Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
cooked
beef
versus
blackberry
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in beef and blackberry:
Beef is high in calories and blackberry has 84% less calories than beef - beef has 277 calories per 100 grams and blackberry has 43 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, beef is much heavier in protein, much lighter in carbs and much heavier in fat compared to blackberry per calorie. Beef has a macronutrient ratio of 38:0:62 and for blackberry, 12:79:9 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Beef | Blackberry | |
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Protein | 38% | 12% |
Carbohydrates | ~ | 79% |
Fat | 62% | 9% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Beef has less carbohydrates than blackberry - blackberry has 9.6g of total carbs per 100 grams and beef does not contain significant amounts.
Blackberry is an excellent source of dietary fiber and it has more dietary fiber than beef - blackberry has 5.3g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and beef does not contain significant amounts.
Beef has less sugar than blackberry - blackberry has 4.9g of sugar per 100 grams and beef does not contain significant amounts.
Beef is an excellent source of protein and it has 17 times more protein than blackberry - beef has 25.4g of protein per 100 grams and blackberry has 1.4g of protein.
Beef is high in saturated fat and blackberry has 100% less saturated fat than beef - beef has 7.3g of saturated fat per 100 grams and blackberry has 0.01g of saturated fat.
Blackberry has less trans fat than beef - beef has 1.2g of trans fat per 100 grams and blackberry does not contain significant amounts.
Blackberry has less cholesterol than beef - beef has 88mg of cholesterol per 100 grams and blackberry does not contain significant amounts.
Blackberry is an excellent source of Vitamin C and it has more Vitamin C than beef - blackberry has 21mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and beef does not contain significant amounts.
Beef and blackberry contain similar amounts of Vitamin A - beef has 3ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and blackberry has 11ug of Vitamin A.
Beef and blackberry contain similar amounts of Vitamin D - beef has 2iu of Vitamin D per 100 grams and blackberry does not contain significant amounts.
Beef and blackberry contain similar amounts of Vitamin E - beef has 0.12mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and blackberry has 1.2mg of Vitamin E.
Beef and blackberry contain similar amounts of Vitamin K - beef has 3ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and blackberry has 19.8ug of Vitamin K.
Beef has more thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6 and Vitamin B12. Both beef and blackberry contain significant amounts of folate.
Beef | Blackberry | |
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Thiamin | 0.051 MG | 0.02 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.176 MG | 0.026 MG |
Niacin | 4.537 MG | 0.646 MG |
Pantothenic acid | 0.658 MG | 0.276 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 0.336 MG | 0.03 MG |
Folate | 11 UG | 25 UG |
Vitamin B12 | 2.9 UG | ~ |
Beef and blackberry contain similar amounts of calcium - beef has 35mg of calcium per 100 grams and blackberry has 29mg of calcium.
Beef is a great source of iron and it has 263% more iron than blackberry - beef has 2.3mg of iron per 100 grams and blackberry has 0.62mg of iron.
Beef is a great source of potassium and it has 70% more potassium than blackberry - beef has 275mg of potassium per 100 grams and blackberry has 162mg of potassium.
For omega-3 fatty acids, both beef and blackberry contain significant amounts of alpha linoleic acid (ALA).
Beef | Blackberry | |
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alpha linoleic acid | 0.056 G | 0.094 G |
Total | 0.056 G | 0.094 G |
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, beef has more linoleic acid than blackberry per 100 grams.
Beef | Blackberry | |
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other omega 6 | 0.012 G | ~ |
linoleic acid | 0.39 G | 0.186 G |
Total | 0.402 G | 0.186 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: Beef (Beef, ground, 70% lean meat / 30% fat, patty, cooked, broiled) and Blackberry (Blackberries, raw) .
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G | 5% | Starch | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||