Nutritional Facts: microwave grits

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  5 cups (1,185g)
water
1 cup (156g)
grits
1/2 teaspoon (3g)
kosher salt
1 to taste (0g)
butter
1 to taste (0g)
cheddar cheese
Total 1 serving
Alanine n/a 1.0 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Arginine n/a 0.4 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Ash (g) 1.2 0.9 3.0 n/a n/a 5 1
Aspartic acid n/a 0.8 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Calcium (mg) 35.6 6.2 0.7 n/a n/a 43 11
Calories 0.0 577.2 0.0 n/a n/a 577 144
Calories (kj) 0.0 2,416.4 0.0 n/a n/a 2,416 604
Carbohydrates (g) 0.0 123.4 0.0 n/a n/a 123 31
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Copper (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Cystine n/a 0.3 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 7.2 0.0 n/a n/a 7 2
Folate (mcg) 0.0 266.8 0.0 n/a n/a 267 67
Folate, DFE (mcg) 0.0 410.3 0.0 n/a n/a 410 103
Folate, food (mcg) 0.0 60.8 0.0 n/a n/a 61 15
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 205.9 0.0 n/a n/a 206 51
Fructose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Galactose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glutamic acid n/a 2.7 0.0 n/a n/a 3 1
Glycine n/a 0.4 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Histidine n/a 0.4 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Iron (mg) 0.0 4.8 0.0 n/a n/a 5 1
Isoleucine n/a 0.4 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Lactose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Leucine n/a 1.8 0.0 n/a n/a 2 0
Lysine n/a 0.2 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Magnesium (mg) 11.9 56.2 0.0 n/a n/a 68 17
Maltose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.0 0.2 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Methionine n/a 0.3 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.0 0.5 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Niacin (mg) 0.0 7.0 0.0 n/a n/a 7 2
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.0 0.4 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Phenylalanine n/a 0.7 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Phosphorus (mg) 0.0 173.2 0.0 n/a n/a 173 43
Phytosterols n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 0.0 1.4 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Potassium (mg) 11.9 220.0 0.2 n/a n/a 232 58
Proline n/a 1.4 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Protein (g) 0.0 11.9 0.0 n/a n/a 12 3
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Riboflavin (mg) 0.0 0.5 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.0 0.5 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Selenium (mcg) 0.0 26.5 0.0 n/a n/a 27 7
Serine n/a 0.6 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Sodium (mg) 35.6 1.6 1,162.7 n/a n/a 1,200 300
Starch n/a 106.4 n/a n/a n/a 106 27
Sucrose n/a 0.9 n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Sugar (g) 0.0 0.9 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.0 2.0 0.0 n/a n/a 2 0
Threonine n/a 0.4 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.0 0.3 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, beta n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta n/a 0.1 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma n/a 1.1 n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Total Fat (g) 0.0 2.7 0.0 n/a n/a 3 1
Tryptophan n/a 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Tyrosine n/a 0.3 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Valine n/a 0.6 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 4.7 0.0 n/a n/a 5 1
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.0 0.4 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Water (g) 1,183.8 17.0 0.0 n/a n/a 1,201 300
Zinc (mg) 0.0 1.1 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0

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