Pretzels, soft: frozen coated or flavored vs gluten free USDA FDC 2708281 vs 2708287
Per 100 g, frozen coated or flavored reports 7.8 g total fat, while gluten free reports 5.7 g total fat.
The comparison uses two cited USDA records. Their complete source names, household portions, nutrient values, and FoodData Central links remain visible below.
Record A · FDC 2708281
Pretzels, soft, from frozen, coated or flavored
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Calories at the same 100-gram weight
Bar length shows the two cited values on one shared denominator. It does not rank either food or establish why they differ.
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365 kcal - Pretzels, soft, gluten free 297 kcal
297 kcal
Shared basis: 100 g · kcal
Equal-weight evidence
Nutrition per 100 grams
Both columns use the same mass, which compares nutrient concentration without allowing the two representative source amounts to change the denominator. “A +” or “B +” reports the arithmetic difference between the cited values; it is not a quality score.
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| Nutrient | A · Pretzels, soft, from frozen, coated… | B · Pretzels, soft, gluten free | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| CaloriesMaterial difference | 365 kcal | 297 kcal | A +68 kcal |
| ProteinMaterial difference | 7.9 g | 4 g | A +3.9 g |
| Total fatMaterial difference | 7.8 g | 5.7 g | A +2 g |
| Carbohydrate | 66 g | 57.3 g | A +8.7 g |
| Dietary fiberMaterial difference | 1.6 g | 4 g | B +2.4 g |
| Total sugars | 0.2 g | 3.8 g | B +3.5 g |
| Sodium | 896 mg | 839 mg | A +57 mg |
| Saturated fatMaterial difference | 3.7 g | 1.8 g | A +1.9 g |
| Potassium | 84 mg | 73 mg | A +11 mg |
| Calcium | 31 mg | 90 mg | B +59 mg |
| Iron | 3.6 mg | 1.9 mg | A +1.8 mg |
Values come from the two cited USDA FoodData Central Survey Foods records. Feast does not average records, impute missing values, or infer a nutrient from the food name.
Read the table by question
The material primary-nutrient differences run in both directions: A is higher on 3, while B is higher on 1.
These answers describe concentration per 100 grams. “More” and “less” identify the arithmetic direction only; they do not decide which record is a better match or which food is better for a person.
Which reports fewer calories?
Record B
Record B reports 297 kcal, compared with 365 kcal in the other record—a difference of 68 kcal.
Which reports more protein?
Record A
Record A reports 7.9 g, compared with 4 g in the other record—a difference of 3.9 g.
Which reports more fiber?
Record B
Record B reports 4 g, compared with 1.6 g in the other record—a difference of 2.4 g.
Which reports less sodium?
Record B
Record B reports 839 mg, compared with 896 mg in the other record—a difference of 57 mg.
What differs in the source descriptions
The exact names carry information the numbers cannot.
USDA assigns both records to “Pretzels/snack mix,” but the topic label is broad. Record A is “Pretzels, soft, from frozen, coated or flavored.” Record B is “Pretzels, soft, gluten free.” Feast paired them because their contrast-neutral food identities are an exact match, not merely because they share a generic category.
The controlled name parser found 3 interpretable distinctions. These labels organize wording already present in the names; they do not establish that a distinction caused a nutrient difference.
| Description dimension | Record A | Record B |
|---|---|---|
| Coating wording | coated or breaded | No matching controlled term in the source name |
| Source form | frozen | No matching controlled term in the source name |
| Gluten wording | No matching controlled term in the source name | gluten-free wording |
Even a clean name contrast can carry hidden companions. A fried record may also include coating; a restaurant record can use a different recipe; a reduced-sodium description can differ in more than salt; and a source amount can reflect a different reporting convention. That is why this page reports the complete pair rather than treating one word as an intervention.
Portion context
A representative source amount is not a shared “serving.”
Record A uses USDA reference amount at 71 g. Record B uses USDA reference amount at 95 g. Those labels and gram weights come from their respective records. They are useful for scaling the chosen profile, but they are not recommendations and need not describe equal amounts.
The two representative amounts differ by 24 g (25% of the larger amount). This is why the main table holds mass at 100 g. After selecting the closer description, use its household measure or a gram estimate for the amount actually eaten.
A cup, piece, slice, sandwich, fillet, or fluid ounce can have different gram weights across records. A matching label is not enough: check the listed grams. If accuracy matters more than convenience, weighing the food or using a current package label can be more specific than a generic survey-food measure.
Record A measures
- 1 medium/regular71 g
- 1 pretzel, NS as to size71 g
- 1 bite size/nugget14 g
- 1 pretzel stick21 g
- 1 cup, nuggets147 g
- USDA reference amount71 g
Record B measures
- 1 medium/regular95 g
- 1 pretzel, NS as to size95 g
- 1 bite size/nugget14 g
- 1 pretzel stick21 g
- 1 cup, nuggets147 g
- USDA reference amount95 g
One shared household label
1 medium/regular: 71 g in A vs 95 g in B
The household label matches, but the source gram weights differ. These values scale each record by its own listed grams; they are practical portion context, not an equal-mass comparison.
| Nutrient | A · 71 g | B · 95 g |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 259 kcal | 282 kcal |
| Protein | 5.6 g | 3.8 g |
| Dietary fiber | 1.1 g | 3.8 g |
| Sodium | 636 mg | 797 mg |
USDA source formulation evidence
The listed inputs provide another way to audit the match.
FNDDS includes input-food rows behind each standardized survey-food record. Record A’s leading listed inputs include Pretzels, soft, unsalted, Butter oil, anhydrous, Salt, table, Cheese, parmesan, grated. Record B’s include Bread, gluten-free, white, made with rice flour, corn starch, and/or tapioca, Snacks, Pretzels, gluten- free made with cornstarch and potato flour. Ingredient-code overlap is 0%, and normalized listed-input-weight variation is 100%.
Record A · 4 coded inputs
Pretzels, soft, from frozen, coated or flavored
- Pretzels, soft, unsaltedIngredient code 25024 · open source index92.8% of listed input weight
- Butter oil, anhydrousIngredient code 1003 · open source index4.6% of listed input weight
- Salt, tableIngredient code 2047 · open source index1.7% of listed input weight
- Cheese, parmesan, gratedIngredient code 1032 · open source index0.9% of listed input weight
Record B · 2 coded inputs
Pretzels, soft, gluten free
- Bread, gluten-free, white, made with rice flour, corn starch, and/or tapiocaIngredient code 28337 · open source index65% of listed input weight
- Snacks, Pretzels, gluten- free made with cornstarch and potato flourIngredient code 25065 · open source index35% of listed input weight
0 shared coded inputs
The two listed formulations do not share an ingredient code in this source extract. Shared codes can still carry different listed weights.
4 A-only and 2 B-only coded inputs
A-only entries include Pretzels, soft, unsalted, Butter oil, anhydrous, Salt, table, Cheese, parmesan, grated. B-only entries include Bread, gluten-free, white, made with rice flour, corn starch, and/or tapioca, Snacks, Pretzels, gluten- free made with cornstarch and potato flour.
Important: repeated rows carrying the same ingredient code are combined before the shares and overlap are calculated. These weights belong to USDA’s source formulation: they are not a reconstructed plate, final cooked yield, visitor serving, ingredient declaration, or estimate of what is visible in a photo. USDA’s FNDDS documentation explains that these calculation recipes can represent multiple variants, may include retention or moisture adjustments, and are not product-label ingredient lists.
- NS as to… means “not specified as to…” the detail that follows. It preserves an unknown distinction; it does not mean the ingredient or characteristic is absent.
Choosing the closer record
Match context first; scale second.
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Read both names literally
Compare cooking method, coating, edible skin or peel, sauce, additions, venue, source form, and food subtype. For this pair, the full A and B descriptions above are the evidence—not shortened search labels.
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Use listed inputs as a check
If the name still leaves ambiguity, compare the leading and unique source inputs. They can reveal that two near names refer to meaningfully different standardized formulations, but they do not reconstruct your dish.
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Choose an amount for that record
After choosing A or B, use its own named measure and gram weight. Do not transfer a cup, slice, or “typical amount” from the other record as if the measures were interchangeable.
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Account for missing details
Brand, current restaurant recipe, cooking oil, drained weight, toppings, substitutions, and unfinished portions may not be captured. A label or weighed recipe can supersede a generic reference when it better matches the actual food.
Limits and responsible interpretation
This is a comparison of records, not a causal study.
The two records come from 2021–2023 FoodData Central Survey Foods data. The nutrient table faithfully compares their published values on the same weight basis. It does not measure two plates prepared at the same time, isolate one ingredient, or estimate the uncertainty around either value.
For this pair, the source names differ across 3 documented description dimensions, while the listed formulations show 0% ingredient-code overlap and 100% normalized listed-weight variation. Moisture, ingredient proportions, preparation, and record construction can therefore move together. The page can describe the combined record difference; it cannot isolate the effect of one word.
A higher or lower number is not an overall verdict. Protein, fiber, sodium, energy, fat, micronutrients, preferences, allergies, budget, portion, and an individual’s goals answer different questions. Feast therefore reports directions and magnitudes without applying a universal “healthier” label.
This page is educational and does not diagnose a condition, prescribe a target, or replace advice from a qualified professional. For an allergy, medically directed diet, or strict ingredient limit, use verified ingredient information and guidance appropriate to that situation.
How this page qualified
A page is published only when the pair clears materiality and diversity gates.
Both records must occupy the same USDA survey-food topic and share a close food identity after a controlled vocabulary separates preparation, edible-part, source, claim, crust, and sauce wording. Exact contrast-neutral identities receive priority. Close ingredient or form substitutions can qualify when name overlap remains high and the numerical evidence is material.
For primary nutrients, Feast requires both an absolute and relative difference: at least 20 kcal and 12% for energy; 2 g and 18% for protein or fat; 5 g and 15% for carbohydrate; 1 g and 20% for fiber; 4 g and 20% for sugars; or 100 mg and 20% for sodium. A focused one-nutrient pair also needs a material representative-amount or formulation distinction. Rounding-only pairs are not published.
Unordered FDC IDs define a canonical pair, so reversing A and B cannot create another page. Each source record can appear twice at most, each USDA topic contributes no more than 40 pages, and closely repeated identity families are capped. Those rules produced a selective comparison library rather than every mathematical combination in the corpus.
Read the complete nutrition-page methodology for import, nutrient mapping, portion scaling, Daily Value, and uncertainty rules.
Decision support from the exact records on this page
Turn source data into a better next decision
These conclusions and reading paths are computed from 2 exact records behind Pretzels, soft, from frozen, coated or flavored versus Pretzels, soft, gluten free. Links are chosen by record identity, controlled contrast, formulation input, nutrient spread, or serving context—not by loose keyword similarity.
Equal-weight result
Pretzels, soft, from frozen, coated or flavored is higher in calories per 100 g
Pretzels, soft, from frozen, coated or flavored reports 365 kcal versus 297 kcal for Pretzels, soft, gluten free: a 68 kcal difference when both are normalized to 100 g.
Inspect the underlying evidenceThe denominator changes the answer
Pretzels, soft, from frozen, coated or flavored is denser; Pretzels, soft, gluten free is higher in its source amount
Pretzels, soft, from frozen, coated or flavored reports 365 kcal per 100 g and 259 kcal in USDA source amount (71 g). Pretzels, soft, gluten free reports a lower 297 kcal per 100 g but a higher 282 kcal in USDA source amount (95 g).
Record identity is part of the estimate
Distinguish “Pretzels, soft, from frozen, coated or flavored” from “Pretzels, soft, gluten free”
These are separate USDA records with separate formulations or survey descriptions. Match preparation, additions, and the named household amount before borrowing either record’s nutrients.
Inspect the underlying evidenceContextual knowledge graph
Follow the relationship that matches your question
For Pretzels, soft, from frozen, coated or flavored versus Pretzels, soft, gluten free, each path states why the destination belongs here, so you can distinguish a true evidentiary connection from a merely similar label.
Pretzels, soft, from frozen, coated or flavored and Pretzels, soft, gluten free are explicitly linked in this guide, which separates direct name matches from contextual variants.
Follow this evidence path Test a nearby record choice Pretzels, soft, from frozen, salted vs Pretzels, soft, gluten freePretzels, soft, gluten free is held as one side of the comparison. The explicit record-description contrast is Source form: frozen versus No matching controlled term in the source name; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.
Follow this evidence path 2 exact records carried forward PretzelsPretzels, soft, from frozen, coated or flavored and Pretzels, soft, gluten free are explicitly linked in this guide, which separates direct name matches from contextual variants.
Follow this evidence path Put the observed spread in corpus context Calories: density and serving contextIn this page’s records, calories runs from 297 kcal in Pretzels, soft, gluten free to 365 kcal in Pretzels, soft, from frozen, coated or flavored, all per 100 g.
Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Bread, gluten-free, white, made with rice flour, corn starch, and/or tapiocaUSDA input 28337 appears in 1 of 2 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 65–65 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.
Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Butter oil, anhydrousUSDA input 1003 appears in 1 of 2 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 5–5 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.
Follow this evidence path 2 context records in this source topic Pretzels/snack mixPretzels, soft, from frozen, coated or flavored and Pretzels, soft, gluten free belong to this USDA source-category collection. Its displayed ranges and complete exact-record catalog provide the peer set for a manual comparison; the destination does not preselect this page’s record.
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