Nutritional Facts: Shortbread

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  1/2 cup (114g)
unsalted butter
1/4 cup (50g)
superfine sugar
1/2 teaspoon (2g)
vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon (1g)
salt
1 cup (125g)
all-purpose flour
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.4 0 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 1 0
Arginine (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.5 1 0
Ash (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.6 1 0
Aspartic acid (g) 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0.5 1 0
Beta-sitosterol (mg) 4.5 n/a n/a n/a n/a 5 1
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 27.2 0.5 0.2 0.2 18.8 47 6
Calories 813.8 193.5 6.0 0.0 455.0 1,468 184
Calories (kj) 3,403.9 809.0 25.3 0.0 1,903.8 6,142 768
Campesterol (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 0.1 50.0 0.3 0.0 95.4 146 18
Cholesterol (mg) 244.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 244 31
Copper (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0 0
Cystine (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.3 0 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.4 3 0
Folate (mcg) 3.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 32.5 36 4
Folate, DFE (mcg) 3.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 32.5 36 4
Folate, food (mcg) 3.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 32.5 36 4
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Fructose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Galactose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 0.2 n/a n/a 0.0 4.3 5 1
Glycine (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.5 0 0
Histidine (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.3 0 0
Iron (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 2 0
Isoleucine (g) 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0.4 1 0
Lactose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0.9 1 0
Lysine (g) 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0.3 0 0
Magnesium (mg) 2.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 27.5 30 4
Maltose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 1 0
Methionine (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.2 0 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 23.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 24 3
Niacin (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 2 0
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1 0
Phenylalanine (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.7 1 0
Phosphorus (mg) 27.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 135.0 162 20
Phytosterols n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 4 0
Potassium (mg) 27.2 1.0 3.1 0.1 133.8 165 21
Proline (g) 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 1.5 2 0
Protein (g) 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.9 14 2
Retinol (mcg) 761.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 762 95
Riboflavin (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0
Saturated Fat (g) 58.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 58 7
Selenium (mcg) 1.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 42.4 44 5
Serine (g) 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0.6 1 0
Sodium (mg) 12.5 0.5 0.2 290.7 2.5 306 38
Stigmasterol (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Sucrose n/a 49.9 n/a n/a n/a 50 6
Sugar (g) 0.1 49.9 0.3 0.0 0.3 51 6
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0 0
Threonine (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.4 0 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 2.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 3 0
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Total Fat (g) 92.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 93 12
Tryptophan (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.2 0 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.4 0 0
Valine (g) 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0.5 1 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 2,836.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,836 355
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 776.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 776 97
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin D (IU) 68.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 68 9
Water (g) 20.4 0.0 1.1 0.0 14.9 36 5
Zinc (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 1 0

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