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Therefore, for every gram of butter, there are 8mg of sodium. Knowing that very few of us measure things in milligrams, I applied some super tricky math (with lots of decimal points) and calculated some approximations for those times when you donât have salted butter on hand. 1  1 lb of butter contains 1.5 tsp salt.
There are three main types of nutrients: carbohydrate, protein and fat. Butter is almost exclusively fat -- the protein and carbohydrate content in a stick of unsalted butter totals less than 1 gram. Butter is high in saturated fat, a type of unhealthy solid fat that tends to raise your cholesterol levels. One stick of unsalted butter -- a common measure in baking -- contains about 810 calories and 58 grams of saturated fat. Each 1 tablespoon of butter contains 113 calories and 11.5 grams of fat.