Nutritional Facts: Your Basic Grilled Cheese Sandwich

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  2 slices (50g)
white bread
2 slices (28g)
American cheese
1 to taste (0g)
butter
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.1 0.1 n/a 0 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Arginine (g) 0.1 0.2 n/a 0 0
Ash (g) 1.0 1.3 n/a 2 2
Aspartic acid (g) 0.2 0.3 n/a 1 1
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Calcium (mg) 75.5 141.1 n/a 217 217
Calories 133.0 94.0 n/a 227 227
Calories (kj) 556.5 393.6 n/a 950 950
Carbohydrates (g) 25.3 2.4 n/a 28 28
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 18.2 n/a 18 18
Copper (mg) 0.1 0.0 n/a 0 0
Cystine (g) 0.1 0.0 n/a 0 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 1.2 0.0 n/a 1 1
Folate (mcg) 55.5 1.4 n/a 57 57
Folate, DFE (mcg) 85.5 1.4 n/a 87 87
Folate, food (mcg) 12.5 1.4 n/a 14 14
Folic acid (mcg) 43.0 0.0 n/a 43 43
Fructose (g) 0.9 n/a n/a 1 1
Galactose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) (g) 0.7 n/a n/a 1 1
Glutamic acid (g) 1.2 1.2 n/a 2 2
Glycine (g) 0.1 0.1 n/a 0 0
Histidine (g) 0.1 0.2 n/a 0 0
Iron (mg) 1.9 0.2 n/a 2 2
Isoleucine (g) 0.1 0.3 n/a 0 0
Lactose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 0.3 0.5 n/a 1 1
Lysine (g) 0.1 0.6 n/a 1 1
Magnesium (mg) 11.5 8.5 n/a 20 20
Maltose (g) 0.6 n/a n/a 1 1
Manganese (mg) 0.2 0.0 n/a 0 0
Methionine (g) 0.1 0.1 n/a 0 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.3 2.0 n/a 2 2
Niacin (mg) 2.2 0.0 n/a 2 2
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.1 0.3 n/a 0 0
Phenylalanine (g) 0.2 0.3 n/a 0 0
Phosphorus (mg) 49.5 113.6 n/a 163 163
Phytosterols (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 0.7 0.2 n/a 1 1
Potassium (mg) 50.0 103.1 n/a 153 153
Proline (g) 0.4 0.6 n/a 1 1
Protein (g) 3.8 5.6 n/a 9 9
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 42.0 n/a 42 42
Riboflavin (mg) 0.2 0.1 n/a 0 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.4 4.4 n/a 5 5
Selenium (mcg) 8.7 4.6 n/a 13 13
Serine (g) 0.2 0.3 n/a 0 0
Sodium (mg) 255.5 274.3 n/a 530 530
Starch (g) 20.3 n/a n/a 20 20
Sucrose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Sugar (g) 2.2 n/a n/a 2 2
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.2 0.0 n/a 0 0
Threonine (g) 0.1 0.2 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.1 n/a n/a 0 0
Total Fat (g) 1.6 6.9 n/a 9 9
Tryptophan (g) 0.0 0.1 n/a 0 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.1 0.3 n/a 0 0
Valine (g) 0.2 0.3 n/a 1 1
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 200.2 n/a 200 200
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 45.2 n/a 45 45
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.4 n/a 0 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Water (g) 18.2 12.2 n/a 30 30
Zinc (mg) 0.4 0.9 n/a 1 1

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