 1.6 16 16
Aspartic acid (g) 1.1 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.5 2 2
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 37.5 1,016.2 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.0 213.2 1,268 1,268
Calories 910.0 7.0 48.8 0.0 603.5 0.0 73.5 1,643 1,643
Calories (kj) 3,807.5 29.4 203.9 0.0 2,525.1 0.0 310.5 6,876 6,876
Carbohydrates (g) 190.8 3.3 12.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.8 215 215
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.4 7 7
Copper (mg) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Cystine (g) 0.5 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.1 1 1
Dietary Fiber (g) 6.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7 7
Folate (mcg) 457.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.2 467 467
Folate, DFE (mcg) 727.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.2 737 737
Folate, food (mcg) 72.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.2 82 82
Folic acid (mcg) 385.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 385 385
Fructose n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Galactose n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 8.7 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 1.2 10 10
Glycine (g) 0.9 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.1 1 1
Histidine (g) 0.6 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.2 1 1
Iron (mg) 11.6 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 13 13
Isoleucine (g) 0.9 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.4 1 1
Lactose n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 1.8 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.6 2 2
Lysine (g) 0.6 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.5 1 1
Magnesium (mg) 55.0 5.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.2 81 81
Maltose n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 2
Methionine (g) 0.5 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.1 1 1
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 34.8 0.0 0.5 35 35
Niacin (mg) 14.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 15 15
Pantothenic acid (mg) 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 2 2
Phenylalanine (g) 1.3 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.3 2 2
Phosphorus (mg) 270.0 1,368.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 163.5 1,802 1,802
Phytosterols n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.7 0.0 0.1 11 11
Potassium (mg) 267.5 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 277.5 546 546
Proline (g) 3.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.6 4 4
Protein (g) 25.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.1 32 32
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 23.9 24 24
Riboflavin (mg) 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 2 2
Saturated Fat (g) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.8 0.0 1.0 22 22
Selenium (mcg) 84.8 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.7 89 89
Serine (g) 1.3 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.3 2 2
Sodium (mg) 5.0 1,089.2 0.1 1,162.7 0.0 157.3 192.9 2,607 2,607
Sucrose n/a n/a 12.6 n/a n/a n/a n/a 13 13
Sugar (g) 0.7 0.0 12.6 0.0 n/a 0.0 8.8 22 22
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 2 2
Threonine (g) 0.7 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.3 1 1
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 0 0
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 1.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.1 1 1
Total Fat (g) 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 68.3 0.0 1.6 72 72
Tryptophan (g) 0.3 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.1 0 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.8 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.3 1 1
Valine (g) 1.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.4 1 1
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 86.4 86 86
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.7 26 26
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 2 2
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 1.8 2 2
Water (g) 29.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 165.6 196 196
Zinc (mg) 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 3 3

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