Cereal vs. Tuna salad — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the main differences between cereal and tuna salad?

Cereal is richer in vitamin B1, vitamin B6, iron, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, zinc, vitamin A, vitamin C, and manganese, while tuna salad is higher in selenium.
Cereal's daily need coverage for vitamin B1 is 521% higher.
Tuna salad has 74 times less vitamin B6 than cereal. Cereal has 5.986mg of vitamin B6, while tuna salad has 0.081mg.

We used Cereals ready-to-eat, USDA Commodity Corn and Rice (includes all commodity brands) and Fish, tuna salad 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

Tuna salad

Contains more IronIron	+3306%
Contains more ZincZinc	+1257.1%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+1875%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+70%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+69.5%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+131.2%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-49.4%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+554%

~equal in Magnesium ~19mg

~equal in Copper ~0.145mg

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

Tuna salad

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+1650%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+3291.7%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+20183.9%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+5428.6%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+342.1%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+7290.1%

Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5

+15%

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B1	6.288mg	0.031mg	521%
Vitamin B6	5.986mg	0.081mg	454%
Iron	34.06mg	1mg	413%
Vitamin B2	3.87mg	0.07mg	292%
Vitamin B3	29.62mg	6.7mg	143%
Vitamin A	814µg	24µg	88%
Zinc	7.6mg	0.56mg	64%
Selenium	6.3µg	41.2µg	63%
Vitamin B12		1.2µg	50%
Vitamin C	38.5mg	2.2mg	40%
Manganese	0.79mg	0.04mg	33%
Carbs	86.85g	9.41g	26%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.354g	4.122g	25%
Protein	6.06g	16.04g	20%
Sodium	795mg	402mg	17%
Phosphorus	77mg	178mg	14%
Fats	1.08g	9.26g	13%
Calories	378kcal	187kcal	10%
Monounsaturated fat	0.204g	2.887g	7%
Saturated fat	0.26g	1.544g	6%
Fiber	1.4g	0g	6%
Cholesterol		13mg	4%
Potassium	105mg	178mg	2%
Folate		8µg	2%
Vitamin E	0.08mg		1%
Copper	0.137mg	0.145mg	1%
Calcium	10mg	17mg	1%
Vitamin B5	0.226mg	0.26mg	1%
Net carbs	85.45g	9.41g	N/A
Magnesium	19mg	19mg	0%
Sugar	10.35g		N/A
Tryptophan	0.066mg	0.18mg	0%
Threonine	0.241mg	0.701mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.26mg	0.739mg	0%
Leucine	0.767mg	1.293mg	0%
Lysine	0.113mg	1.457mg	0%
Methionine	0.13mg	0.47mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.365mg	0.626mg	0%
Valine	0.344mg	0.824mg	0%
Histidine	0.162mg	0.467mg	0%
Fructose	0.26g		0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0g	0.014g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0g	0.055g	N/A