Nutritional Facts: Basil Pesto

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  1 1/2 cups (65g)
basil
2 (6g)
garlic cloves
1/4 cup (34g)
pine nuts
1/4 cup (25g)
parmesan cheese
1/8 cup (31g)
lemon juice
1/8 cup (27g)
olive oil
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.3 n/a 0.0 1 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 0.1 0.0 0.8 0.4 n/a 0.0 1 0
Ash (g) 1.0 0.1 0.9 2.0 0.1 0.0 4 1
Aspartic acid (g) 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.7 n/a 0.0 1 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 114.8 10.9 5.4 277.3 1.8 0.3 410 137
Calories 14.9 8.9 227.1 107.8 6.7 238.7 604 201
Calories (kj) 61.0 37.4 950.4 451.3 27.8 998.7 2,526 842
Carbohydrates (g) 1.7 2.0 4.4 1.0 2.1 0.0 11 4
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 22.0 0.0 0.0 22 7
Copper (mg) 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 1 0
Cystine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 1.0 0.1 1.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 3 1
Folate (mcg) 44.1 0.2 11.5 2.5 6.1 0.0 64 21
Folate, DFE (mcg) 44.1 0.2 11.5 2.5 6.1 0.0 64 21
Folate, food (mcg) 44.1 0.2 11.5 2.5 6.1 0.0 64 21
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Fructose (g) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.3 n/a 0 0
Galactose (g) 0.2 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) (g) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.3 n/a 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 0.2 0.0 1.0 2.2 n/a 0.0 3 1
Glycine (g) 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 n/a 0.0 1 0
Histidine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 n/a 0.0 0 0
Iron (mg) 2.1 0.1 1.9 0.2 0.0 0.2 4 1
Isoleucine (g) 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.5 n/a 0.0 1 0
Lactose (g) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.9 n/a 0.0 1 0
Lysine (g) 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.7 n/a 0.0 1 0
Magnesium (mg) 41.5 1.5 84.7 9.5 1.8 0.0 139 46
Maltose (g) 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.7 0.1 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4 1
Methionine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 n/a 0.0 0 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.1 0.0 6.3 2.1 0.0 19.7 28 9
Niacin (mg) 0.6 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 1
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0 0
Phenylalanine (g) 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.5 n/a 0.0 1 0
Phosphorus (mg) 36.3 9.2 194.1 182.3 2.4 0.0 424 141
Phytosterols n/a n/a 47.6 n/a n/a 59.7 107 36
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 0.3 0.0 11.5 0.3 0.0 2.8 15 5
Potassium (mg) 191.4 24.1 201.5 31.3 31.4 0.3 480 160
Proline (g) 0.1 0.0 0.2 1.2 n/a 0.0 1 0
Protein (g) 2.0 0.4 4.6 9.6 0.1 0.0 17 6
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 55.8 0.0 0.0 56 19
Riboflavin (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.0 0.0 1.7 4.3 0.0 3.7 10 3
Selenium (mcg) 0.2 0.9 0.2 4.4 0.0 0.0 6 2
Serine (g) 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.6 n/a 0.0 1 0
Sodium (mg) 2.6 1.0 0.7 382.3 0.3 0.5 387 129
Starch n/a n/a 0.5 n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Sucrose (g) 0.0 n/a 1.2 0.0 0.1 n/a 1 0
Sugar (g) 0.2 0.1 1.2 0.2 0.8 0.0 2 1
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Threonine (g) 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.4 n/a 0.0 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.5 0.0 3.1 0.1 0.0 3.9 8 3
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 0.1 n/a 3.8 n/a n/a 0.2 4 1
Total Fat (g) 0.4 0.0 23.1 7.2 0.1 27.0 58 19
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
TransFatty acids n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 0 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.6 n/a 0.0 1 0
Valine (g) 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.6 n/a 0.0 1 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 3,422.0 0.5 9.8 216.3 1.8 0.0 3,650 1,217
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 171.3 0.0 0.3 57.3 0.0 0.0 229 76
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 1 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 11.7 1.9 0.3 0.0 11.8 0.0 26 9
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.3 0.0 0.0 5 2
Water (g) 59.7 3.5 0.8 5.2 28.2 0.0 97 32
Zinc (mg) 0.5 0.1 2.2 1.0 0.0 0.0 4 1

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