Nutritional Facts: Thomas Jefferson's Sweet Potato Biscuits 1774

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  2 1/2 cups (313g)
all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon (1g)
allspice
1/4 cup (55g)
brown sugar
1/2 cup (114g)
butter
1 tablespoon (14g)
baking powder
1/2 cup (122g)
milk
3/4 teaspoon (5g)
salt
3/4 cup (100g)
sweet potatoes
1/2 teaspoon (1g)
cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon (1g)
ginger
1/2 cup (55g)
pecans
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 1.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 2 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 1.3 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.6 2 0
Ash (g) 1.5 0.0 0.2 2.4 9.9 0.9 4.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 21 2
Aspartic acid (g) 1.4 n/a n/a 0.1 n/a 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.5 3 0
Beta-sitosterol n/a n/a n/a 4.5 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 48.5 53 5
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 46.9 6.6 45.7 27.2 1,016.2 145.2 1.1 29.9 13.1 1.0 38.2 1,371 137
Calories 1,137.5 2.6 209.0 813.8 7.0 78.1 0.0 85.8 3.2 3.0 376.6 2,717 272
Calories (kj) 4,759.4 11.0 874.5 3,403.9 29.4 327.0 0.0 358.1 13.5 12.6 1,574.5 11,364 1,136
Campesterol n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 2.7 3 0
Carbohydrates (g) 238.5 0.7 53.9 0.1 3.3 5.7 0.0 20.1 1.1 0.6 7.6 332 33
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 244.0 0.0 17.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 261 26
Copper (mg) 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.7 1 0
Cystine (g) 0.7 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 8.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.7 0.1 5.2 18 2
Folate (mcg) 81.3 0.4 0.6 3.4 0.0 6.1 0.0 11.0 0.1 0.1 12.0 115 11
Folate, DFE (mcg) 81.3 0.4 0.6 3.4 0.0 6.1 0.0 11.0 0.1 0.1 12.0 115 11
Folate, food (mcg) 81.3 0.4 0.6 3.4 0.0 6.1 0.0 11.0 0.1 0.1 12.0 115 11
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Fructose n/a n/a 0.6 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Galactose n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a n/a 0.7 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 0
Glutamic acid (g) 10.9 n/a n/a 0.2 n/a 0.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.0 13 1
Glycine (g) 1.2 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 2 0
Histidine (g) 0.7 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1 0
Hydroxyproline n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Iron (mg) 3.7 0.1 0.4 0.0 1.6 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.2 1.4 8 1
Isoleucine (g) 1.1 n/a n/a 0.1 n/a 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 2 0
Lactose n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Leucine (g) 2.2 n/a n/a 0.1 n/a 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 3 0
Lysine (g) 0.7 n/a n/a 0.1 n/a 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 1 0
Magnesium (mg) 68.8 1.4 5.0 2.3 5.4 15.9 0.0 24.9 0.8 1.9 65.9 192 19
Maltose n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Manganese (mg) 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.3 2.5 5 1
Methionine (g) 0.6 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.3 0.0 0.0 23.9 0.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 22.2 48 5
Niacin (mg) 3.9 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.6 5 1
Pantothenic acid (mg) 1.4 n/a 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.5 3 0
Phenylalanine (g) 1.6 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 2 0
Phosphorus (mg) 337.5 1.1 2.2 27.2 1,368.7 113.5 0.0 46.9 0.8 1.5 151.0 2,050 205
Phytosterols n/a 0.6 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 12.0 0.3 0.7 55.6 69 7
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 1.3 0.0 0.0 3.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.8 17 2
Potassium (mg) 334.4 10.5 73.2 27.2 0.7 184.2 0.4 336.2 5.6 11.9 223.5 1,208 121
Proline (g) 3.7 n/a n/a 0.1 n/a 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 4 0
Protein (g) 32.3 0.1 0.1 1.0 0.0 4.0 0.0 1.6 0.1 0.1 5.0 44 4
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 761.6 0.0 37.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 799 80
Riboflavin (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.5 0.0 0.0 58.3 0.0 2.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.4 65 7
Selenium (mcg) 105.9 0.0 0.7 1.1 0.0 2.4 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.5 2.1 113 11
Serine (g) 1.6 n/a n/a 0.1 n/a 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 2 0
Sodium (mg) 6.3 0.8 15.4 810.4 1,089.2 59.8 1,744.1 54.9 0.1 0.2 0.0 3,781 378
Starch n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 12.6 n/a n/a 0.3 13 1
Stigmasterol n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1.6 2 0
Sucrose n/a n/a 52.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 2.5 0.0 0.0 2.1 57 6
Sugar (g) 0.8 n/a 53.4 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.0 4.2 0.0 0.0 2.2 61 6
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.4 1 0
Threonine (g) 0.9 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.2 n/a 0.0 2.6 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.8 4 0
Tocopherol, beta n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0 0
Tocopherol, delta n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 0.0 13.3 13 1
Total Fat (g) 3.1 0.1 0.0 92.1 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.2 139 14
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a n/a n/a 3.4 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 3 0
TransFatty acids n/a n/a n/a 3.7 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 4 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.4 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1 0
Tyrosine (g) 1.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1 0
Valine (g) 1.3 n/a n/a 0.1 n/a 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 2 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 5.4 0.0 2,836.4 0.0 168.4 0.0 14,151.5 3.9 0.3 30.5 17,196 1,720
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 0.3 0.0 776.3 0.0 40.3 0.0 707.2 0.2 0.0 1.6 1,526 153
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 1 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.0 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.6 5 1
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 68.1 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 68 7
Water (g) 37.3 0.1 0.7 18.0 0.6 107.0 0.0 77.1 0.1 0.1 1.9 243 24
Zinc (mg) 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 2.5 6 1

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