Nutritional Facts: Baking Powder Biscuits

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  2 cups (250g)
flour
4 teaspoons (18g)
baking powder
1/2 teaspoon (3g)
salt
1/2 teaspoon (2g)
cream of tartar
2 teaspoons (8g)
sugar
3/4 cup (183g)
milk
1/2 cup (103g)
shortening
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.8 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.2 0.0 1 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 1.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.2 0.0 1 0
Ash (g) 1.2 13.2 3.0 0.6 0.0 1.3 0.0 19 2
Aspartic acid (g) 1.1 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.5 0.0 2 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 37.5 1,355.0 0.7 0.1 0.1 217.8 0.0 1,611 201
Calories 910.0 9.4 0.0 3.9 32.5 117.1 906.1 1,979 247
Calories (kj) 3,807.5 39.2 0.0 16.2 135.9 490.4 3,791.5 8,281 1,035
Carbohydrates (g) 190.8 4.4 0.0 0.9 8.4 8.5 0.0 213 27
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.6 0.0 26 3
Copper (mg) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Cystine (g) 0.5 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.1 0.0 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 6.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7 1
Folate (mcg) 457.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.2 0.0 467 58
Folate, DFE (mcg) 727.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.2 0.0 737 92
Folate, food (mcg) 72.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.2 0.0 82 10
Folic acid (mcg) 385.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 385 48
Fructose n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Galactose n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 8.7 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 1.3 0.0 10 1
Glycine (g) 0.9 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.1 0.0 1 0
Histidine (g) 0.6 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.2 0.0 1 0
Iron (mg) 11.6 2.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 14 2
Isoleucine (g) 0.9 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.4 0.0 1 0
Lactose n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 1.8 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.6 0.0 2 0
Lysine (g) 0.6 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.5 0.0 1 0
Magnesium (mg) 55.0 7.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 23.8 0.0 86 11
Maltose n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 2 0
Methionine (g) 0.5 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.2 0.0 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 45.6 48 6
Niacin (mg) 14.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 15 2
Pantothenic acid (mg) 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 2 0
Phenylalanine (g) 1.3 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.3 0.0 2 0
Phosphorus (mg) 270.0 1,824.9 0.0 0.1 0.0 170.2 0.0 2,265 283
Phytosterols n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 205.0 205 26
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 26.8 28 4
Potassium (mg) 267.5 0.9 0.2 247.5 0.2 276.3 0.0 793 99
Proline (g) 3.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.6 0.0 4 0
Protein (g) 25.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 32 4
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 56.7 0.0 57 7
Riboflavin (mg) 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 2 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.2 25.6 30 4
Selenium (mcg) 84.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 3.7 0.0 89 11
Serine (g) 1.3 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.3 0.0 2 0
Sodium (mg) 5.0 1,452.3 1,162.7 0.8 0.1 89.7 0.0 2,711 339
Sucrose n/a n/a n/a n/a 8.4 n/a n/a 8 1
Sugar (g) 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.4 n/a 0.0 9 1
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 2 0
Threonine (g) 0.7 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.3 0.0 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 6.3 6 1
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.5 1 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 15.7 16 2
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 1.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 33.1 34 4
Total Fat (g) 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.7 102.5 112 14
Tryptophan (g) 0.3 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.1 0.0 0 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.8 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.3 0.0 1 0
Valine (g) 1.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.4 0.0 1 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 252.5 0.0 253 32
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 60.4 0.0 60 8
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 1 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.7 0.0 3 0
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Water (g) 29.8 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 160.5 0.0 191 24
Zinc (mg) 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 2 0

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