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Butter Nutritional Value And Analysis

Nutrition Facts

Serving size 100g

Amount per serving

Calories 718

% Daily Value *

Total Fat 78g %120

Saturated Fat 45g %226

Trans Fat 3g

Cholesterol 225mg %0

Sodium 583mg %38

Total Carbohydrate 3g %0

Dietary Fiber 0g %0

Total Sugars 0g

Protein 0g

Vitamin D 0.0IU %0

Calcium 23.0mg %1

Iron 0.1mg %0

Potassium 41mg %1

Phosphorus 24.0mg %2

* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Vitamins in butter

Vitamin D 0.0IU %0

Vitamin C 0.0mg %0

Vitamin B3 (Niacin) 0.0mg %0

Vitamin B1 (Thiamin) 0.0mg %1

Vitamin B6 0.0mg %1

Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid) 0.1mg %2

Vitamin B12 0.1µg %3

Choline, total 18.8mg %3

Vitamin K 4.6µg %4

Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) 0.1mg %5

Vitamin E 1.4mg %9

Vitamin A 2468.0IU %82

Minerals in butter

Selenium 0.0µg %0

Manganese 0.0mg %0

Magnesium 1.0mg %0

Iron 0.1mg %0

Zinc 0.1mg %0

Potassium 41.0mg %1

Copper 0.0mg %1

Calcium 23.0mg %2

Phosphorus 24.0mg %2

Sodium 583.0mg %39

Amino Acids in butter

Cystine 0.0g %3

Methionine 0.0g %3

Leucine 0.1g %3

Valine 0.1g %3

Lysine 0.1g %3

Histidine 0.0g %3

Threonine 0.0g %3

Isoleucine 0.1g %3

Tryptophan 0.0g %4

Phenylalanine 0.0g %4

Tyrosine 0.0g %4

Fatty Acids in butter

DHA 0.00g %2

EPA 0.02g %7

Omega-3 0.36g %22

ALA 0.29g %26

DPA 0.05g %30

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Macronutrients ratio

Carbohydrate Quality Score

Carbohydrates are made up of three components: fiber, starch, and sugar. Our score is based on Harvard research and our data analysis.

The Carbohydrate Quality Score of butter is 0.0/100 which makes it a low quality carbohydrate food.

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Protein Completeness

A protein is called complete when, proportionally to its overall amino-acid content, it has enough of each essential amino acids.

Butter has an incomplete source of protein.

amino acid mg/kg of BW mg/g of protein
Cystine 11 0
Methionine 11 0
Leucine 59 0
Valine 39 0
Lysine 45 0
Histidine 15 0
Threonine 23 0
Isoleucine 30 0
Tryptophan 6 0
Tyrosine 15 0
Phenylalanine 15 0
Met+Cys 22 0
Phe+Tyr 30 0

Protein Energy Ratio

Improving the protein energy ratio of your diet can be an effective strategy of increasing your diet quality an may potentially lead to weight loss.

The protein energy ratio in butter is 0.0 which makes it a low P:E food.

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Energy density (ED)

Lowering the energy density of your food can be an effective strategy for the prevention and treatment of obesity without focusing on calorie intake.

The energy density of butter is 7.2 which makes it a high energy density food.

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How nutritious is this food?

Micronutrients in butter as % of Recommended Daily Intake per serving.

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Nutrient Density Score for butter is 8/100 low).

The Nutrient Density Score tells you how much of the essential minerals, vitamins, amino acids and fatty acids you get per calorie. It helps you get the nutrients you need without consuming excess energy.

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Micronutrient Ratios

Advising the ratios of micronutrients in a complete diet maybe more informative than each single nutrient on its own. The table below shows major micronutrient ratios for butter

Nutrient Ratio Value Ideal Ratio
Omega6:Omega3 7.64 <4
Zinc:Copper 5.00 <12
Potassium:Sodium 0.07 >2
Caclcium:Magnesium 23.00 <2
Iron:Copper 10.00 <15
Calcium:Phosphorus 0.96 >1.3

Satiety Score

Satiety Score is a mathematical prediction of satiety based on macronutrients and micronutrients analysis of 650,000+ days of food logs.

satiety 38%

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This food is not insulinogenic with low insulin load.

Our insulinogenic formula determines the degree that food will raise your insulin levels in the short term.

2% of insulinogenic calories

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