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Snickers vs. Wheat — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on differences between snickers and wheat

  • Snickers is higher in calcium, yet wheat is higher in iron.
  • Snickers covers your daily saturated fat needs 61% more than wheat .
  • Snickers contains 95 times more sodium than wheat . While snickers contains 189mg of sodium, wheat contains only 2mg.

Food varieties used in this article are Candies, MARS SNACKFOOD US, SNICKERS CRUNCHER and Wheat, durum.

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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 103% 10% 38% 132% 184% 113% 218% 0.26% 393% 488%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +164.7%
Contains more IronIron +417.6%
Contains less SodiumSodium -98.9%

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 0% 0% 0% 0% 105% 28% 126% 56% 97% 0% 0% 32% 0%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +∞%
~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin E ~mg
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin K ~µg
~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Snickers Wheat DV% diff.
Selenium 89.4µg 163%
Manganese 3.012mg 131%
Phosphorus 508mg 73%
Copper 0.553mg 61%
Saturated fat 12.703g 0.454g 56%
Vitamin B3 6.738mg 42%
Zinc 4.16mg 38%
Iron 0.68mg 3.52mg 36%
Vitamin B1 0.419mg 35%
Magnesium 144mg 34%
Fats 24.38g 2.47g 34%
Vitamin B6 0.419mg 32%
Vitamin B5 0.935mg 19%
Protein 6.86g 13.68g 14%
Potassium 431mg 13%
Folate 43µg 11%
Vitamin B2 0.121mg 9%
Fiber 1.9g 8%
Sodium 189mg 2mg 8%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.978g 7%
Calories 488kcal 339kcal 7%
Calcium 90mg 34mg 6%
Cholesterol 9mg 0mg 3%
Carbs 62.85g 71.13g 3%
Monounsaturated fat 0.344g 1%
Vitamin C 0.5mg 0mg 1%
Net carbs 60.95g 71.13g N/A
Sugar 46.54g N/A
Trans fat 0.394g N/A
Tryptophan 0.176mg 0%
Threonine 0.366mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.533mg 0%
Leucine 0.934mg 0%
Lysine 0.303mg 0%
Methionine 0.221mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.681mg 0%
Valine 0.594mg 0%
Histidine 0.322mg 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
14% 2% 71% 11% 2%
Protein: 13.68 g
Fats: 2.47 g
Carbs: 71.13 g
Water: 10.94 g
Other: 1.78 g
Contains more FatsFats +887%
Contains more ProteinProtein +99.4%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +13.2%
Contains more WaterWater +144.7%
Contains more OtherOther +23.6%

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
26% 19% 55%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.454 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.344 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.978 g
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -96.4%

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. Wheat - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169721/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.