Nutritional Facts: Scottish Shortbread

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  1 lb (454g)
butter
1 cup (200g)
superfine sugar
5 cups (625g)
flour
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.1 n/a 2.1 2 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 0.1 n/a 2.6 3 0
Ash (g) 9.6 0.0 2.9 13 0
Aspartic acid (g) 0.3 n/a 2.7 3 0
Beta-sitosterol (mg) 18.2 n/a n/a 18 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 109.0 2.0 93.8 205 4
Calories 3,255.2 774.0 2,275.0 6,304 126
Calories (kj) 13,615.5 3,236.0 9,518.8 26,370 527
Campesterol (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 0.3 200.0 476.9 677 14
Cholesterol (mg) 976.1 0.0 0.0 976 20
Copper (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.9 1 0
Cystine (g) 0.0 n/a 1.4 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 0.0 16.9 17 0
Folate (mcg) 13.6 0.0 1,143.8 1,157 23
Folate, DFE (mcg) 13.6 0.0 1,818.8 1,832 37
Folate, food (mcg) 13.6 0.0 181.3 195 4
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 962.5 963 19
Fructose n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Galactose n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 0.8 n/a 21.7 23 0
Glycine (g) 0.1 n/a 2.3 2 0
Histidine (g) 0.1 n/a 1.4 2 0
Iron (mg) 0.1 0.1 29.0 29 1
Isoleucine (g) 0.2 n/a 2.2 2 0
Lactose n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 0.4 n/a 4.4 5 0
Lysine (g) 0.3 n/a 1.4 2 0
Magnesium (mg) 9.1 0.0 137.5 147 3
Maltose n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.0 0.0 4.3 4 0
Methionine (g) 0.1 n/a 1.1 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 95.4 0.0 0.5 96 2
Niacin (mg) 0.2 0.0 36.9 37 1
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.5 0.0 2.7 3 0
Phenylalanine (g) 0.2 n/a 3.3 3 0
Phosphorus (mg) 109.0 0.0 675.0 784 16
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 13.8 0.0 2.6 16 0
Potassium (mg) 109.0 4.0 668.8 782 16
Proline (g) 0.4 n/a 7.5 8 0
Protein (g) 3.9 0.0 64.6 68 1
Retinol (mcg) 3,046.3 0.0 0.0 3,046 61
Riboflavin (mg) 0.2 0.0 3.1 3 0
Saturated Fat (g) 233.2 0.0 1.0 234 5
Selenium (mcg) 4.5 1.2 211.9 218 4
Serine (g) 0.2 n/a 3.2 3 0
Sodium (mg) 3,241.6 2.0 12.5 3,256 65
Stigmasterol (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Sucrose n/a 199.6 n/a 200 4
Sugar (g) 0.3 199.6 1.7 202 4
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.0 0.0 4.9 5 0
Threonine (g) 0.2 n/a 1.8 2 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 10.5 0.0 0.4 11 0
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.0 n/a 0.4 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 n/a 0.1 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 0.0 n/a 2.4 2 0
Total Fat (g) 368.2 0.0 6.1 374 7
Trans-monoenoic Fat (g) 13.5 n/a n/a 14 0
TransFatty acids (g) 14.9 n/a n/a 15 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.1 n/a 0.8 1 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.2 n/a 2.0 2 0
Valine (g) 0.3 n/a 2.6 3 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 11,345.5 0.0 0.0 11,345 227
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 3,105.4 0.0 0.0 3,105 62
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.8 0.0 0.0 1 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.3 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin D (IU) 272.4 0.0 0.0 272 5
Water (g) 72.0 0.0 74.5 147 3
Zinc (mg) 0.4 0.0 4.4 5 0

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