When snacks attack: by the numbers

Vegetarian Times, Jan, 2005

We crunched the numbers on some popular snacks. How do your favorites stack up?

FOOD--FLAVOR                         BRAND                   SERVING

Bagel--plain                         Panera                  4.75 oz.
Candy bar--chocolate                 Snickers                   2 oz.
Cereal bar--mixed berry              Kellogg's Nutri-Grain      1 bar
Coffee drink--coffee light           Starbucks Frappuccino     16 oz.
Energy bar--chocolate honey graham   Pria                       1 bar
Granola--oats and honey              Quaker 100% Natural      1/2 cup
Popcorn--microwave buttered light    Orville Redenbacher       5 cups
Smoothie--banana-berry               TCBY                      20 oz.
String cheese--cheddar               Sorrento                   1 oz.
Roasted soy nuts--BBQ                Melissa's                  1 oz.
Yogurt--lowfat cherry                Dannon                     6 oz.

FOOD--FLAVOR                         CAL        FAT     SOD        SUG

Bagel--plain                         280         1g     450mg        4g
Candy bar--chocolate                 270        11g     130mg       28g
Cereal bar--mixed berry              140         3g     110mg       13g
Coffee drink--coffee light           150         1g     300mg       20g
Energy bar--chocolate honey graham   110         3g      80mg       10g
Granola--oats and honey              230        10g      24mg       13g
Popcorn--microwave buttered light    100         5g     330mg        0g
Smoothie--banana-berry               400         0g     230mg      110g
String cheese--cheddar               110         9g     180mg        0g
Roasted soy nuts--BBQ                150         8g     290mg        2g
Yogurt--lowfat cherry                170         2g     115mg       28g

FOOD--FLAVOR                         CARB        PROT

Bagel--plain                           7g         11g
Candy bar--chocolate                  37g         5g
Cereal bar--mixed berry               27g         2g
Coffee drink--coffee light            30g         7g
Energy bar--chocolate honey graham    16g         5g
Granola--oats and honey               34g         5g
Popcorn--microwave buttered light     19g         3g
Smoothie--banana-berry               113g         8g
String cheese--cheddar                 0g         7g
Roasted soy nuts--BBQ                  8g        13g
Yogurt--lowfat cherry                 31g         6g