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Ice creams, chocolate, rich vs. Mars — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Summary of differences between ice creams, chocolate, rich and mars

  • The amount of vitamin A and calcium in ice creams, chocolate, rich is higher than in mars.
  • Ice creams, chocolate, rich covers your daily need for cholesterol, 16% more than mars.
  • Ice creams, chocolate, rich contains 4 times more vitamin A than mars. While ice creams, chocolate, rich contains 713IU of vitamin A, mars contains only 167IU.
  • The amount of cholesterol in mars is lower.

These are the specific foods used in this comparison Ice creams, chocolate, rich and Candies, MARS SNACKFOOD US, M&M's Crispy Chocolate Candies.

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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.
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 23% 43% 21% 38% 58% 17% 49% 7.4% 23% 11%
Mars
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Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 0% 27% 0% 32% 0% 0% 0% 18% 0% 0%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +∞%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +57.8%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +∞%
Contains more IronIron +18.6%
Contains more CopperCopper +∞%
Contains more ZincZinc +∞%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +∞%
Contains less SodiumSodium -58.1%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +∞%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +∞%

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.
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin B1 Vit. B1 Vitamin B2 Vit. B2 Vitamin B3 Vit. B3 Vitamin B5 Vit. B5 Vitamin B6 Vit. B6 Vitamin B12 Vit. B12 Vitamin K Vit. K Folate Folate Choline Choline 1.7% 67% 9.2% 4.5% 7.5% 39% 3.4% 20% 7.6% 23% 3.8% 3.8% 19%
Mars
0
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin B1 Vit. B1 Vitamin B2 Vit. B2 Vitamin B3 Vit. B3 Vitamin B5 Vit. B5 Vitamin B6 Vit. B6 Vitamin B12 Vit. B12 Vitamin K Vit. K Folate Folate Choline Choline 1.7% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +∞%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +∞%
Contains more FolateFolate +∞%
Contains more CholineCholine +∞%
~equal in Vitamin C ~0.5mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Ice creams, chocolate, rich Mars DV% diff.
Vitamin A 201µg 22%
Copper 0.175mg 19%
Carbs 19.78g 72.4g 18%
Phosphorus 115mg 16%
Cholesterol 60mg 12mg 16%
Vitamin B2 0.167mg 13%
Monounsaturated fat 4.794g 12%
Calories 251kcal 475kcal 11%
Magnesium 32mg 8%
Manganese 0.173mg 8%
Vitamin B12 0.18µg 8%
Potassium 238mg 7%
Vitamin B5 0.336mg 7%
Saturated fat 10.377g 11.651g 6%
Choline 34.7mg 6%
Zinc 0.64mg 6%
Calcium 142mg 90mg 5%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.658g 4%
Fats 16.98g 19.32g 4%
Selenium 2.1µg 4%
Fiber 0.9g 2g 4%
Vitamin B1 0.03mg 3%
Sodium 57mg 136mg 3%
Vitamin B6 0.033mg 3%
Vitamin E 0.46mg 3%
Vitamin D 0.3µg 2%
Iron 1.02mg 0.86mg 2%
Vitamin D 12IU 2%
Folate 5µg 1%
Caffeine 4mg 1%
Vitamin K 1.5µg 1%
Vitamin B3 0.182mg 1%
Protein 4.72g 4.28g 1%
Vitamin C 0.5mg 0.5mg 0%
Net carbs 18.88g 70.4g N/A
Sugar 17.35g 58.94g N/A
Trans fat 0.131g N/A

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
5% 17% 20% 58%
Protein: 4.72 g
Fats: 16.98 g
Carbs: 19.78 g
Water: 57.52 g
Other: 1 g
Mars
3
4% 19% 72% 2% 2%
Protein: 4.28 g
Fats: 19.32 g
Carbs: 72.4 g
Water: 1.7 g
Other: 2.3 g
Contains more WaterWater +3283.5%
Contains more FatsFats +13.8%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +266%
Contains more OtherOther +130%
~equal in Protein ~4.28g

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
66% 30% 4%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 10.377 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 4.794 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.658 g
Mars
0
100%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 11.651 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0 g
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -10.9%
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +∞%
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +∞%

References

All the values for which the sources are not specified explicitly are taken from FDA’s Food Central. The exact link to the food presented on this page can be found below.

  1. Ice creams, chocolate, rich - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168136/nutrients
  2. Mars - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168814/nutrients

All the Daily Values are presented for males aged 31-50, for 2000-calorie diets.

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