Nutritional Facts: Mashed Potatoes - Basic Recipe

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  2 1/2 lbs (1,135g)
red potatoes
2 tablespoons (28g)
butter
1/2 cup (122g)
milk
1 teaspoon (6g)
salt
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.7 0.0 0.1 0.0 1 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 1.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 1 0
Ash (g) 12.5 0.6 0.9 6.0 20 3
Aspartic acid (g) 5.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 5 1
Beta-sitosterol n/a 1.1 n/a n/a 1 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 113.5 6.8 145.2 1.4 267 44
Calories 794.5 203.6 78.1 0.0 1,076 179
Calories (kj) 3,348.3 851.7 327.0 0.0 4,527 754
Campesterol n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 180.5 0.0 5.7 0.0 186 31
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 61.1 17.1 0.0 78 13
Copper (mg) 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 0
Cystine (g) 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 19.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 19 3
Folate (mcg) 204.3 0.9 6.1 0.0 211 35
Folate, DFE (mcg) 204.3 0.9 6.1 0.0 211 35
Folate, food (mcg) 204.3 0.9 6.1 0.0 211 35
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Fructose (g) 3.5 n/a n/a n/a 4 1
Galactose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) (g) 4.5 n/a n/a n/a 5 1
Glutamic acid (g) 3.7 0.1 0.8 0.0 5 1
Glycine (g) 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 1 0
Histidine (g) 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 0 0
Iron (mg) 8.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 8 1
Isoleucine (g) 0.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 1 0
Lactose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 1.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 1 0
Lysine (g) 1.1 0.0 0.3 0.0 1 0
Magnesium (mg) 249.7 0.6 15.9 0.1 266 44
Maltose (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 0
Methionine (g) 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.0 6.0 1.3 0.0 7 1
Niacin (mg) 13.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 13 2
Pantothenic acid (mg) 3.2 0.0 0.4 0.0 4 1
Phenylalanine (g) 0.9 0.0 0.2 0.0 1 0
Phosphorus (mg) 692.4 6.8 113.5 0.0 813 135
Phytosterols (mg) 56.8 n/a 0.0 0.0 57 9
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 0.7 0.9 0.2 0.0 2 0
Potassium (mg) 5,164.3 6.8 184.2 0.5 5,356 893
Proline (g) 0.7 0.0 0.4 0.0 1 0
Protein (g) 21.5 0.2 4.0 0.0 26 4
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 190.6 37.8 0.0 228 38
Riboflavin (mg) 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 1 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.4 14.6 2.8 0.0 18 3
Selenium (mcg) 5.7 0.3 2.4 0.0 8 1
Serine (g) 0.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 1 0
Sodium (mg) 204.3 202.8 59.8 2,325.5 2,792 465
Starch (g) 151.5 n/a n/a n/a 152 25
Stigmasterol n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Sucrose (g) 3.3 n/a n/a n/a 3 1
Sugar (g) 14.6 0.0 n/a 0.0 15 2
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Threonine (g) 0.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.1 0.7 n/a 0.0 1 0
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Total Fat (g) 1.6 23.0 4.5 0.0 29 5
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a 0.8 n/a n/a 1 0
TransFatty acids n/a 0.9 n/a n/a 1 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 1 0
Valine (g) 1.1 0.0 0.3 0.0 1 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 79.5 709.7 168.4 0.0 958 160
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 194.3 40.3 0.0 235 39
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 1.9 0.0 0.1 0.0 2 0
Vitamin C (mg) 97.6 0.0 1.8 0.0 99 17
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 17.0 n/a 0.0 17 3
Water (g) 918.9 4.5 107.0 0.0 1,030 172
Zinc (mg) 3.7 0.0 0.5 0.0 4 1

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