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Lucky Charms Cereal vs. Pilaf — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Important differences between lucky Charms Cereal and pilaf

  • Lucky Charms Cereal has more vitamin B12, iron, vitamin B6, zinc, folate, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, vitamin B1, vitamin A, and manganese than pilaf.
  • Lucky Charms Cereal's daily need coverage for vitamin B12 is 282% more.
  • Lucky Charms Cereal contains 212 times more vitamin A than pilaf. Lucky Charms Cereal contains 847µg of vitamin A, while pilaf contains 4µg.

The food varieties used in the comparison are Cereals ready-to-eat, GENERAL MILLS, LUCKY CHARMS and Rice and vermicelli mix, rice pilaf flavor, unprepared.

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Mineral Comparison

The mineral comparison score is based on which food has a more favorable amount of each mineral. The �coverage� charts below show how much of the daily mineral needs are covered by the selected amount of each 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%
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Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 23% 25% 17% 92% 55% 28% 66% 170% 115% 177%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +131.3%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +422.9%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +18.1%
Contains more IronIron +812.7%
Contains more CopperCopper +28.3%
Contains more ZincZinc +1743.6%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +87.7%
Contains less SodiumSodium -50.3%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +146.4%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +121.9%

Vitamin Comparison

The vitamin comparison score is based on the number of vitamins in which one food is richer than the other. The �coverage� charts below show how much of the daily vitamin needs are covered by the selected amount of each food.
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E 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 89% 59% 282% 9% 434% 398% 474% 26% 695% 850% 3.5% 556%
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Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E 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 14% 0% 1.3% 0.8% 151% 20% 115% 43% 92% 2.5% 1.3% 159%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +548.8%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D +∞%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +21075%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +1025%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +188.1%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +1880.5%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +312.9%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +652.5%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12 +33900%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +180%
Contains more FolateFolate +249.5%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +62.9%

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Lucky Charms Cereal Pilaf DV% diff.
Vitamin B12 6.8µg 0.02µg 283%
Iron 22.27mg 2.44mg 248%
Vitamin B6 3.01mg 0.4mg 201%
Zinc 18.62mg 1.01mg 160%
Folate 741µg 212µg 132%
Vitamin B2 1.723mg 0.087mg 126%
Vitamin B3 25.3mg 6.127mg 120%
Vitamin B1 1.737mg 0.603mg 95%
Vitamin A 847µg 4µg 94%
Manganese 2.173mg 0.882mg 56%
Calcium 434mg 83mg 35%
Selenium 14.6µg 32.4µg 32%
Sodium 648mg 1303mg 28%
Vitamin C 26.6mg 4.1mg 25%
Vitamin D* 156 IU 0 IU 20%
Vitamin D 3.9µg 0µg 20%
Phosphorus 289mg 154mg 19%
Fiber 5g 1.2g 15%
Starch 37.17g 71.23g 14%
Magnesium 74mg 32mg 10%
Omega-6 (Linoleic acid) 1.486g 9%
Polyunsaturated fat 1.542g 0.377g 8%
Protein 7.67g 10.42g 6%
Fats 5.02g 1.37g 6%
Vitamin B5 0.439mg 0.715mg 6%
Copper 0.213mg 0.166mg 5%
Vitamin E 0.45mg 0.04mg 3%
Saturated fat 0.885g 0.307g 3%
Monounsaturated fat 1.586g 0.373g 3%
Omega-3 (ALA) 0.044g 3%
Carbs 80.89g 76.31g 2%
Calories 380kcal 359kcal 1%
Potassium 222mg 188mg 1%
Vitamin K 1.4µg 0.5µg 1%
Fructose 0.8g 0g 1%
Protein per 100 calories 2g 2.9g N/A
Calories per 10 g protein 495kcal 345kcal N/A
Weight per 100 calories 26g 28g N/A
Unsaturated / Saturated Fat ratio 3.5 2.4 N/A
Net carbs 75.89g 75.11g N/A
Cholesterol 0mg 1mg 0%
Sugar 36.13g 1.53g N/A
Trans fat 0.013g 0g N/A
Choline 16.1mg 17.5mg 0%
Tryptophan 0.086mg 0%
Threonine 0.221mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.279mg 0%
Leucine 0.523mg 0%
Lysine 0.189mg 0%
Methionine 0.145mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.32mg 0%
Valine 0.374mg 0%
Histidine 0.15mg 0%

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
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10% 76% 8% 4%
Protein: 10.42 g
Fats: 1.37 g
Carbs: 76.31 g
Water: 8.04 g
Other: 3.86 g
Contains more FatsFats +266.4%
Contains more ProteinProtein +35.9%
Contains more WaterWater +93.7%
~equal in Carbs ~76.31g

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
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29% 35% 36%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.307 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.373 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.377 g
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +325.2%
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +309%
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -65.3%

Carbohydrate type comparison

Carbohydrate type breakdown side-by-side comparison
51% 39% 6% 2%
Starch: 37.17 g
Sucrose: 28.9 g
Glucose: 4.7 g
Fructose: 0.8 g
Lactose: 0 g
Maltose: 1.73 g
Galactose: 0 g
Pilaf
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98%
Starch: 71.23 g
Sucrose: 0.3 g
Glucose: 0.1 g
Fructose: 0 g
Lactose: 0 g
Maltose: 1.13 g
Galactose: 0 g
Contains more SucroseSucrose +9533.3%
Contains more GlucoseGlucose +4600%
Contains more FructoseFructose +∞%
Contains more MaltoseMaltose +53.1%
Contains more StarchStarch +91.6%
~equal in Lactose ~0g
~equal in Galactose ~0g

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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. Pilaf - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168951/nutrients

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

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