Nutritional Facts: Vaca Frita (Cuban Shredded Beef)

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  2 lbs (907g)
roast
3 (0g)
bay leaves
4 tablespoons (58g)
fresh lime juice
4 tablespoons (59g)
fresh lemon juice
2 cloves (6g)
garlic
4 tablespoons (54g)
olive oil
1/2 large (75g)
onions
1 to taste (0g)
parsley
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 11.5 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 12 3
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Arginine (g) 13.4 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.1 n/a 14 3
Ash (g) 10.3 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 n/a 11 3
Aspartic acid (g) 18.3 n/a 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.1 n/a 18 5
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Calcium (mg) 108.9 1.5 8.1 3.5 10.9 0.5 17.3 n/a 151 38
Calories 1,134.0 0.6 14.5 13.0 8.9 477.4 30.0 n/a 1,678 420
Calories (kj) 4,762.7 2.4 60.4 53.7 37.4 1,997.5 124.5 n/a 7,039 1,760
Carbohydrates (g) 1.0 0.1 4.9 4.1 2.0 0.0 7.0 n/a 19 5
Cholesterol (mg) 580.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 581 145
Copper (mg) 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Cystine (g) 2.1 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 2 1
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 1.3 n/a 2 0
Folate (mcg) 36.3 0.3 5.8 11.8 0.2 0.0 14.3 n/a 69 17
Folate, DFE (mcg) 36.3 0.3 5.8 11.8 0.2 0.0 14.3 n/a 69 17
Folate, food (mcg) 36.3 0.3 5.8 11.8 0.2 0.0 14.3 n/a 69 17
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Fructose n/a n/a 0.4 0.6 n/a n/a 1.0 n/a 2 0
Galactose n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a n/a 0.3 0.6 n/a n/a 1.5 n/a 2 1
Glutamic acid (g) 32.4 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.2 n/a 33 8
Glycine (g) 8.9 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 9 2
Histidine (g) 6.6 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 7 2
Hydroxyproline (g) 1.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Iron (mg) 24.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.2 n/a 25 6
Isoleucine (g) 8.7 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 9 2
Lactose n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 16.5 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 17 4
Lysine (g) 17.9 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 18 4
Magnesium (mg) 226.8 0.2 4.6 3.5 1.5 0.0 7.5 n/a 244 61
Maltose n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 n/a 0 0
Methionine (g) 5.8 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 6 1
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 19.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.4 0.0 n/a 59 15
Niacin (mg) 41.7 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 n/a 42 10
Pantothenic acid (mg) 7.0 n/a 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 n/a 7 2
Phenylalanine (g) 7.8 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 8 2
Phosphorus (mg) 2,150.0 0.2 8.1 4.7 9.2 0.0 21.8 n/a 2,194 549
Phytosterols n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 119.3 11.3 n/a 131 33
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 2.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.7 0.0 n/a 8 2
Potassium (mg) 3,701.3 1.0 68.0 60.8 24.1 0.5 109.5 n/a 3,965 991
Proline (g) 8.2 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 8 2
Protein (g) 194.6 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.8 n/a 196 49
Retinol (mcg) 18.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 18 5
Riboflavin (mg) 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 2 0
Saturated Fat (g) 15.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.5 0.0 n/a 23 6
Selenium (mcg) 218.6 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.9 0.0 0.4 n/a 220 55
Serine (g) 7.8 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 8 2
Sodium (mg) 671.3 0.0 1.2 0.6 1.0 1.1 3.0 n/a 678 170
Starch n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Sucrose n/a n/a 0.3 0.3 n/a n/a 0.7 n/a 1 0
Sugar (g) 0.0 n/a 1.0 1.5 0.1 0.0 3.2 n/a 6 1
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Threonine (g) 9.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 9 2
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 1.8 n/a 0.1 0.1 0.0 7.7 0.0 n/a 10 2
Tocopherol, beta n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.1 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.4 0.0 n/a 0 0
Total Fat (g) 39.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 54.0 0.1 n/a 94 23
Trans-monoenoic Fat (g) 1.6 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 2 0
TransFatty acids (g) 1.6 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 2 0
Tryptophan (g) 2.3 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 2 1
Tyrosine (g) 7.1 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 7 2
Valine (g) 9.2 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 9 2
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 45.4 11.1 29.0 3.5 0.5 0.0 1.5 n/a 91 23
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 18.1 0.6 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 20 5
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 24.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 24 6
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 5.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 n/a 5 1
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.1 17.4 22.8 1.9 0.0 5.6 n/a 48 12
Vitamin D (IU) 18.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 18 5
Water (g) 661.8 0.0 52.7 54.5 3.5 0.0 66.8 n/a 839 210
Zinc (mg) 61.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 n/a 62 16

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