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Lucky Charms Cereal vs. Fruit roll ups — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are lucky Charms Cereal and fruit roll ups different?

  • Lucky Charms Cereal is higher in selenium and polyunsaturated fat; however, fruit roll ups are richer in vitamin C.
  • Daily need coverage for vitamin C for fruit roll ups is 104% higher.
  • Lucky Charms Cereal contains 17 times more polyunsaturated fat than fruit roll ups. While lucky Charms Cereal contains 1.542g of polyunsaturated fat, fruit roll ups contain only 0.093g.
  • Fruit roll ups have less sodium.
  • Lucky Charms Cereal has a lower glycemic index (69) than fruit roll ups (99).

Cereals ready-to-eat, GENERAL MILLS, LUCKY CHARMS and Snacks, GENERAL MILLS, BETTY CROCKER Fruit Roll Ups, berry flavored, with vitamin C 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.
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 53% 130% 20% 835% 71% 508% 124% 85% 283% 80%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 41% 0% 17%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +∞%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +∞%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +∞%
Contains more IronIron +∞%
Contains more CopperCopper +∞%
Contains more ZincZinc +∞%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +∞%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +∞%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +356.3%
Contains less SodiumSodium -51.1%

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.
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 89% 282% 9% 59% 434% 398% 474% 26% 695% 850% 3.5% 556% 8.8%
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 400% 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 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +351.1%

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Lucky Charms Cereal Fruit roll ups DV% diff.
Vitamin B12 6.8µg 283%
Iron 22.27mg 278%
Vitamin B6 3.01mg 232%
Folate 741µg 185%
Zinc 18.62mg 169%
Vitamin B3 25.3mg 158%
Vitamin B1 1.737mg 145%
Vitamin B2 1.723mg 133%
Vitamin C 26.6mg 120mg 104%
Manganese 2.173mg 94%
Vitamin A 847µg 94%
Calcium 434mg 43%
Phosphorus 289mg 41%
Copper 0.213mg 24%
Selenium 14.6µg 3.2µg 21%
Vitamin D 3.9µg 20%
Vitamin D 156IU 20%
Fiber 5g 20%
Magnesium 74mg 18%
Starch 37.17g 15%
Protein 7.67g 0.1g 15%
Sodium 648mg 317mg 14%
Polyunsaturated fat 1.542g 0.093g 10%
Vitamin B5 0.439mg 9%
Potassium 222mg 7%
Choline 16.1mg 3%
Vitamin E 0.45mg 3%
Fats 5.02g 3.5g 2%
Carbs 80.89g 85.2g 1%
Fructose 0.8g 1%
Vitamin K 1.4µg 1%
Calories 380kcal 373kcal 0%
Net carbs 75.89g 85.2g N/A
Sugar 36.13g 38.7g N/A
Trans fat 0.013g N/A
Saturated fat 0.885g 0.99g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 1.586g 1.724g 0%
Omega-3 - ALA 0.044g N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid 1.486g N/A

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
8% 5% 81% 4% 2%
Protein: 7.67 g
Fats: 5.02 g
Carbs: 80.89 g
Water: 4.15 g
Other: 2.27 g
4% 85% 10%
Protein: 0.1 g
Fats: 3.5 g
Carbs: 85.2 g
Water: 10.2 g
Other: 1 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +7570%
Contains more FatsFats +43.4%
Contains more OtherOther +127%
Contains more WaterWater +145.8%
~equal in Carbs ~85.2g

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
22% 40% 38%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.885 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 1.586 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 1.542 g
35% 61% 3%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.99 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 1.724 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.093 g
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -10.6%
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +1558.1%
~equal in Monounsaturated fat ~1.724g

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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. Fruit roll ups - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168808/nutrients

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

Data provided by FoodStruct.com should be considered and used as information only. Please consult your physician before beginning any diet.