Nutritional Facts: KFC Original Recipe (Copycat) by Todd Wilbur

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  2 (1,196g)
fryer chickens
6 cups (1,230g)
Crisco shortening
1 (50g)
eggs
2 cups (488g)
milk
2 cups (250g)
flour
2 teaspoons (5g)
ground pepper
3 tablespoons (54g)
salt
1 teaspoon (0g)
msg
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 19.0 0.0 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.0 0.0 n/a 21 5
Alcohol (g) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Arginine (g) 20.5 0.0 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 23 6
Ash (g) 11.0 0.0 0.5 3.5 1.2 0.2 53.9 n/a 70 18
Aspartic acid (g) 29.1 0.0 0.7 1.2 1.1 0.1 0.0 n/a 32 8
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Calcium (mg) 179.4 0.0 28.0 580.7 37.5 20.4 13.0 n/a 859 215
Calories 2,858.4 10,873.2 71.5 312.3 910.0 11.5 0.0 n/a 15,037 3,759
Calories (kj) 11,960.0 45,497.7 299.5 1,307.8 3,807.5 48.3 0.0 n/a 62,921 15,730
Carbohydrates (g) 0.0 0.0 0.4 22.7 190.8 2.9 0.0 n/a 217 54
Cholesterol (mg) 1,052.5 0.0 186.0 68.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 1,307 327
Copper (mg) 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.0 n/a 1 0
Cystine (g) 4.4 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 n/a 5 1
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.8 1.2 0.0 n/a 8 2
Folate (mcg) 59.8 0.0 23.5 24.4 457.5 0.8 0.0 n/a 566 141
Folate, DFE (mcg) 59.8 0.0 23.5 24.4 727.5 0.8 0.0 n/a 836 209
Folate, food (mcg) 59.8 0.0 23.5 24.4 72.5 0.8 0.0 n/a 181 45
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 385.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 385 96
Fructose n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Galactose n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a n/a 0.2 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 47.7 0.0 0.8 3.4 8.7 0.1 0.0 n/a 61 15
Glycine (g) 21.1 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.9 0.0 0.0 n/a 23 6
Histidine (g) 9.6 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 n/a 11 3
Hydroxyproline n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Iron (mg) 15.1 0.0 0.9 0.2 11.6 0.4 0.2 n/a 28 7
Isoleucine (g) 16.3 0.0 0.3 1.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 n/a 19 5
Lactose n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 23.8 0.0 0.5 1.6 1.8 0.0 0.0 n/a 28 7
Lysine (g) 26.6 0.0 0.5 1.3 0.6 0.0 0.0 n/a 29 7
Magnesium (mg) 275.1 0.0 6.0 63.4 55.0 7.9 0.5 n/a 408 102
Maltose n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 0.6 0.1 n/a 3 1
Methionine (g) 8.7 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.0 n/a 10 2
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 63.9 522.9 1.8 5.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 n/a 594 148
Niacin (mg) 101.5 0.0 0.0 0.4 14.8 0.1 0.0 n/a 117 29
Pantothenic acid (mg) 12.3 0.0 0.8 1.5 1.1 0.1 0.0 n/a 16 4
Phenylalanine (g) 12.7 0.0 0.3 0.8 1.3 0.0 0.0 n/a 15 4
Phosphorus (mg) 2,176.7 0.0 99.0 453.8 270.0 7.3 0.0 n/a 3,007 752
Phytosterols n/a 1,820.4 n/a 0.0 n/a 4.2 0.0 n/a 1,825 456
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 35.5 327.7 1.0 0.7 1.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 366 91
Potassium (mg) 2,667.1 0.0 69.0 736.9 267.5 61.1 4.3 n/a 3,806 951
Proline (g) 15.8 0.0 0.3 1.6 3.0 0.1 0.0 n/a 21 5
Protein (g) 326.5 0.0 6.3 16.0 25.8 0.5 0.0 n/a 375 94
Retinol (mcg) 574.1 0.0 80.0 151.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 805 201
Riboflavin (mg) 2.0 0.0 0.2 0.8 1.2 0.0 0.0 n/a 4 1
Saturated Fat (g) 45.3 307.7 1.6 11.1 0.4 0.1 0.0 n/a 366 92
Selenium (mcg) 285.8 0.0 15.4 9.8 84.8 0.2 0.1 n/a 396 99
Serine (g) 11.5 0.0 0.5 0.9 1.3 0.0 0.0 n/a 14 4
Sodium (mg) 980.7 0.0 71.0 239.1 5.0 0.9 20,929.3 n/a 22,226 5,557
Sucrose n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Sugar (g) 0.0 n/a 0.2 n/a 0.7 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 2.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 3 1
Threonine (g) 13.5 0.0 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.0 0.0 n/a 15 4
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 3.2 n/a 0.5 n/a 0.2 0.0 0.0 n/a 4 1
Tocopherol, beta n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.2 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma n/a n/a 0.3 n/a 1.0 0.3 n/a n/a 2 0
Total Fat (g) 162.7 1,230.0 4.8 17.9 2.5 0.1 0.0 n/a 1,418 354
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
TransFatty acids n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Tryptophan (g) 3.6 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 n/a 4 1
Tyrosine (g) 10.5 0.0 0.2 0.8 0.8 0.0 0.0 n/a 12 3
Valine (g) 15.8 0.0 0.4 1.1 1.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 18 5
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 1,925.6 0.0 270.0 673.4 0.0 25.2 0.0 n/a 2,894 724
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 574.1 0.0 80.0 161.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 n/a 816 204
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 3.6 0.0 0.4 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 6 1
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 4.8 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 5 1
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 7 2
Vitamin D (IU) 23.9 n/a 41.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 65 16
Water (g) 711.0 0.0 38.1 427.9 29.8 0.6 0.1 n/a 1,208 302
Zinc (mg) 23.2 0.0 0.6 1.9 1.8 0.1 0.1 n/a 28 7

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