Cereal vs. Lemon meringue pie — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are cereal and lemon meringue pie different?

Cereal has more vitamin B1, vitamin B6, iron, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, zinc, vitamin A, vitamin C, and manganese than lemon meringue pie.
Daily need coverage for vitamin B1 for cereal is 514% higher.
Cereal contains 222 times more vitamin B6 than lemon meringue pie. While cereal contains 5.986mg of vitamin B6, lemon meringue pie contains only 0.027mg.
Lemon meringue pie has less sodium.

Cereals ready-to-eat, USDA Commodity Corn and Rice (includes all commodity brands) and Pie, lemon meringue, prepared from recipe are the varieties used in this article.

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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

Lemon meringue pie

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+216.7%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+61.5%
Contains more IronIron	+3306%
Contains more CopperCopper	+226.2%
Contains more ZincZinc	+2614.3%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+83.3%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+517.2%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+20%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-69.6%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+84.1%

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

Lemon meringue pie

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+1066.7%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+1793%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+5228.8%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+2334%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+3037.7%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+22070.4%

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0.214mg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B1	6.288mg	0.118mg	514%
Vitamin B6	5.986mg	0.027mg	458%
Iron	34.06mg	1mg	413%
Vitamin B2	3.87mg	0.159mg	285%
Vitamin B3	29.62mg	0.944mg	179%
Vitamin A	814µg	43µg	86%
Zinc	7.6mg	0.28mg	67%
Vitamin C	38.5mg	3.3mg	39%
Manganese	0.79mg	0.128mg	29%
Sodium	795mg	242mg	24%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.354g	3.331g	20%
Cholesterol		53mg	18%
Fats	1.08g	12.9g	18%
Carbs	86.85g	39.1g	16%
Monounsaturated fat	0.204g	5.582g	13%
Saturated fat	0.26g	3.185g	13%
Copper	0.137mg	0.042mg	11%
Selenium	6.3µg	11.6µg	10%
Fiber	1.4g		6%
Folate		25µg	6%
Vitamin B12		0.12µg	5%
Calories	378kcal	285kcal	5%
Protein	6.06g	3.8g	5%
Phosphorus	77mg	42mg	5%
Magnesium	19mg	6mg	3%
Vitamin E	0.08mg		1%
Potassium	105mg	65mg	1%
Net carbs	85.45g	39.1g	N/A
Calcium	10mg	12mg	0%
Sugar	10.35g		N/A
Vitamin B5	0.226mg	0.214mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.066mg	0.046mg	0%
Threonine	0.241mg	0.143mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.26mg	0.169mg	0%
Leucine	0.767mg	0.292mg	0%
Lysine	0.113mg	0.181mg	0%
Methionine	0.13mg	0.092mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.365mg	0.194mg	0%
Valine	0.344mg	0.192mg	0%
Histidine	0.162mg	0.087mg	0%
Fructose	0.26g		0%
Omega-3 - DHA	0g	0.005g	N/A