General Mills Cinnamon Toast Crunch vs. Lucky Charms Cereal — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Important differences between general Mills Cinnamon Toast Crunch and lucky Charms Cereal

General Mills Cinnamon Toast Crunch has more vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin E, and vitamin D; however, lucky Charms Cereal is richer in folate, manganese, vitamin B6, iron, selenium, and phosphorus.
Lucky Charms Cereal's daily need coverage for folate is 93% more.
General Mills Cinnamon Toast Crunch contains 5 times more vitamin E than lucky Charms Cereal. General Mills Cinnamon Toast Crunch contains 2.14mg of vitamin E, while lucky Charms Cereal contains 0.45mg.

The food varieties used in the comparison are Cereals ready-to-eat, GENERAL MILLS, CINNAMON TOAST CRUNCH and Cereals ready-to-eat, GENERAL MILLS, LUCKY CHARMS.

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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.

General Mills Cinnamon Toast Crunch

Lucky Charms Cereal

Contains less SodiumSodium

-12.5%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+37%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+10.4%
Contains more CopperCopper	+10.9%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+45.2%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+40.6%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+210.6%

~equal in Calcium ~434mg

~equal in Iron ~22.27mg

~equal in Zinc ~18.62mg

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.

General Mills Cinnamon Toast Crunch

Lucky Charms Cereal

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+375.6%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+35.9%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+42%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+20%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+571.4%

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+37.1%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+11.5%
Contains more FolateFolate	+101.4%
Contains more CholineCholine	+22.9%

~equal in Vitamin A ~847µg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~25.3mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0.439mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~6.8µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Folate	368µg	741µg	93%
Vitamin B1	2.467mg	1.737mg	61%
Manganese	1.545mg	2.173mg	27%
Vitamin B2	2.067mg	1.723mg	26%
Vitamin B6	2.7mg	3.01mg	24%
Iron	20.48mg	22.27mg	22%
Selenium	4.7µg	14.6µg	18%
Phosphorus	199mg	289mg	13%
Vitamin E	2.14mg	0.45mg	11%
Fructose	8.2g	0.8g	9%
Fats	10.25g	5.02g	8%
Vitamin C	19.4mg	26.6mg	8%
Monounsaturated fat	4.92g	1.586g	8%
Vitamin A	918µg	847µg	8%
Vitamin D	5.3µg	3.9µg	7%
Fiber	6.8g	5g	7%
Vitamin D	210IU	156IU	7%
Vitamin K	9.4µg	1.4µg	7%
Vitamin B12	6.65µg	6.8µg	6%
Zinc	18.12mg	18.62mg	5%
Magnesium	54mg	74mg	5%
Vitamin B3	24.533mg	25.3mg	5%
Sodium	567mg	648mg	4%
Protein	5.45g	7.67g	4%
Polyunsaturated fat	2.11g	1.542g	4%
Calories	410kcal	380kcal	2%
Copper	0.192mg	0.213mg	2%
Vitamin B5	0.465mg	0.439mg	1%
Potassium	201mg	222mg	1%
Choline	13.1mg	16.1mg	1%
Calcium	444mg	434mg	1%
Carbs	77.99g	80.89g	1%
Starch	35.2g	37.17g	1%
Net carbs	71.19g	75.89g	N/A
Sugar	30.3g	36.13g	N/A
Trans fat	0.017g	0.013g	N/A
Saturated fat	0.975g	0.885g	0%
Tryptophan	0.074mg		0%
Threonine	0.181mg		0%
Isoleucine	0.191mg		0%
Leucine	0.372mg		0%
Lysine	0.085mg		0%
Methionine	0.085mg		0%
Phenylalanine	0.245mg		0%
Valine	0.255mg		0%
Histidine	0.127mg		0%
Omega-3 - ALA	0.165g	0.044g	N/A
Omega-6 - Gamma-linoleic acid	0.008g	0g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid	0.003g	0g	N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid	1.918g	1.486g	N/A