Nutritional Facts: Pork Carnitas

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  7 lbs (3,175g)
pork shoulder
1/2 cup (103g)
shortening
1 tablespoon (8g)
chili powder
1/2 tablespoon (3g)
cumin
1 tablespoon (18g)
salt
1/2 tablespoon (3g)
black pepper
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 32.2 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 32 2
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 34.9 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 35 2
Ash (g) 27.9 0.0 0.9 0.2 18.0 0.2 47 3
Aspartic acid (g) 49.8 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 50 3
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 476.3 0.0 26.4 27.9 4.3 15.3 550 31
Calories 7,493.5 906.1 22.6 11.3 0.0 8.7 8,442 469
Calories (kj) 31,339.2 3,791.5 94.3 47.0 0.0 36.2 35,308 1,962
Carbohydrates (g) 0.0 0.0 4.0 1.3 0.0 2.2 8 0
Cholesterol (mg) 2,254.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,254 125
Copper (mg) 2.7 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 3 0
Cystine (g) 6.8 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 7 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 0.0 2.8 0.3 0.0 0.9 4 0
Folate (mcg) 158.8 0.0 2.2 0.3 0.0 0.6 162 9
Folate, DFE (mcg) 158.8 0.0 2.2 0.3 0.0 0.6 162 9
Folate, food (mcg) 158.8 0.0 2.2 0.3 0.0 0.6 162 9
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Fructose n/a n/a 0.3 n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Galactose n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a n/a 0.2 n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 83.0 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 83 5
Glycine (g) 30.2 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 30 2
Histidine (g) 20.8 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 21 1
Hydroxyproline n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Iron (mg) 33.3 0.0 1.4 2.0 0.1 0.3 37 2
Isoleucine (g) 24.8 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 25 1
Lactose n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Leucine (g) 43.2 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 43 2
Lysine (g) 48.6 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 49 3
Magnesium (mg) 571.5 0.0 11.9 11.0 0.2 5.9 601 33
Maltose n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.3 n/a 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.4 1 0
Methionine (g) 14.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 14 1
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 254.3 45.6 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 301 17
Niacin (mg) 121.7 0.0 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 123 7
Pantothenic acid (mg) 22.8 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 23 1
Phenylalanine (g) 21.6 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 22 1
Phosphorus (mg) 5,778.9 0.0 24.0 15.0 0.0 5.5 5,823 324
Phytosterols n/a 205.0 6.6 2.0 0.0 3.2 217 12
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 61.0 26.8 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 88 5
Potassium (mg) 9,589.1 0.0 156.0 53.6 1.4 45.9 9,846 547
Proline (g) 24.3 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 24 1
Protein (g) 545.5 0.0 1.1 0.5 0.0 0.4 547 30
Retinol (mcg) 63.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 64 4
Riboflavin (mg) 8.7 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 9 0
Saturated Fat (g) 198.1 25.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 224 12
Selenium (mcg) 809.7 0.0 1.6 0.2 0.0 0.2 812 45
Serine (g) 22.5 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 23 1
Sodium (mg) 2,063.9 0.0 131.2 5.0 6,976.4 0.7 9,177 510
Sucrose n/a n/a 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Sugar (g) 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 1 0
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 24.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 24 1
Threonine (g) 24.4 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 24 1
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 6.0 6.3 3.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 16 1
Tocopherol, beta n/a 0.5 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Tocopherol, delta n/a 15.7 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 16 1
Tocopherol, gamma n/a 33.1 0.3 n/a n/a 0.2 34 2
Total Fat (g) 571.2 102.5 1.1 0.7 0.0 0.1 676 38
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
TransFatty acids n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Tryptophan (g) 6.6 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 7 0
Tyrosine (g) 18.4 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 18 1
Valine (g) 29.2 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 29 2
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 222.3 0.0 2,372.0 38.1 0.0 18.9 2,651 147
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 63.5 0.0 118.6 1.9 0.0 0.9 185 10
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 23.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 23 1
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 11.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 11 1
Vitamin C (mg) 22.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 23 1
Vitamin D (IU) 2,222.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,223 123
Water (g) 2,032.8 0.0 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.4 2,034 113
Zinc (mg) 85.7 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 86 5

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