Little Debbie's line of products includes a variety of breakfast pastries, including chocolate chip muffins. Whether you enjoy the muffin for breakfast or a snack later in the day, you should understand how it affects your daily diet.
Calories
A Little Debbie chocolate chip muffin contains 210 calories, and 80 calories of those are from fat. Calories are a representation of a food's energy content, the Food and Drug Administration reports. If you eat 2,000 calories a day, one of the muffins is equal to 10.5 percent of your total daily calories.
Fat
The chocolate chip muffin contains 9 g of total fat -- equal to 14 percent of the recommended daily intake if you eat a 2,000-calorie diet, according to the nutrition label. The fat includes 2 g of saturated fat. The muffins also have 20 mg of cholesterol.
Sodium
As sweet as it may be, the Little Debbie muffin does still contain 170 mg of sodium. That total amounts to 7 percent of the maximum recommended daily intake for sodium.
Carbohydrates
The flour base of the chocolate chip muffin means it will add to your carbohydrate intake. Each muffin contains 28 g of carbohydrates. The majority of the carbs come from sugars -- 17 g -- but they also contain 1 g of dietary fiber, the nutrition label states.
Protein
Many food contain at least a small amount of protein, including the Little Debbie muffins. Each chocolate chip muffin contains 3 g of protein.
Vitamins and Minerals
These muffins are not a great source for essential vitamins and minerals, but they do contain a few. Every muffin has 4 percent of the recommended daily intake for both iron and calcium.
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