Nutritional Facts: Cheesecake (Cook's Illustrated)

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  1 tablespoon (14g)
unsalted butter
3 tablespoons (16g)
graham cracker crumbs
32 ounces (909g)
cream cheese
1 1/4 cups (250g)
granulated sugar
4 large (200g)
eggs
1 teaspoon (2g)
lemon zest
2 teaspoons (8g)
vanilla extract
1/4 cup (60g)
heavy cream
1/4 cup (58g)
sour cream
1 pinch (0g)
salt
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.0 0.0 1.7 n/a 1.5 n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 0.0 3 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 3 0
Arginine (g) 0.0 0.0 2.1 n/a 1.6 n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 0.0 4 0
Ash (g) 0.0 0.3 12.0 0.0 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.4 16 1
Aspartic acid (g) 0.0 0.0 4.7 n/a 2.7 n/a n/a 0.1 0.1 0.0 8 1
Beta-sitosterol (mg) 0.6 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 3.4 3.8 890.6 2.5 112.0 2.7 0.9 38.7 63.3 0.1 1,118 93
Calories 101.8 66.6 3,108.1 967.5 286.0 0.9 24.2 205.3 111.0 0.0 4,871 406
Calories (kj) 425.9 278.8 13,004.9 4,045.0 1,198.0 3.9 101.2 858.6 465.2 0.0 20,381 1,698
Campesterol (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 0.0 12.1 37.0 250.0 1.4 0.3 1.1 1.7 1.7 0.0 305 25
Cholesterol (mg) 30.5 0.0 999.7 0.0 744.0 0.0 0.0 81.5 29.9 0.0 1,886 157
Copper (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Cystine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.4 n/a 0.5 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Folate (mcg) 0.4 7.2 100.0 0.0 94.0 0.3 0.0 2.4 4.0 0.0 208 17
Folate, DFE (mcg) 0.4 10.4 100.0 0.0 94.0 0.3 0.0 2.4 4.0 0.0 211 18
Folate, food (mcg) 0.4 2.7 100.0 0.0 94.0 0.3 0.0 2.4 4.0 0.0 204 17
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 4.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5 0
Fructose n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Galactose n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.7 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 1 0
Glutamic acid (g) 0.0 0.4 11.9 n/a 3.3 n/a n/a 0.3 0.3 0.0 16 1
Glycine (g) 0.0 0.0 1.3 n/a 0.9 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 0
Histidine (g) 0.0 0.0 1.6 n/a 0.6 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 0
Hydroxyproline n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Iron (mg) 0.0 0.6 3.5 0.1 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 8 1
Isoleucine (g) 0.0 0.0 2.9 n/a 1.3 n/a n/a 0.1 0.1 0.0 4 0
Lactose n/a n/a 29.2 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 2.0 n/a 31 3
Leucine (g) 0.0 0.1 6.0 n/a 2.2 n/a n/a 0.1 0.2 0.0 9 1
Lysine (g) 0.0 0.0 5.2 n/a 1.8 n/a n/a 0.1 0.1 0.0 7 1
Magnesium (mg) 0.3 4.7 81.8 0.0 24.0 0.3 1.0 4.2 5.8 0.0 122 10
Maltose n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Methionine (g) 0.0 0.0 1.7 n/a 0.8 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 3 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 3.0 0.6 78.3 0.0 7.3 0.0 0.0 6.4 2.9 0.0 99 8
Niacin (mg) 0.0 0.6 1.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 2 0
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.0 0.1 5.2 0.0 3.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 9 1
Phenylalanine (g) 0.0 0.1 2.6 n/a 1.4 n/a n/a 0.1 0.1 0.0 4 0
Phosphorus (mg) 3.4 16.4 963.3 0.0 396.0 0.2 0.5 36.9 66.1 0.0 1,483 124
Phytosterols n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.7 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 1 0
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 0.4 0.6 13.1 0.0 3.8 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.5 0.0 19 2
Potassium (mg) 3.4 21.3 1,254.1 5.0 276.0 3.2 12.4 44.6 81.1 0.0 1,701 142
Proline (g) 0.0 0.1 6.0 n/a 1.0 n/a n/a 0.1 0.2 0.0 7 1
Protein (g) 0.1 1.1 53.9 0.0 25.1 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.2 0.0 83 7
Retinol (mcg) 95.3 0.0 3,262.6 0.0 320.0 0.0 0.0 241.0 100.1 0.0 4,019 335
Riboflavin (mg) 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 2 0
Saturated Fat (g) 7.3 0.2 175.3 0.0 6.3 0.0 0.0 13.7 6.6 0.0 209 17
Selenium (mcg) 0.1 1.6 21.8 1.5 61.4 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.5 0.0 88 7
Serine (g) 0.0 0.1 3.4 n/a 1.9 n/a n/a 0.1 0.1 0.0 6 0
Sodium (mg) 1.6 75.1 2,917.2 2.5 284.0 0.1 0.8 22.6 46.0 155.0 3,505 292
Starch n/a n/a 3.2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 3 0
Stigmasterol (mg) 0.0 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 0.0 249.5 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 250 21
Sugar (g) 0.0 4.9 29.2 249.5 0.7 0.1 1.1 0.1 2.0 0.0 288 24
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Threonine (g) 0.0 0.0 2.1 n/a 1.1 n/a n/a 0.1 0.1 0.0 3 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.3 0.1 2.6 0.0 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.3 0.0 6 1
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.1 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 0.0 n/a 0.4 n/a 1.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 1 0
Total Fat (g) 11.5 1.6 311.2 0.0 19.0 0.0 0.0 22.0 11.3 0.0 377 31
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
TransFatty acids n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.0 0.0 0.6 n/a 0.3 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.0 0.0 2.8 n/a 1.0 n/a n/a 0.1 0.1 0.0 4 0
Valine (g) 0.0 0.0 3.6 n/a 1.7 n/a n/a 0.1 0.1 0.0 6 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 354.9 0.3 12,205.2 0.0 1,080.0 1.0 0.0 874.7 358.2 0.0 14,874 1,240
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 97.1 0.0 3,326.2 0.0 320.0 0.1 0.0 244.5 101.2 0.0 4,089 341
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 2.3 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 4 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.6 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.0 3 0
Vitamin D (IU) 8.5 0.0 227.2 0.0 164.0 0.0 0.0 16.1 8.1 0.0 424 35
Water (g) 2.5 0.7 494.8 0.1 152.3 1.6 4.4 34.3 42.8 0.0 734 61
Zinc (mg) 0.0 0.1 4.6 0.0 2.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 8 1

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