Cereals ready-to-eat, MALT-O-MEAL, Crispy Rice

Not checked yet · database values 346 kcal per 100 g

Not checked for absorption yet: these are the listed values.

Not checked yet: the numbers below are what the database lists.

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What 100 g gives you: imported foods have no serving size yet.

Your body needs enough of each of these. Past enough, more doesn’t help. Amounts are what the food databases list, not what your body absorbs, unless a row says it was measured.

The words: “A lot” means one serving gives 20% or more of Health Canada’s daily amount, “Some” 10% to 19%, “A little” 2% to 9%, “Almost none” under 2%. Strongest word first; within a word, protein and fibre lead, then the biggest share. ?

A milligram (mg) is a thousandth of a gram, and a microgram (µg) a thousandth of a milligram: 1,000 µg make 1 mg.

Folate
Your body needs it to make DNA and to divide new cells.
A lot
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1,210 µg in 100 g: 303% of the 400 µg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, folate fact sheet for health professionals
Vitamin B12
Your body needs it to make red blood cells and keep nerves working.
A lot
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4.55 µg in 100 g: 190% of the 2.4 µg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin B12 fact sheet for health professionals
Iron
Carries oxygen in your blood.
A lot
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27.3 mg in 100 g: 341% of the 8 mg a day men need, 152% of the 18 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, iron fact sheet for health professionals
Vitamin B6
Helps you use protein, and your brain needs it to make its chemical messengers.
A lot
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1.51 mg in 100 g: 116% of the 1.3 mg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin B6 fact sheet for health professionals
Zinc
Your immune system and healing wounds depend on it.
A lot
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11.4 mg in 100 g: 104% of the 11 mg a day men need, 143% of the 8 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, zinc fact sheet for health professionals
Riboflavin (B2)
Your cells use it to make energy and handle fats. It also helps turn tryptophan into niacin and activate vitamin B6.
A lot
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1.28 mg in 100 g: 98% of the 1.3 mg a day men need, 116% of the 1.1 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, riboflavin fact sheet for health professionals
Thiamin (B1)
Your cells use it to get energy from food, and so to grow and work.
A lot
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1.13 mg in 100 g: 94% of the 1.2 mg a day men need, 103% of the 1.1 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, thiamin fact sheet for health professionals
Vitamin A
Your eyes need it to see in dim light.
A lot
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Getting enough matters; more than enough doesn’t sharpen your sight.
455 µg in 100 g: 51% of the 900 µg a day men need, 65% of the 700 µg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin A fact sheet for health professionals
Vitamin C
Your body makes collagen with it, which wounds need to heal. It also helps you absorb iron from plants.
A lot
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18.2 mg in 100 g: 20% of the 90 mg a day men need, 24% of the 75 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin C fact sheet for health professionals
Vitamin D
Your body needs it to absorb calcium and keep your bones hard.
A lot
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Your skin also makes it in sunlight, so food is only one of its sources.
3 µg in 100 g: 20% of the 15 µg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin D fact sheet for health professionals

5 more nutrients below “a lot”

Protein
Your muscles, and every other tissue, are built and repaired from it.
Some
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6.07 g in 100 g: 11% of the 56 g a day men need, 13% of the 46 g women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. Institute of Medicine 2005, Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids
Magnesium
Your muscles and nerves need it to work.
A little
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24 mg in 100 g: 6% of the 400 mg a day men need, 8% of the 310 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, magnesium fact sheet for health professionals
Potassium
Your nerves, muscles and kidneys need it to work.
A little
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114 mg in 100 g: 3% of the 3,400 mg a day men need, 4% of the 2,600 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, potassium fact sheet for health professionals
Fibre
Keeps your gut moving.
Almost none
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0.4 g in 100 g: 1% of the 38 g a day men need, 2% of the 25 g women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. Institute of Medicine 2005, Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids
Calcium
Builds your bones and teeth.
Almost none
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7 mg in 100 g: 1% of the 1,000 mg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, calcium fact sheet for health professionals

Missing from our databases for this food, so left out, not counted as zero: vitamin E, vitamin K1, niacin, selenium, choline, omega-3: ALA and omega-3: EPA + DHA.

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How we counted this

We haven’t checked this food. Foods like it carry these, so they’re shown here until we do. None of them was measured in this food.

Inorganic arsenic
Worth knowingCommon in this kind of food; not tested in this one
Rice is one of the main dietary sources of inorganic arsenic, which has no safe threshold (EFSA 2021, 2024). How much a rice food carries depends on the rice and the product; it is not measured for this food.
Learn more
How we got this
Rice and rice products. EFSA 2021: 'Rice' and 'Rice-based products' are among the main contributors to inorganic arsenic exposure in every age class. CFIA 2009-10, white rice: mean 93.6 µg/kg inorganic arsenic (n 25)
What cuts it: Cooking rice in a large volume of water (6 parts to 1) and draining it removed about 45% of its inorganic arsenic in one study (Raab 2009).
EFSA, Chronic dietary exposure to inorganic arsenic. EFSA J 2021;19(1):6380 · grade C
Every food with inorganic arsenic

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Noted for context, or not measured in this food yet.

Acrylamide
Common in this kind of food; not tested in this one
Contains acrylamide, which forms when food is baked, toasted or roasted. At the average level for this kind of food, one daily serving adds far less than would double an average adult's intake; not measured for this food, so shown, not rated.

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Name in the database: Cereals ready-to-eat, MALT-O-MEAL, Crispy Rice

Listed nutrients, per 100 g

For each nutrient, the value this page uses is marked “used”. A row marked “second database” is another database’s figure for a matching food, kept so you can see how far databases disagree (they can differ in the samples analysed, lab methods and rounding). Its own cells are worked out from it, but none of the page’s words or scores are.

Nutrient	Per	Per 100 calories	How	Source	Grade
Calcium	7 mg	2.02 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #172983	C
Carbohydrate	86.4 g	24.97 g	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #172983	C
Energy	346 kcal	–	FDC Energy (kcal) used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)`	–
Fat	1.12 g	0.32 g	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #172983	C
Fibre	0.4 g	0.12 g	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #172983	C
Folate	1,210 µg	349.71 µg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #172983	C
Iron	27.27 mg	7.88 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #172983	C
Magnesium	24 mg	6.94 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #172983	C
Phosphorus	121 mg	34.97 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #172983	C
Potassium	114 mg	32.95 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #172983	C
Protein	6.07 g	1.75 g	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #172983	C
Riboflavin (B2)	1.28 mg	0.37 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #172983	C
Sodium	924 mg	267.05 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #172983	C
Sugars	7.82 g	2.26 g	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #172983	C
Thiamin (B1)	1.13 mg	0.33 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #172983	C
Vitamin A	455 µg	131.5 µg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #172983	C
Vitamin B12	4.55 µg	1.32 µg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #172983	C
Vitamin B6	1.51 mg	0.44 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #172983	C
Vitamin C	18.2 mg	5.26 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #172983	C
Vitamin D	3 µg	0.87 µg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #172983	C
Water	3.4 g	0.98 g	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #172983	C
Zinc	11.35 mg	3.28 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #172983	C

Other values (fatty acids, amino acids and more)

Nutrient	Per 100 g	Per 100 calories	How	Source	Grade
Copper	0.242 mg	0.07 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #172983	C
Niacin (B3, preformed)	15.14 mg	4.38 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #172983	C

Change the amount to rescale the first column. Nutrients a database doesn't list are missing, not zero.

Hazard rows as the dataset rates them

Acrylamide · Context · Contains acrylamide, which forms when food is baked, toasted or roasted. At the average level for this kind of food, one daily serving adds far less than would double an average adult's intake; not measured for this food, so shown, not rated. · EFSA 2015
Inorganic arsenic · Worth knowing · Rice is one of the main dietary sources of inorganic arsenic, which has no safe threshold (EFSA 2021, 2024). How much a rice food carries depends on the rice and the product; it is not measured for this food. · EFSA 2021

Sources

EFSA CONTAM Panel (2015) Scientific Opinion on acrylamide in food. EFSA Journal 13(6):4104 · doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2015.4104
efsa-2015-acrylamide · abstract only · EFSA Journal: CC BY-ND 4.0
EFSA, Chronic dietary exposure to inorganic arsenic. EFSA J 2021;19(1):6380 · doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6380 · PMID 33537067
efsa-2021-iars-exposure · full text read · EFSA Journal, open access (Wiley, CC BY-ND per PMC)
USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy, 2018-04
fdc-sr-legacy-2018-04 · dataset · CC0 1.0 (public domain)

Body map 2026-10-25.1: each nutrient’s job comes from an agency fact sheet, linked beside it under Good for.

The plain words: “a lot” means one serving (100 g when the food has no serving size) gives at least 20% of the daily amount (the reference intake), “some” at least 10%, “a little” at least 2% (the cut-offs are ours, one set for every page: 20% and 10% are borrowed from the US labelling terms “high” and “good source” and applied to Health Canada’s daily amount, whereas Health Canada’s own shopper rule says 15%; provisional: they may change in a later method version). The daily amount is Health Canada’s Dietary Reference Intake for adults 19–30; where men and women need different amounts we use the higher one (protein: 56 g for men, 46 g for women). The percentage printed under each nutrient is the printed amount as a share of that daily amount, rounded to the nearest whole number, and the word is read from that percentage, so the amount, the percentage and the word always agree. Calcium with a measured absorption is scaled by how well it gets in compared with milk.

The scale: “Nothing to watch” means a serving a day stays under the limit at ordinary amounts; “Go easy” means a serving a day can push past the limit for adults who already take in the most, or fewer than 2 servings reach it; “Limit it” means once a week or less. The dataset’s own rating is under “How we got this”. Provisional: the scale may change in a later method version.

Measured absorption under Good for: grade-A studies in adults that tested this preparation of this food, as a share of the listed amount (the share digested, for protein), quoted once each source has passed our evidence check; animal studies and other variants stay in the table above. Provisional: this screen may change in a later method version.