Post Golden Crisp Cereal vs. General Mills Cinnamon Toast Crunch — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on differences between post Golden Crisp Cereal and general Mills Cinnamon Toast Crunch

Post Golden Crisp Cereal has more selenium; however, general Mills Cinnamon Toast Crunch is higher in iron, zinc, vitamin B1, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, calcium, vitamin B3, vitamin B2, and vitamin C.
General Mills Cinnamon Toast Crunch covers your daily iron needs 172% more than post Golden Crisp Cereal.
General Mills Cinnamon Toast Crunch contains 10 times less selenium than post Golden Crisp Cereal. Post Golden Crisp Cereal contains 48.6µg of selenium, while general Mills Cinnamon Toast Crunch contains 4.7µg.

Food varieties used in this article are Cereals ready-to-eat, POST, GOLDEN CRISP and Cereals ready-to-eat, GENERAL MILLS, CINNAMON TOAST CRUNCH.

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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.

Post Golden Crisp Cereal

General Mills Cinnamon Toast Crunch

Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+14.1%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-83.2%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+934%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+2860%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+14.2%
Contains more IronIron	+205.7%
Contains more ZincZinc	+223.6%

~equal in Magnesium ~54mg

~equal in Copper ~0.192mg

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.

Post Golden Crisp Cereal

General Mills Cinnamon Toast Crunch

Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D

+39.6%

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+10.3%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+548.5%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+76.2%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+29.2%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+32.6%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+42.1%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+18.8%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+944.4%

~equal in Folate ~368µg

~equal in Choline ~13.1mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Iron	6.7mg	20.48mg	172%
Zinc	5.6mg	18.12mg	114%
Vitamin B1	1.4mg	2.467mg	89%
Selenium	48.6µg	4.7µg	80%
Manganese		1.545mg	67%
Vitamin B6	1.9mg	2.7mg	62%
Vitamin B12	5.6µg	6.65µg	44%
Calcium	15mg	444mg	43%
Vitamin B3	18.5mg	24.533mg	38%
Vitamin B2	1.6mg	2.067mg	36%
Vitamin C	0mg	19.4mg	22%
Sodium	95mg	567mg	21%
Starch		35.2g	14%
Fats	1.7g	10.25g	13%
Vitamin E	0.33mg	2.14mg	12%
Monounsaturated fat	0.6g	4.92g	11%
Vitamin D	296IU	210IU	11%
Vitamin D	7.4µg	5.3µg	11%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.6g	2.11g	10%
Fructose		8.2g	10%
Vitamin A	832µg	918µg	10%
Vitamin B5		0.465mg	9%
Fiber	5g	6.8g	7%
Vitamin K	0.9µg	9.4µg	7%
Phosphorus	227mg	199mg	4%
Saturated fat	0.2g	0.975g	4%
Carbs	90.1g	77.99g	4%
Calories	380kcal	410kcal	2%
Potassium	176mg	201mg	1%
Folate	370µg	368µg	1%
Magnesium	59mg	54mg	1%
Copper	0.2mg	0.192mg	1%
Protein	5.5g	5.45g	0%
Net carbs	85.1g	71.19g	N/A
Sugar	53.6g	30.3g	N/A
Trans fat	0g	0.017g	N/A
Choline	13.8mg	13.1mg	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	N/A
Omega-6 - Gamma-linoleic acid		0.008g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid		0.003g	N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid		1.918g	N/A