Granola vs Cereal: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Granola has 489 kcal and Cereal has 379 kcal, so Cereal has 22% fewer calories.

Granola has more fat (24.3 g vs 6.52 g). Cereal has more carbohydrates (67.7 g vs 53.9 g). Relative to calories, Cereal is the better protein source (3.47 g vs 2.8 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Granola - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Granola - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Granola
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.
Cereals
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Granola vs Cereals 100g Compare


per 100gGranolaCereal
Calories489 379
Carbohydrates53.88 g67.7 g
Fat24.31 g6.52 g
Dietary fiber8.9 g10.1 g
Protein13.67 g13.15 g
Water5.84 g10.84 g
Calcium76 mg52 mg
Iron3.95 mg4.25 mg
Magnessium168 mg138 mg
Potassium539 mg362 mg
Sodium26 mg6 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.548 mg0.46 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.354 mg0.155 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)2.739 mg1.125 mg
Vitaminium B60.37 mg0.1 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)0.084 µg0.032 µg
Vitaminium E11.1 mg0.42 mg
Vitaminium K0.005 µg0.002 µg

More Calories in Granola

At first glance, you can see that in granola is more calories than in cereals.

Granola has 489 kcal per 100g and cereals 379 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 29%.

Additionally, it is also easy to notice that most of the calories in granola comes from fat and in cereals from carbs.

See tables below to compare granola with cereals in details.

Granola 100g

489kcal

Calories source

  • 44% CARBS.
  • 11% PROTEIN
  • 45% FAT

Cereal 100g

379kcal

Calories source

  • 71% CARBS
  • 14% PROTEIN
  • 15% FAT

About the data

Nutrition values on this page are given per 100 g of the food and are based on the official United States Department of Agriculture FoodData Central database. The exact record used for each food is linked under the tables.

Marcin Piotrowicz – calories-info.com creator · Healthy diet and healthy lifestyle promoter. The information is for general purposes and is not medical or dietary advice.