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Nutrients and units of measure

The following is a list of the nutrients available and their units of measure:

NutrientUnit
Weightgram
Kilocaloriekilocalorie
Proteingram
Carbohydrategram
Fat, totalgram
Alcoholgram
Cholesterolmilligram
Saturated Fatgram
Monounsaturatedgram
Polyunsaturatedgram
MFA 18:1, Oleicgram
PFA 18:2, Linoleicgram
PFA 18:3, Linolenicgram
PFA 20:5, EPAgram
PFA 22:6, DHAgram
Trans Fatty Acidgram
Sodiummilligram
Potassiummilligram
Vitamin A (RE)retinol equivalent
Vitamin A (IU)international unit
Vitamin A (RAE)microgram
Beta-Carotenemicrogram
Vitamin Cmilligram
Calciummilligram
Ironmilligram
Vitamin D (µg)microgram
Vitamin D (IU)international unit
Vitamin Emilligram
Vitamin E (IU)international unit
Alpha-Tocopherolmilligram
Thiaminmilligram
Riboflavinmilligram
Niacin (Vitamin B3)milligram
Niacin Equivalentmilligram
Pyridoxine (Vitamin B6)milligram
Folate (Total)microgram
Folate (DFE)microgram
Cobalamin (Vitamin B12)microgram
Biotinmicrogram
Pantothenic Acidmilligram
Vitamin Kmicrogram
Phosphorousmilligram
Iodinemicrogram
Magnesiummilligram
Zincmilligram
Coppermilligram
Manganesemilligram
Seleniummicrogram
Fluoridemicrogram
Chromiummilligram
Molybdenummicrogram
Dietary Fiber, totalgram
Soluble Fibergram
Insoluble Fibergram
Crude Fibergram
Sugar, totalgram
Glucosegram
Galactosegram
Fructosegram
Sucrosegram
Lactosegram
Maltosegram
Tryptophanmilligram
Threoninemilligram
Isoleucinemilligram
Leucinemilligram
Lysinemilligram
Methioninemilligram
Cystinemilligram
Phenylalaninemilligram
Tyrosinemilligram
Valinemilligram
Argininemilligram
Histidinemilligram
Alaninemilligram
Aspartic Acidmilligram
Glutamic Acidmilligram
Glycinemilligram
Prolinemilligram
Serinemilligram
Moisturegram
Ashgram
Caffeinemilligram
SFA 4:0gram(s)
SFA 6:0gram(s)
SFA 8:0gram(s)
SFA 10:0gram(s)
SFA 12:0, Lauricgram(s)
SFA 14:0gram(s)
SFA 16:0, Palmiticgram(s)
SFA 17:0gram(s)
SFA 18:0, Stearicgram(s)
SFA 20:0gram(s)
SFA 22:0gram(s)
MFA 14:1gram(s)
MFA 16:1gram(s)
MFA 20:1gram(s)
MFA 22:1gram(s)
PFA 18:4gram(s)
PFA 20:4gram(s)
PFA 22:5gram(s)
Chloridemilligram(s)
Total Carotenoidretinol equivalent(s)
Niacin Equivalentmilligram(s)
Cholinemilligram(s)
Glutaminemilligram(s)
Taurinemilligram(s)
Osmolalitymilli-osmol(s)
Calories from Trans Fatkilocalorie(s)
Kilojouleskilojoule{s)
Sum of Trans Fat and Sat Fat (used in Canada)gram(s)
Salt (used in other regions)gram(s)
Available Carbohydrate (used in other regions)gram(s)