• Question: What nutrients does pork give you

    Asked by dodger12 to Willem on 11 Mar 2014.
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      Willem Heijltjes answered on 11 Mar 2014:

      Hi Dodger!

      Hey, I’m a computer scientist, I’m not supposed to know 😉

      But, since you asked, here you go:

      Per 100 g pork loin:

      Energy 1,013 kJ (242 kcal)
      Carbohydrates 0.00 g
      – Sugars 0.00 g
      – Dietary fibre 0.0 g
      Fat 13.92 g
      – saturated 5.230 g
      – monounsaturated 6.190 g
      – polyunsaturated 1.200 g
      Protein 27.32 g
      – Tryptophan 0.338 g
      – Threonine 1.234 g
      – Isoleucine 1.260 g
      – Leucine 2.177 g
      – Lysine 2.446 g
      – Methionine 0.712 g
      – Cystine 0.344 g
      – Phenylalanine 1.086 g
      – Tyrosine 0.936 g
      – Valine 1.473 g
      – Arginine 1.723 g
      – Histidine 1.067 g
      – Alanine 1.603 g
      – Aspartic acid 2.512 g
      – Glutamic acid 4.215 g
      – Glycine 1.409 g
      – Proline 1.158 g
      – Serine 1.128 g
      Water 57.87 g
      Vitamin B6 0.464 mg (36%)
      Vitamin B12 0.70 μg (29%)
      Choline 93.9 mg (19%)
      Vitamin C 0.6 mg (1%)
      Vitamin D 53 IU (9%)
      Calcium 19 mg (2%)
      Iron 0.87 mg (7%)
      Magnesium 28 mg (8%)
      Phosphorus 246 mg (35%)
      Potassium 423 mg (9%)
      Sodium 62 mg (4%)
      Zinc 2.39 mg (25%)

      (from USDA, via Wikipedia)

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