Nutritional Facts: Tacos from Scratch (Way Better Than a Packet and Just As Easy!)

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  1 lb (454g)
ground beef
8 ounces (229g)
tomato sauce
2 teaspoons (4g)
ground cumin
2 teaspoons (4g)
ground coriander
1 tablespoon (8g)
chili powder
3 (9g)
garlic cloves
1 to taste (0g)
hot sauce
1 to taste (0g)
salt
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 5.3 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 5 1
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Arginine (g) 5.5 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 6 1
Ash (g) 4.1 4.6 0.3 0.2 0.9 0.1 n/a n/a 10 3
Aspartic acid (g) 7.6 0.5 n/a n/a 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a 8 2
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Calcium (mg) 68.0 29.7 39.1 25.5 26.4 16.3 n/a n/a 205 51
Calories 975.2 54.9 15.8 10.7 22.6 13.4 n/a n/a 1,093 273
Calories (kj) 4,073.3 228.6 65.8 44.8 94.3 56.1 n/a n/a 4,563 1,141
Carbohydrates (g) 0.0 12.3 1.9 2.0 4.0 3.0 n/a n/a 23 6
Cholesterol (mg) 308.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 308 77
Copper (mg) 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Cystine (g) 0.9 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 3.4 0.4 1.5 2.8 0.2 n/a n/a 8 2
Folate (mcg) 27.2 25.1 0.4 0.0 2.2 0.3 n/a n/a 55 14
Folate, DFE (mcg) 27.2 25.1 0.4 0.0 2.2 0.3 n/a n/a 55 14
Folate, food (mcg) 27.2 25.1 0.4 0.0 2.2 0.3 n/a n/a 55 14
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Fructose n/a 3.8 n/a n/a 0.3 n/a n/a n/a 4 1
Galactose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a 5.3 n/a n/a 0.2 n/a n/a n/a 5 1
Glutamic acid (g) 12.7 1.5 n/a n/a 0.1 0.1 n/a n/a 14 4
Glycine (g) 5.7 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 6 1
Histidine (g) 2.7 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 3 1
Hydroxyproline (g) 1.6 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 2 0
Iron (mg) 9.5 2.3 2.8 0.6 1.4 0.2 n/a n/a 17 4
Isoleucine (g) 3.7 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 4 1
Lactose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 6.6 0.1 n/a n/a 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a 7 2
Lysine (g) 7.0 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 7 2
Magnesium (mg) 81.6 36.6 15.4 11.9 11.9 2.3 n/a n/a 160 40
Maltose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 n/a n/a 1 0
Methionine (g) 2.2 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 2 1
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 29.7 0.1 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.0 n/a n/a 31 8
Niacin (mg) 21.1 2.2 0.2 0.1 0.9 0.1 n/a n/a 25 6
Pantothenic acid (mg) 2.5 0.7 n/a n/a 0.1 0.1 n/a n/a 3 1
Phenylalanine (g) 3.3 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 3 1
Phosphorus (mg) 775.6 59.4 21.0 14.7 24.0 13.8 n/a n/a 909 227
Phytosterols n/a n/a 2.9 1.7 6.6 n/a n/a n/a 11 3
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 2.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.0 n/a n/a 3 1
Potassium (mg) 1,338.1 756.6 75.1 45.6 156.0 36.1 n/a n/a 2,407 602
Proline (g) 4.3 0.1 n/a n/a 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a 4 1
Protein (g) 84.3 3.0 0.7 0.4 1.1 0.6 n/a n/a 90 23
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Riboflavin (mg) 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Saturated Fat (g) 26.6 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 n/a n/a 27 7
Selenium (mcg) 71.7 0.5 0.2 0.9 1.6 1.3 n/a n/a 76 19
Serine (g) 3.4 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 3 1
Sodium (mg) 299.4 1,197.7 7.1 1.3 131.2 1.5 n/a n/a 1,638 410
Sucrose n/a 0.6 n/a n/a 0.1 n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Sugar (g) 0.0 9.7 0.1 n/a 0.6 0.1 n/a n/a 10 3
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Threonine (g) 3.3 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 3 1
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 1.7 3.2 0.1 n/a 3.1 0.0 n/a n/a 8 2
Tocopherol, beta n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma n/a 0.2 n/a n/a 0.3 n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Total Fat (g) 68.0 0.4 0.9 0.6 1.1 0.0 n/a n/a 71 18
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
TransFatty acids (g) 4.2 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 4 1
Tryptophan (g) 0.4 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Tyrosine (g) 2.6 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 3 1
Valine (g) 4.1 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 4 1
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 989.7 53.3 0.0 2,372.0 0.8 n/a n/a 3,416 854
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 50.3 2.7 0.0 118.6 0.0 n/a n/a 172 43
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 9.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 10 2
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 1.6 0.2 0.0 n/a 0.2 0.1 n/a n/a 2 1
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 16.0 0.3 0.8 0.1 2.8 n/a n/a 20 5
Vitamin D (IU) 18.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 18 5
Water (g) 298.1 208.3 0.3 0.3 0.9 5.3 n/a n/a 513 128
Zinc (mg) 20.3 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 n/a n/a 22 5

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