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| Amount Per 2 empanadas | |||
| Calories | 370 Kcal (1549 kJ) | ||
| Calories from fat | 108 Kcal | ||
| % Daily Value* | |||
| Total Fat | 12g | 18% | |
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| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% | |
| Cholesterol | 15mg | 5% | |
| Sodium | 930mg | 39% | |
| Total Carbs | 56g | 19% | |
| Sugars | 4g | 16% | |
| Dietary Fiber | 4g | 16% | |
| Protein | 11g | 22% | |
| Vitamin A | 0.2mg | 6% | |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% | |
| Calcium | 200mg | 20% | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.
Ingredients And Nutrition Overview
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WeightWatchers Points: 7.6, PointsPlus: 10, SmartPoints: 11
WeightWatchers Points are estimated by carbohydrates, fats, protein and fiber in product. They are not an affirmation of better quality or nutritional value of the product or its manufacturer. Only way to count for dieters. Less points are better.
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Much saturated fat
Too much saturated fat raises blood cholesterol, that can increase the risk of heart disease.
This fact has been approved by most health organizations in the world.
You have to limit the intake of it by your recommended daily intake.
Ideally, we should eat less than 10% of calories from saturated fat, so the reference value for an average adult is 24 grams daily.
Remember: a 1-ounce slice of regular cheese has nearly 5 grams of saturated fat.
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Salty! Has over 39% of the daily sodium max
The average American consumes 5,000 mg of sodium daily — twice the recommended amount amount of 2400mg for healthy adults, this is 1 teaspoon of salt.
For medical reasons many people should not exceed 1500mg of sodium.
Surprisingly, you're responsible for only 15% of the sodium in your diet the bigger part - 75% of the sodium that you consume each day comes from processed foods, not home cooking or the salt shaker.
Excess sodium intake increases the risk of high blood pressure, hypernatremia, hypertension, cardiovascular disease and other heart problems.
Are these reasons enough to cut the sodium intake? No doubt! -
Convert Salt tsps to Sodium mg easily
Salt (NaCl) is not excactly sodium (Na).
It is not right to use these terms as synonyms.
The FDA recommended limit of sodium is 2,300 mg per day (or even less - about 1500 mg while one is on low sodium diets).
This is much less than the weight of salt.
(5,750 mg per day or 3,750 mg for low sodium diet) and not so convenient to calculate.
Know how much sodium is in your salt - without a calculator:
1/4 tsp salt = 600 mg sodium
1/2 tsp salt = 1200 mg sodium
3/4 tsp salt = 1800 mg sodium
1 tsp salt = 2300 mg sodium -
2 tsp of sugars per serving
This volume includes both naturally occurring from ingredients and specially added sugars.
USDA tells us that last years each American consumed an average 130 pounds of caloric sweeteners per year!
That works out to 30 tsp of sugars per day approximately 480 extra calories!
Just to think: Eating just 200 more calories daily than your body requires for body functioning and exercise leads to a 20-pound weight gain in a year. -
Great source of fiber! More than 16% daily!
Eat more fiber. You've heard it many times. But why it is so good for your health?
Dietary fiber is best known for its ability to make our digestion going right.
So want to prevent or relieve constipation - eat more fiber!
There are also other great health benefits as well, such as lowering your risk of diabetes, heart disease and cancer, and helping to maintain a healthy weight by helping to feel you full longer.
The best source of fiber are fruits, vegetables, whole grains and legumes and not processed foods with added fiber. -
A very good natural source of Iron
You get real, natural easy absorbing Iron from this product, not as an artificial fortified ingredient.
This is great! Let's try to get the best from the real food, because we get too much from artificial ingredients nowdays. -
Learn about veggies and iron
Veggies such as broccoli, bok choy, spinach, parsley and most leafy greens are naturally high in iron.
However, compared to other high-iron foods, like red meat, fish and poultry, the iron in plant foods is not absorbed as easily by the body. What can you do to increase the absorption of iron from these plant foods?
- Vitamin C increases the absorption - so try having a fresh tomato, lemon juice, or an orange together with your high iron food
- Avoid drinking too much coffee - caffeine can decrease the absorption of iron
- In addition to caffeine, the tannins found in tea can also reduce iron absorption
- If you are a vegetarian, try having iron-fortified breakfast cereals, legumes, and eggs
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Contains MSG!
Monosodium Glutamate is used as a flavor enhancer with an umami taste that intensifies the meaty, savory flavor of food.
Naturally occurring glutamate does it in foods such as stews and meat soups.
Despite the fact that MSG is one of the most extensively studied food ingredients and is generally recognized as safe (GRAS) by FDA.
Some people should steer away from it as they feel that react adversely to MSG.
MSG is generally found in processed, low-quality foods, stuff that you shouldn’t be eating much.
REMEMBER: Any food ingredient listed as hydrolyzed, protein-fortified, ultra-pasteurized, fermented or enzyme-modified is often MSG, or creates free glutamic acid during processing.
Allergens
Milk Allergy, Lactose Allergy, Soy Allergy, Corn Allergy, Gluten Allergy, Wheat Allergy
Pizza empanadas Ingredients
Filling: Low Moisture part Skim mozzarella Cheese (Pasteurized Part Skim Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes, Calcium Chloride), Water, Tomato Paste (Tomato, Salt, Citric Acid, Calcium Chloride), Pizza Seasoning (Sugar, Salt, Dehydrated Tomato, Dehydrated Onions, Nonfat Dry Milk, Dehydrated Romano Cheese [Pasteurized Cow's Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes], Natural Flavors, Dehydrated Garlic, Spices, Monosodium Glutamate, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Whey, Citric Acid, Extractives of Paprika and Turmeric, Parsley, Dextrose, Artificial Flavors, Caramel Color), Modified Cornstarch, Dehydrated Garlic, Spice. Dough: Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Shortening (Made from Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil), Salt, Sugar, Dough Conditioner (Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Calcium Sulfate, L-Cysteine Hydrochloride), Annatto.
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% RDI of Main Nutrition Facts
19%
of RDI* (370 calories) 0 g
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Cal: 18.5 %
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Fat: 18.5 %
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Carb: 18.7 %
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Prot: 22 %
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0%25%75%RDI norm*
Calories Breakdown
- Carbs (59.6%)
- Fat (28.7%)
- Protein (11.7%)
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