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Calories in
cereals ready-to-eat, malt-o-meal, apple zings

390 kcal per 100 g Cereals ready-to-eat, MALT-O-MEAL, Apple ZINGS contains 390 calories per 100 grams, or about 129 calories per cup. Per 100 g it provides 4.5 g protein, 87.3 g carbohydrate and 2.7 g fat.

By calories that splits 89% carbohydrate, 5% protein, 6% fat — dissected below.

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 174645·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Energy anatomy — per 100 g Plate 0492 of 1799
89% 0 98 195 293 390 kcal
Protein 4.5 g × 4 kcal/g 18 kcal · 5%
Carbohydrate 87.3 g × 4 kcal/g 349 kcal · 89%
Fat 2.7 g × 9 kcal/g 24 kcal · 6%
Shorthand total Atwater 4 · 4 · 9 392 kcal
As published by USDA food-specific factors 390 kcal

The 4·4·9 shorthand adds to 392 kcal and USDA publishes 390 kcal. The arithmetic closes, so the axis above is simply that figure divided by the shares.

SourceUSDA FoodData Central, SR LegacyFDC 174645retrieved 2026-07

Per 100 g390kcal
Per cup129kcal · 33.0 g
Protein4.5g per 100 g
Walk it off26minutes walking
Proteingrams
Carbsgrams
Fatgrams
Walk it offmin at 70 kg

How this is worked out

  1. USDA measures every nutrient per 100 g of edible portion. That row is published here unchanged — nothing is rounded up, smoothed or "adjusted".
  2. The energy figure is USDA's own, derived with food-specific factors. This site never computes the calorie count it publishes.
  3. The Atwater shorthand 4 · 4 · 9 is applied to the protein, carbohydrate and fat grams only to split that energy into shares — and where the shorthand disagrees with the published figure, the gap is printed rather than hidden.
  4. A serving is a straight proportional conversion of the per-100 g row, using USDA's own household measures for the grams.
  5. The walking figure uses MET 4.0 at 70 kg, the same equation the sister site publishes.
per serving   = per 100 g × serving grams ÷ 100
energy shares = 4·P + 4·C + 9·F      (P, C, F in grams)
walk minutes  = kcal ÷ (4.0 × 3.5 × 70 ÷ 200)

Full data & method →

Calories in a typical serving

Per-100 g figures are useful for comparison but nobody eats 100 g of anything on purpose. These are the USDA's own household measures.

ServingGramsCaloriesProteinCarbsFat
1 cup33.0 g 129 1.5 g28.8 g0.9 g

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Full nutrition, per 100 g and per cup

NutrientPer 100 gPer cup
Energy390 kcal129 kcal
Protein4.5 g1.5 g
Total fat2.7 g0.9 g
Saturated fat0.7 g0.2 g
Carbohydrate87.3 g28.8 g
Fibre2.3 g0.8 g
Sugars44.6 g14.7 g
Sodium454.0 mg149.8 mg
Potassium96.0 mg31.7 mg
Calcium303.0 mg100.0 mg
Iron27.3 mg9.0 mg
Vitamin C18.2 mg6.0 mg
Cholesterol0.0 mg0.0 mg
Water2.5 g0.8 g

A dash means the nutrient was not measured for this item, which is not the same as zero.

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 174645·REVIEWED JUL 2026

How cereals ready-to-eat, malt-o-meal, apple zings compares

Among the 48 breakfast cereals items on this site, cereals ready-to-eat, malt-o-meal, apple zings ranks 15 of 48 by calorie density, against a category average of 376 kcal per 100 g — so it is about 4% more calorie-dense than typical for its group.

It carries 1.2 g of protein per 100 calories, so it is not a meaningful protein source.

To burn off one cup (129 kcal), a 70 kg adult would walk for roughly 26 minutes — see the walking calculation on our sister site, or pick a different activity. Treat that as a sense of scale rather than a rule: eating and moving are not a simple ledger.

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·REVIEWED JUL 2026

A reference table describes the average cereals ready-to-eat, malt-o-meal, apple zings. Yours was grown somewhere, picked at some ripeness, and cooked by you.

Questions this entry settles

How many calories are in cereals ready-to-eat, malt-o-meal, apple zings?

Cereals ready-to-eat, MALT-O-MEAL, Apple ZINGS contains 390 calories per 100 g, which works out to about 129 calories per cup. It also provides 4.5 g of protein, 87.3 g of carbohydrate and 2.7 g of fat per 100 g.

What is the macro breakdown of cereals ready-to-eat, malt-o-meal, apple zings?

By calories, cereals ready-to-eat, malt-o-meal, apple zings is roughly 89% carbohydrate, 5% protein and 6% fat. That makes it a predominantly carbohydrate-based food.

How long does it take to burn off a cup?

About 26 minutes of ordinary walking for a 70 kg adult (MET 4.0). That is a rough guide for scale, not a prescription — appetite and activity interact in ways a simple subtraction does not capture.

Is this figure exact for the cereals ready-to-eat, malt-o-meal, apple zings I bought?

No. These are USDA reference values, averaged across samples. Real foods vary with variety, ripeness, growing conditions, cut, brand and how they were cooked — 10–20% either way is normal. Use them for planning, not precision.

Source: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy — public domain, reviewed JUL 2026. Full USDA description: "Cereals ready-to-eat, MALT-O-MEAL, Apple ZINGS". General information only — not medical or nutrition advice. Values are averages for a food type and vary by brand, ripeness and preparation.

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