Nutritional Facts: Sweet Potato Grits - so Easy, so Good

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  1 cup (156g)
quick-cooking grits
16 ounces (454g)
sweet potatoes
2 tablespoons (28g)
salted butter
1/2 teaspoon (3g)
salt
1/2 teaspoon (1g)
fresh ground black pepper
1 cup (113g)
monterey jack cheese
1/2 teaspoon (0g)
thyme
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 n/a 2 1
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Arginine (g) 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 n/a 2 0
Ash (g) 0.6 4.5 0.6 3.0 0.1 4.0 0.0 13 3
Aspartic acid (g) 1.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 n/a 4 1
Beta-sitosterol n/a n/a 1.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Calcium (mg) 3.1 136.1 6.8 0.7 5.1 843.0 0.8 996 249
Calories 578.8 390.1 203.6 0.0 2.9 421.5 0.2 1,597 399
Calories (kj) 2,421.1 1,628.5 851.7 0.0 12.1 1,765.1 0.8 6,679 1,670
Campesterol n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 124.2 91.3 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.8 0.0 217 54
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 61.1 0.0 0.0 100.6 0.0 162 40
Copper (mg) 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Cystine (g) 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 n/a 0 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 2.5 13.6 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 16 4
Folate (mcg) 7.8 49.9 0.9 0.0 0.2 20.3 0.1 79 20
Folate, DFE (mcg) 7.8 49.9 0.9 0.0 0.2 20.3 0.1 79 20
Folate, food (mcg) 7.8 49.9 0.9 0.0 0.2 20.3 0.1 79 20
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Fructose n/a 3.2 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 3 1
Galactose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a 4.4 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 4 1
Glutamic acid (g) 2.6 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 6.8 n/a 10 3
Glycine (g) 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 n/a 1 0
Histidine (g) 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 n/a 2 0
Hydroxyproline n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Iron (mg) 1.6 2.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.8 0.0 5 1
Isoleucine (g) 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 0.0 2 1
Lactose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 1.7 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.6 0.0 5 1
Lysine (g) 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 0.0 3 1
Magnesium (mg) 42.1 113.4 0.6 0.0 2.0 30.5 0.3 189 47
Maltose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.2 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 2 0
Methionine (g) 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 n/a 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.5 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 9.9 0.0 16 4
Niacin (mg) 1.9 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 5 1
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.8 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 5 1
Phenylalanine (g) 0.7 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 n/a 3 1
Phosphorus (mg) 113.9 213.2 6.8 0.0 1.8 501.7 0.2 838 209
Phytosterols n/a 54.4 n/a 0.0 1.1 n/a n/a 55 14
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 0.8 0.1 0.9 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 3 1
Potassium (mg) 213.7 1,528.7 6.8 0.2 15.3 91.5 1.2 1,858 464
Proline (g) 1.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.1 n/a 5 1
Protein (g) 13.7 7.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 27.7 0.0 49 12
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 190.6 0.0 0.0 217.0 0.0 408 102
Riboflavin (mg) 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 1 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.2 0.1 14.6 0.0 0.0 21.5 0.0 36 9
Selenium (mcg) 26.5 2.7 0.3 0.0 0.1 16.4 n/a 46 11
Serine (g) 0.7 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 n/a 3 1
Sodium (mg) 1.6 249.5 202.8 1,162.7 0.2 605.7 0.0 2,223 556
Starch n/a 57.4 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 57 14
Stigmasterol n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Sucrose n/a 11.4 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 11 3
Sugar (g) 1.0 19.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 n/a 21 5
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Threonine (g) 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 2 0
Tocopherol, alpha n/a 1.2 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.3 n/a 2 1
Tocopherol, beta n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.1 n/a n/a 0 0
Total Fat (g) 1.9 0.2 23.0 0.0 0.0 34.2 0.0 59 15
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a n/a 0.8 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
TransFatty acids n/a n/a 0.9 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 1 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 n/a 2 1
Valine (g) 0.7 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.0 3 1
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 333.8 64,356.8 709.7 0.0 6.3 869.0 9.5 66,285 16,571
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 17.2 3,216.3 194.3 0.0 0.3 223.7 0.5 3,652 913
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 1 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.2 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 1 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 10.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 11 3
Vitamin D n/a 0.0 17.0 0.0 0.0 24.9 0.0 42 10
Water (g) 15.6 350.6 4.5 0.0 0.1 46.3 0.1 417 104
Zinc (mg) 0.6 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.4 0.0 5 1

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