R: Nutritional and Marketing Information on US Cereals

UScereal {MASS} | R Documentation

## Nutritional and Marketing Information on US Cereals

### Description

The `UScereal` data frame has 65 rows and 11 columns. The data come from the 1993 ASA Statistical Graphics Exposition, and are taken from the mandatory F&DA food label. The data have been normalized here to a portion of one American cup.

### Usage

    UScereal

### Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

`mfr`
  Manufacturer, represented by its first initial: G=General Mills, K=Kelloggs, N=Nabisco, P=Post, Q=Quaker Oats, R=Ralston Purina.
`calories`
  number of calories in one portion
`protein`
  grams of protein in one portion
`fat`
  grams of fat in one portion
`sodium`
  milligrams of sodium in one portion
`fibre`
  grams of dietary fibre in one portion
`carbo`
  grams of complex carbohydrates in one portion
`sugars`
  grams of sugars in one portion
`shelf`
  display shelf (1, 2, or 3, counting from the floor)
`potassium`
  grams of potassium
`vitamins`
  vitamins and minerals (none, enriched, or 100%)

### Source

The original data are available at http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/datasets/1993.expo/.

### References

Venables, W. N. and Ripley, B. D. (1999) Modern Applied Statistics with S-PLUS. Third Edition. Springer.

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