Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
almond milk
versus
peanut butter
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in almond milk and peanut butter:
Peanut butter is high in calories and almond milk has 97% less calories than peanut butter - peanut butter has 589 calories per 100 grams and almond milk has 15 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, almond milk is lighter in protein, heavier in carbs and lighter in fat compared to peanut butter per calorie. Almond milk has a macronutrient ratio of 10:34:56 and for peanut butter, 15:14:71 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Almond Milk | Peanut Butter | |
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Protein | 10% | 15% |
Carbohydrates | 34% | 14% |
Fat | 56% | 71% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Almond milk has 15.4 times less carbohydrates than peanut butter - peanut butter has 21.6g of total carbs per 100 grams and almond milk has 1.3g of carbohydrates.
The carbs in peanut butter are made of 39% sugar, 37% dietary fiber and 23% starch, whereas the carbs in almond milk comprise of 75% sugar, 19% dietary fiber and 6% starch.
Peanut butter is an excellent source of dietary fiber and it has 39 times more dietary fiber than almond milk - peanut butter has 8g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and almond milk has 0.2g of dietary fiber.
Almond milk has 9.3 times less sugar than peanut butter - peanut butter has 8.4g of sugar per 100 grams and almond milk has 0.81g of sugar.
Peanut butter is an excellent source of protein and it has 59 times more protein than almond milk - peanut butter has 24.1g of protein per 100 grams and almond milk has 0.4g of protein.
Peanut butter is high in saturated fat and almond milk has 99% less saturated fat than peanut butter - peanut butter has 7.6g of saturated fat per 100 grams and almond milk has 0.08g of saturated fat.
Almond milk has more Vitamin D than peanut butter - almond milk has 41iu of Vitamin D per 100 grams and peanut butter does not contain significant amounts.
Peanut butter and almond milk contain similar amounts of Vitamin E - peanut butter has 6.3mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and almond milk has 6.3mg of Vitamin E.
Peanut butter and almond milk contain similar amounts of Vitamin K - peanut butter has 0.5ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and almond milk does not contain significant amounts.
Peanut butter has more thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6 and folate.
Almond Milk | Peanut Butter | |
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Thiamin | ~ | 0.106 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.01 MG | 0.111 MG |
Niacin | 0.07 MG | 13.696 MG |
Pantothenic acid | 0.01 MG | 1.118 MG |
Vitamin B6 | ~ | 0.418 MG |
Folate | 1 UG | 92 UG |
Both peanut butter and almond milk are high in calcium. Almond milk has 309% more calcium than peanut butter - peanut butter has 45mg of calcium per 100 grams and almond milk has 184mg of calcium.
Peanut butter has signficantly more iron than almond milk - peanut butter has 1.9mg of iron per 100 grams and almond milk has 0.28mg of iron.
Peanut butter is an excellent source of potassium and it has 10 times more potassium than almond milk - peanut butter has 745mg of potassium per 100 grams and almond milk has 67mg of potassium.
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, peanut butter has more linoleic acid than almond milk per 100 grams.
Almond Milk | Peanut Butter | |
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other omega 6 | 0.001 G | 0.64 G |
linoleic acid | 0.252 G | 13.854 G |
Total | 0.253 G | 14.494 G |
The comparison below is by common portions, e.g. cups, packages. You can also see a more concrete comparison by weight at equal weight (by grams) comparison.
Note: The specific food items compared are: Almond Milk (Beverages, almond milk, unsweetened, shelf stable) and Peanut Butter (Peanut butter, chunk style, with salt) .
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5% | niacin (Vit B3) | 5% |
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5% | pantothenic acid (Vit B5) | 5% |
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5% | folate (Vit B9) | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin B12 | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin E | 5% |
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5% | biotin (Vit B7) | 5% |
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5% | choline | 5% |
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5% | chromium | 5% |
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5% | fluoride | 5% |
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5% | manganese | 5% |
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G | 5% | Starch | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||