Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
cooked
boiled egg
versus
crimini mushroom
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in boiled egg and crimini mushroom:
Boiled egg is high in calories and crimini mushroom has 86% less calories than boiled egg - crimini mushroom has 22 calories per 100 grams and boiled egg has 155 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, boiled egg is much lighter in carbs, much heavier in fat and similar to crimini mushroom for protein. Boiled egg has a macronutrient ratio of 34:3:64 and for crimini mushroom, 36:60:4 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Boiled Egg | Crimini Mushroom | |
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Protein | 34% | 36% |
Carbohydrates | 3% | 60% |
Fat | 64% | 4% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Both crimini mushroom and boiled egg are low in carbohydrates - crimini mushroom has 4.3g of total carbs per 100 grams and boiled egg has 1.1g of carbohydrates.
Crimini mushroom has more dietary fiber than boiled egg - crimini mushroom has 0.6g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and boiled egg does not contain significant amounts.
Crimini mushroom and boiled egg contain similar amounts of sugar - crimini mushroom has 1.7g of sugar per 100 grams and boiled egg has 1.1g of sugar.
Boiled egg is an excellent source of protein and it has 403% more protein than crimini mushroom - crimini mushroom has 2.5g of protein per 100 grams and boiled egg has 12.6g of protein.
Crimini mushroom has 232.3 times less saturated fat than boiled egg - crimini mushroom has 0.01g of saturated fat per 100 grams and boiled egg has 3.3g of saturated fat.
Boiled egg is high in cholesterol and crimini mushroom has less cholesterol than boiled egg - boiled egg has 373mg of cholesterol per 100 grams and crimini mushroom does not contain significant amounts.
Boiled egg is a great source of Vitamin A and it has more Vitamin A than crimini mushroom - boiled egg has 149ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and crimini mushroom does not contain significant amounts.
Boiled egg is a great source of Vitamin D and it has 28 times more Vitamin D than crimini mushroom - crimini mushroom has 3iu of Vitamin D per 100 grams and boiled egg has 87iu of Vitamin D.
Crimini mushroom and boiled egg contain similar amounts of Vitamin E - crimini mushroom has 0.01mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and boiled egg has 1mg of Vitamin E.
Boiled egg and crimini mushroom contain similar amounts of Vitamin K - boiled egg has 0.3ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and crimini mushroom does not contain significant amounts.
Crimini mushroom has more niacin, however, boiled egg contains more Vitamin B12. Both boiled egg and crimini mushroom contain significant amounts of thiamin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6 and folate.
Boiled Egg | Crimini Mushroom | |
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Thiamin | 0.066 MG | 0.095 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.513 MG | 0.49 MG |
Niacin | 0.064 MG | 3.8 MG |
Pantothenic acid | 1.398 MG | 1.5 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 0.121 MG | 0.11 MG |
Folate | 44 UG | 25 UG |
Vitamin B12 | 1.11 UG | 0.1 UG |
Boiled egg is a great source of calcium and it has 178% more calcium than crimini mushroom - crimini mushroom has 18mg of calcium per 100 grams and boiled egg has 50mg of calcium.
Boiled egg has 198% more iron than crimini mushroom - crimini mushroom has 0.4mg of iron per 100 grams and boiled egg has 1.2mg of iron.
Crimini mushroom is an excellent source of potassium and it has 256% more potassium than boiled egg - crimini mushroom has 448mg of potassium per 100 grams and boiled egg has 126mg of potassium.
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, boiled egg has more linoleic acid than crimini mushroom per 100 grams.
Boiled Egg | Crimini Mushroom | |
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linoleic acid | 1.188 G | 0.04 G |
other omega 6 | 0.149 G | ~ |
Total | 1.337 G | 0.04 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: Boiled Egg (Egg, whole, cooked, hard-boiled) and Crimini Mushroom (Mushrooms, brown, italian, or crimini, raw) .
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