Nutritional Facts: Traditional Shortbread

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  375 g (514g)
cake flour
250 g (249g)
butter
125 g (125g)
caster sugar
1 pinch (0g)
salt
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 1.3 0.1 n/a 0.0 1 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 1.6 0.1 n/a 0.0 2 0
Ash (g) 2.0 5.2 0.0 0.4 8 0
Aspartic acid (g) 1.8 0.2 n/a 0.0 2 0
Beta-sitosterol n/a 9.9 n/a n/a 10 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 71.9 59.6 1.3 0.1 133 4
Calories 1,859.8 1,781.7 483.8 0.0 4,125 115
Calories (kj) 7,783.3 7,452.5 2,022.5 0.0 17,258 479
Campesterol n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 400.9 0.1 125.0 0.0 526 15
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 534.3 0.0 0.0 534 15
Copper (mg) 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Cystine (g) 0.9 0.0 n/a 0.0 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 8.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 9 0
Folate (mcg) 955.6 7.5 0.0 0.0 963 27
Folate, DFE (mcg) 1,448.8 7.5 0.0 0.0 1,456 40
Folate, food (mcg) 241.5 7.5 0.0 0.0 249 7
Folic acid (mcg) 709.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 709 20
Fructose n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Galactose n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 13.9 0.4 n/a 0.0 14 0
Glycine (g) 1.4 0.0 n/a 0.0 1 0
Histidine (g) 0.9 0.1 n/a 0.0 1 0
Iron (mg) 37.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 38 1
Isoleucine (g) 1.6 0.1 n/a 0.0 2 0
Lactose n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 2.9 0.2 n/a 0.0 3 0
Lysine (g) 1.5 0.2 n/a 0.0 2 0
Magnesium (mg) 82.2 5.0 0.0 0.0 87 2
Maltose n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 3.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 3 0
Methionine (g) 0.7 0.1 n/a 0.0 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.4 52.2 0.0 0.0 53 1
Niacin (mg) 34.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 35 1
Pantothenic acid (mg) 2.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 3 0
Phenylalanine (g) 2.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 2 0
Phosphorus (mg) 436.7 59.6 0.0 0.0 496 14
Phytosterols n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 1.9 7.6 0.0 0.0 10 0
Potassium (mg) 539.4 59.6 2.5 0.0 602 17
Proline (g) 4.7 0.2 n/a 0.0 5 0
Protein (g) 42.1 2.1 0.0 0.0 44 1
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 1,667.4 0.0 0.0 1,667 46
Riboflavin (mg) 2.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 2 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.7 127.6 0.0 0.0 128 4
Selenium (mcg) 25.2 2.5 0.8 0.0 28 1
Serine (g) 2.2 0.1 n/a 0.0 2 0
Sodium (mg) 10.3 1,774.3 1.3 155.0 1,941 54
Stigmasterol n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Sucrose n/a n/a 124.8 n/a 125 3
Sugar (g) 1.6 0.1 124.8 0.0 126 4
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 4.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 5 0
Threonine (g) 1.2 0.1 n/a 0.0 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.1 5.8 0.0 0.0 6 0
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 0.4 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Total Fat (g) 4.4 201.6 0.0 0.0 206 6
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a 7.4 n/a n/a 7 0
TransFatty acids n/a 8.1 n/a n/a 8 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.6 0.0 n/a 0.0 1 0
Tyrosine (g) 1.2 0.1 n/a 0.0 1 0
Valine (g) 1.8 0.1 n/a 0.0 2 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 6,210.0 0.0 0.0 6,210 173
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 1,699.7 0.0 0.0 1,700 47
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 149.1 0.0 0.0 149 4
Water (g) 64.3 39.4 0.0 0.0 104 3
Zinc (mg) 3.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 3 0

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