Nutritional Facts: The Best Puerto Rican Pernil (Pork Shoulder)

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  6 lbs (2,722g)
pork shoulder
4 (268g)
limes
15 (45g)
garlic cloves
2 tablespoons (6g)
dried oregano
1 to taste (0g)
salt & fresh ground pepper
1/4 cup (72g)
soy sauce
2 tablespoons (27g)
olive oil
1 cup (238g)
vinegar
1 to taste (0g)
water
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 27.6 n/a 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.4 0.0 n/a n/a 28 5
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Arginine (g) 29.9 n/a 0.3 0.0 n/a 0.3 0.0 n/a n/a 30 5
Ash (g) 24.0 0.8 0.7 0.5 n/a 12.8 0.0 0.0 n/a 39 6
Aspartic acid (g) 42.6 n/a 0.2 0.1 n/a 0.6 0.0 n/a n/a 44 7
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Calcium (mg) 408.2 88.4 81.5 95.8 n/a 14.4 0.3 14.3 n/a 703 117
Calories 6,423.0 80.4 67.1 15.9 n/a 43.2 238.7 42.8 n/a 6,911 1,152
Calories (kj) 26,862.2 337.7 280.4 66.4 n/a 180.7 998.7 180.9 n/a 28,907 4,818
Carbohydrates (g) 0.0 28.2 14.9 4.1 n/a 4.0 0.0 0.1 n/a 51 9
Cholesterol (mg) 1,932.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 1,932 322
Copper (mg) 2.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 3 0
Cystine (g) 5.8 n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a 6 1
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 7.5 0.9 2.6 n/a 0.6 0.0 0.0 n/a 12 2
Folate (mcg) 136.1 21.4 1.4 14.2 n/a 13.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 186 31
Folate, DFE (mcg) 136.1 21.4 1.4 14.2 n/a 13.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 186 31
Folate, food (mcg) 136.1 21.4 1.4 14.2 n/a 13.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 186 31
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Fructose n/a n/a n/a 0.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Galactose n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a n/a n/a 0.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 71.1 n/a 0.4 0.1 n/a 1.7 0.0 n/a n/a 73 12
Glycine (g) 25.9 n/a 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.3 0.0 n/a n/a 26 4
Histidine (g) 17.9 n/a 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.2 0.0 n/a n/a 18 3
Hydroxyproline n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Iron (mg) 28.6 1.6 0.8 2.2 n/a 1.7 0.2 0.1 n/a 35 6
Isoleucine (g) 21.3 n/a 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.4 0.0 n/a n/a 22 4
Lactose n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 37.0 n/a 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.5 0.0 n/a n/a 38 6
Lysine (g) 41.7 0.0 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.5 0.0 n/a n/a 42 7
Magnesium (mg) 489.9 16.1 11.3 16.2 n/a 28.8 0.0 2.4 n/a 565 94
Maltose n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.3 0.0 0.8 0.3 n/a 0.4 0.0 0.1 n/a 2 0
Methionine (g) 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a 12 2
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 218.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 19.7 0.0 n/a 238 40
Niacin (mg) 104.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 n/a 2.8 0.0 0.0 n/a 108 18
Pantothenic acid (mg) 19.6 0.6 0.3 0.1 n/a 0.3 0.0 0.0 n/a 21 3
Phenylalanine (g) 18.5 n/a 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.4 0.0 n/a n/a 19 3
Phosphorus (mg) 4,953.3 48.2 68.9 8.9 n/a 93.6 0.0 9.5 n/a 5,182 864
Phytosterols n/a n/a n/a 12.2 n/a n/a 59.7 n/a n/a 72 12
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 52.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 n/a 0.0 2.8 0.0 n/a 55 9
Potassium (mg) 8,219.2 273.4 180.5 75.6 n/a 152.6 0.3 4.8 n/a 8,906 1,484
Proline (g) 20.8 n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.6 0.0 n/a n/a 22 4
Protein (g) 467.6 1.9 2.9 0.5 n/a 7.6 0.0 0.0 n/a 480 80
Retinol (mcg) 54.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 54 9
Riboflavin (mg) 7.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 8 1
Saturated Fat (g) 169.8 0.1 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 3.7 0.0 n/a 174 29
Selenium (mcg) 694.0 1.1 6.4 0.3 n/a 0.6 0.0 1.2 n/a 704 117
Serine (g) 19.3 n/a 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.3 0.0 n/a n/a 20 3
Sodium (mg) 1,769.0 5.4 7.7 1.5 n/a 4,021.9 0.5 4.8 n/a 5,811 968
Sucrose n/a n/a n/a 0.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Sugar (g) 0.0 4.5 0.5 0.2 n/a 1.2 0.0 0.1 n/a 7 1
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 20.9 0.1 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 21 4
Threonine (g) 20.9 n/a 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.3 0.0 n/a n/a 21 4
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 5.2 0.6 0.0 1.1 n/a 0.0 3.9 0.0 n/a 11 2
Tocopherol, beta n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta n/a n/a n/a 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma n/a n/a n/a 1.5 n/a n/a 0.2 n/a n/a 2 0
Total Fat (g) 489.6 0.5 0.2 0.3 n/a 0.1 27.0 0.0 n/a 518 86
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
TransFatty acids n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tryptophan (g) 5.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a 6 1
Tyrosine (g) 15.8 n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.2 0.0 n/a n/a 16 3
Valine (g) 25.1 n/a 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.4 0.0 n/a n/a 26 4
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 190.5 134.0 4.1 102.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 431 72
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 54.4 5.4 0.0 5.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 65 11
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 20.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 20 3
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 9.5 0.1 0.6 0.1 n/a 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 10 2
Vitamin C (mg) 19.1 78.0 14.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 111 19
Vitamin D (IU) 1,905.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 1,905 318
Water (g) 1,742.4 236.5 26.4 0.6 n/a 47.5 0.0 225.6 n/a 2,279 380
Zinc (mg) 73.5 0.3 0.5 0.2 n/a 0.3 0.0 0.0 n/a 75 12

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