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Snickers vs. Cassava — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Summary of differences between snickers and cassava

  • Snickers has more calcium and iron; however, cassava is higher in vitamin C.
  • Snickers covers your daily need for saturated fat, 63% more than cassava.
  • Snickers has 27 times more sugar than cassava. While snickers has 46.54g of sugar, cassava has only 1.7g.
  • Cassava has less saturated fat.
  • The glycemic index of cassava is higher.

These are the specific foods used in this comparison Candies, MARS SNACKFOOD US, SNICKERS CRUNCHER and Cassava, 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 15% 4.8% 24% 10% 33% 9.3% 12% 1.8% 50% 3.8%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +462.5%
Contains more IronIron +151.9%
Contains less SodiumSodium -92.6%

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%
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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 69% 0.33% 3.8% 0% 22% 11% 16% 6.4% 20% 0% 4.8% 20% 13%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +4020%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Snickers Cassava DV% diff.
Saturated fat 12.703g 0.074g 57%
Fats 24.38g 0.28g 37%
Vitamin C 0.5mg 20.6mg 22%
Manganese 0.384mg 17%
Calories 488kcal 160kcal 16%
Copper 0.1mg 11%
Protein 6.86g 1.36g 11%
Carbs 62.85g 38.06g 8%
Potassium 271mg 8%
Sodium 189mg 14mg 8%
Folate 27µg 7%
Vitamin B6 0.088mg 7%
Vitamin B1 0.087mg 7%
Calcium 90mg 16mg 7%
Iron 0.68mg 0.27mg 5%
Vitamin B3 0.854mg 5%
Magnesium 21mg 5%
Choline 23.7mg 4%
Phosphorus 27mg 4%
Vitamin B2 0.048mg 4%
Cholesterol 9mg 0mg 3%
Zinc 0.34mg 3%
Vitamin B5 0.107mg 2%
Vitamin K 1.9µg 2%
Vitamin E 0.19mg 1%
Selenium 0.7µg 1%
Net carbs 60.95g 36.26g N/A
Sugar 46.54g 1.7g N/A
Fiber 1.9g 1.8g 0%
Vitamin A 1µg 0%
Trans fat 0.394g 0g N/A
Monounsaturated fat 0.075g 0%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.048g 0%
Tryptophan 0.019mg 0%
Threonine 0.028mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.027mg 0%
Leucine 0.039mg 0%
Lysine 0.044mg 0%
Methionine 0.011mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.026mg 0%
Valine 0.035mg 0%
Histidine 0.02mg 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
38% 60%
Protein: 1.36 g
Fats: 0.28 g
Carbs: 38.06 g
Water: 59.68 g
Other: 0.62 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +404.4%
Contains more FatsFats +8607.1%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +65.1%
Contains more OtherOther +132.3%
Contains more WaterWater +1235.1%

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
38% 38% 24%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.074 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.075 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.048 g
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -99.4%

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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. Cassava - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169985/nutrients

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

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