Nutritional Facts: How to Brine and Roast a Turkey

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  1 gallon (3,792g)
water
3/4 cup (219g)
kosher salt
1/2 cup (110g)
brown sugar
12 lbs (3,984g)
whole turkey
Total 1 serving
Alanine n/a 0.0 n/a 51.9 52 5
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine n/a 0.0 n/a 57.3 57 6
Ash (g) 3.8 218.6 0.5 35.1 258 26
Aspartic acid n/a 0.0 n/a 78.4 78 8
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 113.8 52.6 91.3 597.6 855 86
Calories 0.0 0.0 418.0 6,374.4 6,792 679
Calories (kj) 0.0 0.0 1,749.0 26,653.0 28,402 2,840
Carbohydrates (g) 0.0 0.0 107.9 0.0 108 11
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,709.1 2,709 271
Copper (mg) 0.3 0.1 0.1 4.1 5 0
Cystine n/a 0.0 n/a 8.9 9 1
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Folate (mcg) 0.0 0.0 1.1 318.7 320 32
Folate, DFE (mcg) 0.0 0.0 1.1 318.7 320 32
Folate, food (mcg) 0.0 0.0 1.1 318.7 320 32
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Fructose n/a n/a 1.2 n/a 1 0
Galactose n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a n/a 1.5 n/a 1 0
Glutamic acid n/a 0.0 n/a 129.8 130 13
Glycine n/a 0.0 n/a 48.9 49 5
Histidine n/a 0.0 n/a 24.5 24 2
Iron (mg) 0.0 0.7 0.8 57.0 58 6
Isoleucine n/a 0.0 n/a 40.8 41 4
Lactose n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Leucine n/a 0.0 n/a 63.2 63 6
Lysine n/a 0.0 n/a 74.0 74 7
Magnesium (mg) 37.9 2.2 9.9 876.5 926 93
Maltose n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.8 1 0
Methionine n/a 0.0 n/a 22.9 23 2
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 115.5 116 12
Niacin (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.1 162.7 163 16
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.1 32.2 32 3
Phenylalanine n/a 0.0 n/a 31.8 32 3
Phosphorus (mg) 0.0 0.0 4.4 7,091.5 7,096 710
Phytosterols n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 78.9 79 8
Potassium (mg) 37.9 17.5 146.3 10,597.4 10,799 1,080
Proline n/a 0.0 n/a 37.8 38 4
Protein (g) 0.0 0.0 0.1 813.5 814 81
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 79.7 80 8
Riboflavin (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.2 6 1
Saturated Fat (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 90.0 90 9
Selenium (mcg) 0.0 0.2 1.3 972.1 974 97
Serine n/a 0.0 n/a 35.9 36 4
Sodium (mg) 113.8 84,880.0 30.8 2,589.6 87,614 8,761
Sucrose n/a n/a 104.0 n/a 104 10
Sugar (g) 0.0 0.0 106.7 0.0 107 11
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5 3 0
Threonine n/a 0.0 n/a 35.5 35 4
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.9 14 1
Total Fat (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 319.5 320 32
Tryptophan n/a 0.0 n/a 9.0 9 1
Tyrosine n/a 0.0 n/a 30.9 31 3
Valine n/a 0.0 n/a 42.3 42 4
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 239.0 239 24
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 79.7 80 8
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.9 16 2
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.3 16 2
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 199.2 199 20
Water (g) 3,788.2 0.4 1.5 2,804.7 6,595 659
Zinc (mg) 0.0 0.2 0.0 87.6 88 9

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