Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
almonds
versus
cherry tomato
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in almonds and cherry tomato:
Almond is high in calories and cherry tomato has 97% less calories than almond - cherry tomato has 16 calories per 100 grams and almond has 579 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, almonds is lighter in protein, much lighter in carbs and much heavier in fat compared to cherry tomato per calorie. Almonds has a macronutrient ratio of 14:14:73 and for cherry tomato, 24:67:9 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Almonds | Cherry Tomato | |
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Protein | 14% | 24% |
Carbohydrates | 14% | 67% |
Fat | 73% | 9% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Cherry tomato has 5.7 times less carbohydrates than almond - cherry tomato has 3.2g of total carbs per 100 grams and almond has 21.6g of carbohydrates.
Almond is an excellent source of dietary fiber and it has 12 times more dietary fiber than cherry tomato - cherry tomato has 0.9g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and almond has 12.5g of dietary fiber.
Cherry tomato has less sugar than almond - almond has 4.4g of sugar per 100 grams and cherry tomato does not contain significant amounts.
Almond is an excellent source of protein and it has 17 times more protein than cherry tomato - cherry tomato has 1.2g of protein per 100 grams and almond has 21.2g of protein.
Cherry tomato has signficantly less saturated fat than almond - cherry tomato has 0.03g of saturated fat per 100 grams and almond has 3.8g of saturated fat.
Both almonds and cherry tomato are low in trans fat - almond has 0.02g of trans fat per 100 grams and cherry tomato does not contain significant amounts.
Cherry tomato is a great source of Vitamin C and it has more Vitamin C than almond - cherry tomato has 16mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and almond does not contain significant amounts.
Cherry tomato has signficantly more Vitamin A than almond - cherry tomato has 75ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and almond does not contain significant amounts.
Almond is an excellent source of Vitamin E and it has more Vitamin E than cherry tomato - almond has 25.6mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and cherry tomato does not contain significant amounts.
Almond has more thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid and Vitamin B6. Both almonds and cherry tomato contain significant amounts of folate.
Almonds | Cherry Tomato | |
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Thiamin | 0.205 MG | 0.046 MG |
Riboflavin | 1.138 MG | 0.034 MG |
Niacin | 3.618 MG | 0.593 MG |
Pantothenic acid | 0.471 MG | 0.186 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 0.137 MG | 0.06 MG |
Folate | 44 UG | 29 UG |
Almond is an excellent source of calcium and it has 52 times more calcium than cherry tomato - cherry tomato has 5mg of calcium per 100 grams and almond has 269mg of calcium.
Almond is an excellent source of iron and it has 689% more iron than cherry tomato - cherry tomato has 0.47mg of iron per 100 grams and almond has 3.7mg of iron.
Both cherry tomato and almonds are high in potassium. Almond has 246% more potassium than cherry tomato - cherry tomato has 212mg of potassium per 100 grams and almond has 733mg of potassium.
For omega-3 fatty acids, both almonds and cherry tomato contain small amounts of alpha linoleic acid (ALA).
Almonds | Cherry Tomato | |
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alpha linoleic acid | 0.003 G | 0.003 G |
Total | 0.003 G | 0.003 G |
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, almond has more linoleic acid than cherry tomato per 100 grams.
Almonds | Cherry Tomato | |
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other omega 6 | 0.002 G | ~ |
linoleic acid | 12.324 G | 0.073 G |
Total | 12.326 G | 0.073 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: Almonds (Nuts, almonds) and Cherry Tomato (Tomatoes, orange, raw) .
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