Cereal vs. Hot sauce — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the main differences between cereal and hot sauce?

Cereal is richer in vitamin B1, vitamin B6, iron, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, zinc, vitamin A, and manganese, while hot sauce is higher in vitamin C.
Cereal's daily need coverage for vitamin B1 is 521% higher.
Hot sauce has 117 times less vitamin B3 than cereal. Cereal has 29.62mg of vitamin B3, while hot sauce has 0.254mg.
Cereal is lower in sodium.

We used Cereals ready-to-eat, USDA Commodity Corn and Rice (includes all commodity brands) and Sauce, ready-to-serve, pepper or hot types in this comparison.

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Mineral Comparison

Mineral comparison score is based on the number of minerals by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.

Cereal

Hot sauce

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+280%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+25%
Contains more IronIron	+6995.8%
Contains more CopperCopper	+389.3%
Contains more ZincZinc	+6809.1%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+600%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-69.9%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+1512.2%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+∞%

Contains more PotassiumPotassium

+37.1%

Vitamin Comparison

Vitamin comparison score is based on the number of vitamins by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.

Cereal

Hot sauce

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+10075%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+17366.7%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+4619.5%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+11561.4%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+105.5%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+3712.7%

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+94.3%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+50%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+∞%

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B1	6.288mg	0.036mg	521%
Vitamin B6	5.986mg	0.157mg	448%
Iron	34.06mg	0.48mg	420%
Vitamin B2	3.87mg	0.082mg	291%
Vitamin B3	29.62mg	0.254mg	184%
Vitamin A	814µg	8µg	90%
Sodium	795mg	2643mg	80%
Zinc	7.6mg	0.11mg	68%
Vitamin C	38.5mg	74.8mg	40%
Manganese	0.79mg	0.049mg	32%
Carbs	86.85g	1.75g	28%
Calories	378kcal	11kcal	18%
Copper	0.137mg	0.028mg	12%
Protein	6.06g	0.51g	11%
Selenium	6.3µg	0µg	11%
Phosphorus	77mg	11mg	9%
Fiber	1.4g	0.3g	4%
Magnesium	19mg	5mg	3%
Vitamin B5	0.226mg	0.11mg	2%
Vitamin K	0µg	2.4µg	2%
Folate		6µg	2%
Fats	1.08g	0.37g	1%
Potassium	105mg	144mg	1%
Saturated fat	0.26g	0.052g	1%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.354g	0.196g	1%
Protein per 100 calories	1.6g	4.6g	N/A
Calories per 10 g protein	624kcal	216kcal	N/A
Weight per 100 calories	26g	909g	N/A
Net carbs	85.45g	1.45g	N/A
Calcium	10mg	8mg	0%
Sugar	10.35g	1.26g	N/A
Vitamin E	0.08mg	0.12mg	0%
Monounsaturated fat	0.204g	0.03g	0%
Tryptophan	0.066mg	0.007mg	0%
Threonine	0.241mg	0.019mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.26mg	0.017mg	0%
Leucine	0.767mg	0.027mg	0%
Lysine	0.113mg	0.023mg	0%
Methionine	0.13mg	0.006mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.365mg	0.016mg	0%
Valine	0.344mg	0.022mg	0%
Histidine	0.162mg	0.01mg	0%
Fructose	0.26g		0%