Nutritional Facts: Basil Pesto

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  4 cups (170g)
fresh basil leaves
1 tablespoon (8g)
garlic
1 to taste (0g)
salt & freshly ground black pepper
1 cup (216g)
olive oil
2 tablespoons (17g)
pine nuts
1/2 cup (50g)
parmesan cheese
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.2 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 0.6 1 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 0.2 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.4 0.8 1 0
Ash (g) 2.5 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.4 4.0 7 2
Aspartic acid (g) 0.5 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.2 1.3 2 1
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 300.2 15.1 n/a 2.2 2.7 554.5 875 219
Calories 39.0 12.5 n/a 1,909.4 113.6 215.5 2,290 572
Calories (kj) 159.4 52.1 n/a 7,989.8 475.2 902.5 9,579 2,395
Carbohydrates (g) 4.5 2.8 n/a 0.0 2.2 2.0 11 3
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 44.0 44 11
Copper (mg) 0.7 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.2 0.1 1 0
Cystine (g) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 2.7 0.2 n/a 0.0 0.6 0.0 4 1
Folate (mcg) 115.3 0.3 n/a 0.0 5.7 5.0 126 32
Folate, DFE (mcg) 115.3 0.3 n/a 0.0 5.7 5.0 126 32
Folate, food (mcg) 115.3 0.3 n/a 0.0 5.7 5.0 126 32
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Fructose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 0 0
Galactose (g) 0.5 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 1 0
Glucose (dextrose) (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 0.5 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.5 4.3 5 1
Glycine (g) 0.2 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 0.4 1 0
Histidine (g) 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 0.5 1 0
Iron (mg) 5.4 0.1 n/a 1.2 0.9 0.5 8 2
Isoleucine (g) 0.2 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 1.0 1 0
Lactose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 0 0
Leucine (g) 0.3 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.2 1.9 2 1
Lysine (g) 0.2 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 1.5 2 0
Magnesium (mg) 108.5 2.1 n/a 0.0 42.4 19.0 172 43
Maltose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 0 0
Manganese (mg) 1.9 0.1 n/a 0.0 1.5 0.0 4 1
Methionine (g) 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.5 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.1 0.0 n/a 157.6 3.2 4.2 165 41
Niacin (mg) 1.5 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.7 0.1 2 1
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.4 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 0.2 1 0
Phenylalanine (g) 0.2 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 1.0 1 0
Phosphorus (mg) 95.0 12.8 n/a 0.0 97.0 364.5 569 142
Phytosterols n/a n/a n/a 477.4 23.8 n/a 501 125
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 0.7 0.0 n/a 22.7 5.7 0.6 30 7
Potassium (mg) 500.3 33.5 n/a 2.2 100.7 62.5 699 175
Proline (g) 0.2 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 2.3 3 1
Protein (g) 5.3 0.5 n/a 0.0 2.3 19.2 27 7
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 111.5 112 28
Riboflavin (mg) 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.2 0 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.1 0.0 n/a 29.8 0.8 8.7 39 10
Selenium (mcg) 0.5 1.2 n/a 0.0 0.1 8.9 11 3
Serine (g) 0.2 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 1.1 1 0
Sodium (mg) 6.8 1.4 n/a 4.3 0.3 764.5 777 194
Starch n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.2 n/a 0 0
Sucrose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.6 0.1 1 0
Sugar (g) 0.5 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.6 0.5 2 0
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 0.0 0 0
Threonine (g) 0.2 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 0.7 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 1.4 0.0 n/a 31.0 1.6 0.1 34 9
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.2 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 0.3 n/a n/a 1.8 1.9 n/a 4 1
Total Fat (g) 1.1 0.0 n/a 216.0 11.5 14.3 243 61
Tryptophan (g) 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.3 0 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 1.2 1 0
Valine (g) 0.2 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.1 1.3 2 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 8,946.4 0.8 n/a 0.0 4.9 432.5 9,385 2,346
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 447.7 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.2 114.5 562 141
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 1.1 1 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.3 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 30.5 2.6 n/a 0.0 0.1 0.0 33 8
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 10.5 11 3
Water (g) 156.1 4.9 n/a 0.0 0.4 10.4 172 43
Zinc (mg) 1.4 0.1 n/a 0.0 1.1 1.9 4 1

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