Rice Krispies is a breakfast cereal manufactured by Kellogg's. It has been popular since it was first introduced in 1932. The cereal is made from rice that has been oven popped, which gives it a crispy, crunchy texture that holds up well to milk. Rice Krispies is used in cooking as well, most commonly for the popular snack, Rice Krispies Treats, which is made by adding melted marshmallows and butter to the cereal.
Ingredients
Rice Krispies contains the following ingredients: rice, sugar, salt, malt flavoring, high fructose corn syrup, iron, ascorbic acid, or vitamin C, alpha tocopherol acetate, or vitamin E, niacinamide, vitamin A palmitate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, or vitamin B6, riboflavin, or vitamin B2, thiamin hydrochloride, or vitamin B1, folic acid, vitamin D and vitamin B12. To maintain quality, the preservative butylated hydroxytoluene, or BHT, has been added.
Carbohydrates and Sugars
The total amount of carbohydrates in a 1 1/4-cup serving is 28.1g of which 23.8g comes from starch, 3.1g from sugars and .3g from dietary fiber. The 3.1g of sugar is made up primarily of sucrose, at 2,746 mg; 195 mg from glucose and 182 mg from fructose.
Fats and Cholesterol
A bowl of Rice Krispies is a low fat food, with only 0.3 g of total fat in a 1 1/4 cup-serving. It is also very low in saturated fats, having only 0.1 g. Mono-unsaturated fats provide 0.1 g of the total fats and poly-unsaturated contributes another 0.1 g. Cholesterol count is 0 mg.
This same size serving also contains 5.6 mg of omega-3 fatty acids and 91.8 mg of omega-6 fatty acids. The omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids are considered to be essential fatty acids, which means that the body needs them, but can't manufacture them. They must be supplemented by food intake.
Protein
In a 1 1/4 cup-serving of Rice Krispies there is 2.3 g of protein. Proteins are long chains of amino acids linked together. Some of these amino acids are called "essential" because they are required for a complete protein. Rice Krispies contain all the essential amino acids, but is deficient in lysine. Adding foods, such as meats, poultry, shellfish, gelatin or cheese, which are high in lysine will complement this food. Marshmallows are also rich in lysine, making the popular Rice Krispies Treats a complete protein.
Calories
For a 1 1/4 cup-serving of Rice Krispies, there are a total of 128 calories, 3 calories of which come from fat, 116 calories from carbohydrate and 9 calories from fat.
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