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Canned meals

Category: Canned meals

Belongs to:

Meals, Canned foods

Contains:

Nutrition facts

Average nutrition facts for the 5045 products of the Canned meals category for which nutrition facts are known (out of 5241 products).

Nutrition facts
Nutrition facts As sold
for 100 g / 100 ml		 Standard deviation Minimum 10th centile Median 90th centile Maximum
Energy 297 kj
(70 kcal) 		157 kj
(38 kcal) 		0 kj
(0 kcal) 		25 kj
(6 kcal) 		293 kj
(68 kcal) 		569 kj
(136 kcal) 		3,430 kj
(819 kcal)
Energy from fat 76 kj
(18 kcal) 		69 kj
(16 kcal) 		0 kj
(0 kcal) 		0 kj
(0 kcal) 		84 kj
(20 kcal) 		244 kj
(58 kcal) 		251 kj
(60 kcal)
Fat 2.54 g 2.25 g 0 g 0 g 1.9 g 6.9 g 64 g
Saturated fat 0.742 g 0.789 g 0 g 0 g 0.42 g 2.3 g 23 g
Monounsaturated fat 0.398 g 0.402 g 0 g 0 g 0.4 g 1.2 g 6.7 g
Polyunsaturated fat 0.532 g 0.764 g 0 g 0 g 0.2 g 2.4 g 3.67 g
Trans fat 0 g 0 g 0 g 0 g 0 g 0 g 1.04 g
Cholesterol 2.75 mg 3.6 mg 0 mg 0 mg 0 mg 10 mg 222 mg
Carbohydrates 7.12 g 3.87 g 0 g 0.42 g 7.27 g 13.4 g 79.2 g
Sugars 1.4 g 1.19 g 0 g 0 g 1 g 4 g 55 g
Added sugars 0.335 g 0.565 g 0 g 0 g 0 g 1.69 g 8.33 g
Fiber 1.13 g 1.07 g 0 g 0 g 0.8 g 3.4 g 21.4 g
Proteins 3.42 g 2.51 g 0 g 0.7 g 2.85 g 8.4 g 75 g
Salt 0.898 g 0.317 g 0 g 0.485 g 0.848 g 1.6 g 59.3 g
Alcohol 0 % vol 0 % vol 0 % vol 0 % vol 0 % vol 0 % vol 0.5 % vol
Vitamin A 75.6 µg 92.1 µg 0 µg 0 µg 48 µg 250 µg 160,000,000 µg
Vitamin D (D3) 0.074 µg 0.226 µg 0 µg 0 µg 0 µg 0.825 µg 6.24 µg
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) 0.834 mg 1.63 mg 0 mg 0 mg 0 mg 4 mg 72.5 mg
Vitamin B1 (Thiamin) 0.182 mg 0.261 mg 0 mg 0 mg 0 mg 1 mg 320 mg
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) 0.173 mg 0.086 mg 0 mg 0.056 mg 0.142 mg 0.28 mg 290 mg
Vitamin B3/PP (Niacin) 1.57 mg 0.631 mg 0.004 mg 1.46 mg 1.67 mg 2.78 mg 7.55 mg
Vitamin B9 (Folic acid) 170 µg 58.4 µg 30 µg 123 µg 125 µg 245 µg 252 µg
Folates (total folates) 13.9 µg 18.3 µg 0 µg 0 µg 19.4 µg 189 µg 189 µg
Potassium 125 mg 112 mg 0 mg 0 mg 108 mg 353 mg 95,100 mg
Calcium 10.6 mg 9.97 mg 0 mg 0 mg 8.02 mg 31 mg 250 mg
Iron 0.314 mg 0.302 mg 0 mg 0 mg 0.29 mg 0.86 mg 400 mg
Fruits‚ vegetables‚ nuts and rapeseed‚ walnut and olive oils 31.4 % 23.6 % 0 % 0 % 35.1 % 71.6 % 100 %
Fruits‚ vegetables and nuts - dried 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 %
Fruits‚ vegetables‚ nuts and rapeseed‚ walnut and olive oils (manual estimate from ingredients list) 48.1 % 25.8 % 3.1 % 12.1 % 47 % 86.5 % 96 %

  • Packaging materials

    Material % of products containing mostly the material Mean packaging weight per 100 g of product (for products that contain mostly the material) % of products containing the material Mean packaging weight per 100 g of product (for products that contain the material) Mean packaging weight per 100 g of product (relative to all products)
    Paper or cardboard 7.9% 6.2 g 48.7% 1.3 g 1 g
    Plastic 11.8% 2.6 g 19.7% 2 g 0 g
    Glass 17.1% 47.6 g 17.1% 47.6 g 8 g
    Metal 59.2% 12.4 g 76.3% 10.1 g 8 g
    Unknown 3.9% 41.6 g 3.9% 41.6 g 2 g
    Total - - - - 19 g

5,242 products