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Snickers vs. Basil — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Summary of differences between snickers and basil

  • Snickers has less vitamin A, iron, vitamin C, and calcium than basil.
  • Basil covers your daily need for vitamin A, 103% more than snickers.
  • Snickers has 310 times more saturated fat than basil. While snickers has 12.703g of saturated fat, basil has only 0.041g.
  • The glycemic index of basil is higher.

These are the specific foods used in this comparison Candies, MARS SNACKFOOD US, SNICKERS CRUNCHER and Basil, fresh.

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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%
Basil
10
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 46% 53% 26% 119% 128% 22% 24% 0.52% 150% 1.6%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +96.7%
Contains more IronIron +366.2%
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%
Basil
11
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 60% 88% 16% 0% 8.5% 18% 17% 13% 36% 0% 1037% 51% 6.2%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +3500%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Snickers Basil DV% diff.
Vitamin K 414.8µg 346%
Saturated fat 12.703g 0.041g 58%
Manganese 1.148mg 50%
Copper 0.385mg 43%
Fats 24.38g 0.64g 37%
Iron 0.68mg 3.17mg 31%
Vitamin A 264µg 29%
Calories 488kcal 23kcal 23%
Carbs 62.85g 2.65g 20%
Vitamin C 0.5mg 18mg 19%
Folate 68µg 17%
Magnesium 64mg 15%
Vitamin B6 0.155mg 12%
Calcium 90mg 177mg 9%
Potassium 295mg 9%
Phosphorus 56mg 8%
Sodium 189mg 4mg 8%
Zinc 0.81mg 7%
Protein 6.86g 3.15g 7%
Vitamin B2 0.076mg 6%
Vitamin B3 0.902mg 6%
Vitamin E 0.8mg 5%
Vitamin B5 0.209mg 4%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.389g 3%
Vitamin B1 0.034mg 3%
Cholesterol 9mg 0mg 3%
Choline 11.4mg 2%
Selenium 0.3µg 1%
Fiber 1.9g 1.6g 1%
Net carbs 60.95g 1.05g N/A
Sugar 46.54g 0.3g N/A
Trans fat 0.394g 0g N/A
Monounsaturated fat 0.088g 0%
Tryptophan 0.039mg 0%
Threonine 0.104mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.104mg 0%
Leucine 0.191mg 0%
Lysine 0.11mg 0%
Methionine 0.036mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.13mg 0%
Valine 0.127mg 0%
Histidine 0.051mg 0%
Fructose 0.02g 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
Basil
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3% 3% 92%
Protein: 3.15 g
Fats: 0.64 g
Carbs: 2.65 g
Water: 92.06 g
Other: 1.5 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +117.8%
Contains more FatsFats +3709.4%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +2271.7%
Contains more WaterWater +1959.5%
~equal in Other ~1.5g

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
Basil
3
8% 17% 75%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.041 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.088 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.389 g
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -99.7%

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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. Basil - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/172232/nutrients

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

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