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.
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.
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C | +300% |
All nutrients comparison - raw data values
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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
Protein:
6.86 g
Fats:
24.38 g
Carbs:
62.85 g
Water:
4.47 g
Other:
1.44 g
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
Saturated fat:
Sat. Fat
12.703 g
Monounsaturated fat:
Mono. Fat
0 g
Polyunsaturated fat:
Poly. Fat
0 g
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% |