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Mars Ice Cream Bar nutrition

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Figures from Mars’ published nutrition information, collected by Boone. Data checks are led by Murray Dare.

Traffic lights, per mars Ice Cream Bar (51ml/55g)Colours from FSA guidance, per 100gHow
Energy153 kcal8% of RI1,167 kJ, 279 kcal per 100g
Saturates5gHigh25% of RI9g per 100g
Sugars17.1gHigh19% of RI31g per 100g
Salt0.11gLow2% of RI0.2g per 100g

Colours use the Food Standards Agency front-of-pack thresholds per 100g. RI is the adult reference intake. Boone does not hold fat figures for this product, so it is not shown.

How much
Who is eating
153kcal12% of the day
!Total sugar is the one to watch: 90% of their daily limit in mars Ice Cream Bar (51ml/55g).
CaloriesEnergy153 kcal12%
Reference 1,291 kcal
Total sugarHigh17.1g90%
Limit 19g free sugar (NHS)
Saturated fatHigh5g35%
Guide 14g: Boone estimate, 10% of energy. No NHS limit at this age
SaltWithin limit0.11g4%
Limit 3g (NHS)
ProteinTarget1.9g
No set target for this age

Mars Ice Cream Bar (51ml/55g) of Ice Cream Bar. Figures from Mars; portion figures calculated by Boone. Free sugar cannot be worked out without the ingredient list, so total sugar is shown against the free sugar limit as an upper bound. How

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Sugar in a portion of Mars Ice Cream Bar

Total sugar17.1gin mars Ice Cream Bar (51ml/55g)
Teaspoons4.3One teaspoon is 4g
4.3 teaspoons of sugar

Boone does not hold an ingredient list for this product, so it cannot split free sugar from sugar that occurs naturally. The shares on the right treat all of it as free sugar, so they are the most it could be.

Up to 17.1g against the NHS free sugar limit
Age 4 to 6 19g a day90%
Age 7 to 10 24g a day71%
Age 11 and over 30g a day57%

The NHS free sugar limit is 19g a day at age 4 to 6, 24g at 7 to 10 and 30g from 11.

How it compares with other cream & desserts

#21 of 49 cream & desserts for least salt per 100g.

Sorted by salt per 100gHow
Lidl Deluxe Madagascan Vanilla Ice Cream 230 kcal per 100g0.12gMackie's of Scotland Traditional Vanilla Ice Cream 198 kcal per 100g0.12gKelly's of Cornwall Clotted Cream Vanilla 214 kcal per 100g0.15gMackie's of Scotland Honeycomb Ice Cream 225 kcal per 100g0.18gMars Ice Cream Bar 279 kcal per 100g0.20gOppo Brothers Salted Caramel Ice Cream 109 kcal per 100g0.22gBatchelors Cup a Soup Cream of Mushroom with Croutons 42 kcal per 100g0.48gBatchelors Cup a Soup Cream of Asparagus with Croutons 49 kcal per 100g0.49gAldi The Pantry Ready Rolled Puff Pastry 320g 0.32 KG 483 kcal per 100g0.51g
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Among all 49 cream & desserts

Where it sits per 100g against every cream & desserts product in the Boone database.

Sugar31g per 100g
0gMiddle 3.5g31g

More sugar than 98% of the 49 cream & desserts.

Saturated fat9g per 100g
0gMiddle 11.6g53.9g

Less saturated fat than 57% of the 49 cream & desserts.

Salt0.2g per 100g
0.03gMiddle 0.51g2.63g

Less salt than 57% of the 49 cream & desserts.

Calories279 kcal per 100g
42 kcalMiddle 277 kcal752 kcal

More calories than 51% of the 49 cream & desserts.

Mars Ice Cream Bar nutrition by portion

Boone does not hold figures for fat, carbohydrate and fibre for this product.

Per100gMars Ice Cream Bar (51ml/55g)
Energy279 kcal153 kcal
of which saturates9.0g5.0g
of which sugars31.0g17.1g
Protein3.5g1.9g
Salt0.20g0.11g

Quick answers

How many calories are in Mars Ice Cream Bar?+

153 kcal in mars Ice Cream Bar (51ml/55g). Per 100g it is 279 kcal.

How much sugar is in Mars Ice Cream Bar?+

17.1g of sugar in mars Ice Cream Bar (51ml/55g), about 4.3 teaspoons. Without an ingredient list Boone cannot say how much of it is free sugar.

How much salt is in Mars Ice Cream Bar?+

0.11g in mars Ice Cream Bar (51ml/55g): 4% of the 3g daily limit for a child aged 4 to 6 and 2% of the 6g adult limit.

Where the figures come from

Source. Mars’ published nutrition information, per 100g as sold.

Collected. Copied by Boone from Mars’ published figures. Data checks are led by Murray Dare.

Calculated by Boone. Portion figures, traffic lights. Labelled where they appear.

Limits. NHS free sugar and salt limits by age; UK reference intakes for adults.

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