This data set contains nutritional information for 77 different breakfast cereals. It was used for the 1993 Statistical Graphics Exposition as a challenge data set. We retrieved this data from StatLib at CMU. The data is from the nutritional labels and is in CSV format.

The variables are:

• Cereal name;
• manufacturer (e.g.,Kellogg’s);
• type (cold/hot);
• calories (number);
• protein (g);
• fat (g);
• sodium (mg);
• dietary fiber (g);
• complex carbohydrates (g);
• sugars (g);
• display shelf (1, 2, or 3, counting from the floor);
• potassium (mg);
• vitamins and minerals (0, 25, or 100, respectively);
• weight (in ounces) of one serving (serving size);
• cups per serving.

Manufacturers are represented by their first initial: A=American Home Food Products, G=General Mills, K=Kelloggs, N=Nabisco, P=Post, Q=Quaker Oats, R=Ralston Purina.

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