Nutrition Facts for a Snickers Candy Bar

Snickers bars are a popular candy bar that incorporates nuts, nougat, chocolate and caramel. The company bills the bar as quick energy, but those eating it often aren't aware of the nutritional facts. Once you learn just what's inside a regular 2-oz. Snickers bar, you might be surprised at the nutritional information.

Calories

A regular, full-size Snickers bar has 266 calories in one bar, which is listed as a single serving. Of those calories, 98 come from fat.

Fat

A Snickers bar contains 11 grams of fat for a total of 17 percent of the daily recommended fat intake for an adult. This includes 4 g saturated fat, 2 g polyunsaturated fat and 5 g monounsaturated fat.

Vitamins

Inside each candy bar is 1 percent of the daily recommended amount of Vitamin A, 3 percent of Vitamin B6, 2 percent of Vitamin B12 and no Vitamin C.

Carbohydrates

The Snickers bar contains 37 grams of carbohydrates, which is 12 percent of the daily recommended amount. Those carbohydrates include 28 g sugar and 1 g fiber.

Minerals

The bar also contains 10 percent of the daily recommended total of zinc, 10 percent of magnesium, 5 percent of potassium, 8 percent of copper, 6 percent of calcium and 4 percent of iron.

References

• Snickers Bar
• Nutrition Data