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Snickers vs. Bamboo shoots — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on differences between snickers and bamboo shoots

  • Snickers is higher than bamboo shoots in calcium.
  • Snickers covers your daily saturated fat needs 63% more than bamboo shoots.
  • Snickers contains 47 times more sodium than bamboo shoots. While snickers contains 189mg of sodium, bamboo shoots contain only 4mg.
  • The amount of saturated fat in bamboo shoots is lower.
  • The glycemic index of bamboo shoots is lower.

Food varieties used in this article are Candies, MARS SNACKFOOD US, SNICKERS CRUNCHER and Bamboo shoots, raw.

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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 0% 27% 0% 26% 0% 0% 0% 25% 0% 0%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 2.1% 3.9% 47% 19% 63% 30% 25% 0.52% 34% 4.4%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +592.3%
Contains more IronIron +36%
Contains less SodiumSodium -97.9%

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% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 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 13% 0.33% 20% 0% 38% 16% 11% 9.7% 55% 0% 0% 5.3% 0%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +700%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin K ~0µg
~equal in Choline ~0mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Snickers Bamboo shoots DV% diff.
Saturated fat 12.703g 0.069g 57%
Fats 24.38g 0.3g 37%
Calories 488kcal 27kcal 23%
Copper 0.19mg 21%
Carbs 62.85g 5.2g 19%
Vitamin B6 0.24mg 18%
Potassium 533mg 16%
Vitamin B1 0.15mg 13%
Manganese 0.262mg 11%
Zinc 1.1mg 10%
Protein 6.86g 2.6g 9%
Phosphorus 59mg 8%
Calcium 90mg 13mg 8%
Sodium 189mg 4mg 8%
Vitamin E 1mg 7%
Vitamin B2 0.07mg 5%
Vitamin B3 0.6mg 4%
Vitamin C 0.5mg 4mg 4%
Vitamin B5 0.161mg 3%
Cholesterol 9mg 0mg 3%
Iron 0.68mg 0.5mg 2%
Folate 7µg 2%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.134g 1%
Selenium 0.8µg 1%
Fiber 1.9g 2.2g 1%
Magnesium 3mg 1%
Net carbs 60.95g 3g N/A
Sugar 46.54g 3g N/A
Vitamin A 1µg 0%
Trans fat 0.394g 0g N/A
Monounsaturated fat 0.007g 0%
Tryptophan 0.027mg 0%
Threonine 0.086mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.088mg 0%
Leucine 0.14mg 0%
Lysine 0.134mg 0%
Methionine 0.03mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.09mg 0%
Valine 0.106mg 0%
Histidine 0.042mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
7% 24% 63% 4%
Protein: 6.86 g
Fats: 24.38 g
Carbs: 62.85 g
Water: 4.47 g
Other: 1.44 g
3% 5% 91%
Protein: 2.6 g
Fats: 0.3 g
Carbs: 5.2 g
Water: 91 g
Other: 0.9 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +163.8%
Contains more FatsFats +8026.7%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +1108.7%
Contains more OtherOther +60%
Contains more WaterWater +1935.8%

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
100%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 12.703 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0 g
33% 3% 64%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.069 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.007 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.134 g
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -99.5%

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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. Snickers - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169663/nutrients
  2. Bamboo shoots - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169210/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.