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Snickers vs. Marinara sauce — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on differences between snickers and marinara sauce

  • Snickers is higher in calcium, yet marinara sauce is higher in vitamin A.
  • Snickers covers your daily saturated fat needs 63% more than marinara sauce.
  • Snickers contains 8 times more sugar than marinara sauce. While snickers contains 46.54g of sugar, marinara sauce contains only 5.5g.
  • The amount of saturated fat in marinara sauce is lower.

Food varieties used in this article are Candies, MARS SNACKFOOD US, SNICKERS CRUNCHER and Sauce, pasta, spaghetti/marinara, ready-to-serve, low sodium.

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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 13% 8.1% 28% 29% 27% 5.5% 15% 3.9% 18% 6%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +233.3%
Contains more IronIron +14.7%
Contains less SodiumSodium -84.1%

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 6.7% 11% 48% 0% 6% 14% 73% 0% 40% 0% 35% 9.8% 7.5%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +300%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B5 ~mg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Snickers Marinara sauce DV% diff.
Saturated fat 12.703g 0.17g 57%
Fats 24.38g 1.48g 35%
Vitamin B3 3.917mg 24%
Calories 488kcal 51kcal 22%
Carbs 62.85g 8.06g 18%
Vitamin E 2.4mg 16%
Vitamin B6 0.173mg 13%
Vitamin K 13.9µg 12%
Protein 6.86g 1.41g 11%
Copper 0.081mg 9%
Potassium 319mg 9%
Sodium 189mg 30mg 7%
Calcium 90mg 27mg 6%
Manganese 0.137mg 6%
Vitamin B2 0.061mg 5%
Phosphorus 34mg 5%
Magnesium 18mg 4%
Vitamin A 33µg 4%
Folate 13µg 3%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.508g 3%
Selenium 1.1µg 2%
Vitamin B1 0.024mg 2%
Cholesterol 9mg 2mg 2%
Zinc 0.2mg 2%
Choline 13.7mg 2%
Vitamin C 0.5mg 2mg 2%
Iron 0.68mg 0.78mg 1%
Monounsaturated fat 0.377g 1%
Net carbs 60.95g 6.26g N/A
Sugar 46.54g 5.5g N/A
Fiber 1.9g 1.8g 0%
Trans fat 0.394g N/A

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
8% 87%
Protein: 1.41 g
Fats: 1.48 g
Carbs: 8.06 g
Water: 87.39 g
Other: 1.66 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +386.5%
Contains more FatsFats +1547.3%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +679.8%
Contains more WaterWater +1855%
Contains more OtherOther +15.3%

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
16% 36% 48%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.17 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.377 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.508 g
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -98.7%

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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. Marinara sauce - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/171597/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.