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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