Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
cooked
beef
versus
rice milk
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in beef and rice milk:
Beef is high in calories and rice milk has 83% less calories than beef - beef has 277 calories per 100 grams and rice milk has 47 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, beef is much heavier in protein, much lighter in carbs and much heavier in fat compared to rice milk per calorie. Beef has a macronutrient ratio of 38:0:62 and for rice milk, 3:79:19 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Beef | Rice Milk | |
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Protein | 38% | 3% |
Carbohydrates | ~ | 79% |
Fat | 62% | 19% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Beef has less carbohydrates than rice milk - rice milk has 9.2g of total carbs per 100 grams and beef does not contain significant amounts.
Rice milk has more dietary fiber than beef - rice milk has 0.3g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and beef does not contain significant amounts.
Beef has less sugar than rice milk - rice milk has 5.3g of sugar per 100 grams and beef does not contain significant amounts.
Beef is an excellent source of protein and it has 89 times more protein than rice milk - beef has 25.4g of protein per 100 grams and rice milk has 0.28g of protein.
Beef is high in saturated fat and rice milk has less saturated fat than beef - beef has 7.3g of saturated fat per 100 grams and rice milk does not contain significant amounts.
Rice milk has less trans fat than beef - beef has 1.2g of trans fat per 100 grams and rice milk does not contain significant amounts.
Rice milk has less cholesterol than beef - beef has 88mg of cholesterol per 100 grams and rice milk does not contain significant amounts.
Rice milk has 20 times more Vitamin A than beef - beef has 3ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and rice milk has 63ug of Vitamin A.
Rice milk has 20 times more Vitamin D than beef - beef has 2iu of Vitamin D per 100 grams and rice milk has 42iu of Vitamin D.
Beef and rice milk contain similar amounts of Vitamin E - beef has 0.12mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and rice milk has 0.47mg of Vitamin E.
Beef and rice milk contain similar amounts of Vitamin K - beef has 3ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and rice milk has 0.2ug of Vitamin K.
Beef has more thiamin, niacin, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6, folate and Vitamin B12. Both beef and rice milk contain significant amounts of riboflavin.
Beef | Rice Milk | |
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Thiamin | 0.051 MG | 0.027 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.176 MG | 0.142 MG |
Niacin | 4.537 MG | 0.39 MG |
Pantothenic acid | 0.658 MG | 0.146 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 0.336 MG | 0.039 MG |
Folate | 11 UG | 2 UG |
Vitamin B12 | 2.9 UG | 0.63 UG |
Rice milk is an excellent source of calcium and it has 237% more calcium than beef - beef has 35mg of calcium per 100 grams and rice milk has 118mg of calcium.
Beef is a great source of iron and it has 10 times more iron than rice milk - beef has 2.3mg of iron per 100 grams and rice milk has 0.2mg of iron.
Beef is a great source of potassium and it has 919% more potassium than rice milk - beef has 275mg of potassium per 100 grams and rice milk has 27mg of potassium.
For omega-3 fatty acids, beef has more alpha linoleic acid (ALA) than rice milk per 100 grams.
Beef | Rice Milk | |
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alpha linoleic acid | 0.056 G | 0.008 G |
Total | 0.056 G | 0.008 G |
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, both beef and rice milk contain significant amounts of linoleic acid.
Beef | Rice Milk | |
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other omega 6 | 0.012 G | ~ |
linoleic acid | 0.39 G | 0.305 G |
Total | 0.402 G | 0.305 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.
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5% | niacin (Vit B3) | 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% | manganese | 5% |
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5% | selenium | 5% |
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G | 5% | Starch | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||