Soft pretzels with melted cheese is a common snack that can be found out at the ballpark, at the mall or scrounging around your pantry and fridge for a quick fix for your hunger.
Calories
For reference, the ever-popular SuperPretzel contains 160 calories per serving. The serving size is one pretzel. Ten of the calories are from fat which make 1.11 g of fat in the pretzel as 1 g of fat equals 9 calories.
Nutrients
The pretzel contains 34 g of carbohydrates, 1 g of fiber, 1 g of sugar, 5 g of protein and 10 percent of the recommended daily amount of iron. The SuperPretzel has no trans fat, saturated fat or monounsaturated fat, but it has 0.5 g of polyunsaturated fat.
With Cheese
By adding melted cheese, the calories and fat content skyrockets. A 1-oz. serving size of cheddar has 28 g, contains 113 calories, of which 82 are from fat. One ounce of cheddar will contain 9 g of fat, 6 of which are saturated fat. One ounce of cheddar contains 29 mg of cholesterol, or 10 percent of the recommended daily allowance on a daily diet of 2,000 calories. There is also 174 mg of sodium and 7 g of protein.
Putting the two together will equal 273 total calories, 92 calories from fat, 10.11 g of fat, 6 g of saturated fat, 0.5 g of polyunsaturated fat, 29 mg of cholesterol, 174 mg of sodium, 34 g of carbohydrates, 1 g of fiber, 1 g of sugar, 12 g of protein, 11 percent of the daily value of iron, 20 percent of calcium and 6 percent of vitamin A.
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