Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
butter, unsalted
versus
molasses
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in butter, unsalted and molasses:
Both molasses and butter, unsalted are high in calories. Butter, unsalted has 147% more calories than molass - molass has 290 calories per 100 grams and butter, unsalted has 717 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, butter, unsalted is much lighter in carbs, much heavier in fat and similar to molasses for protein. Butter, unsalted has a macronutrient ratio of 1:0:100 and for molasses, 0:100:0 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
| Butter, Unsalted | Molasses | |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 1% | ~ |
| Carbohydrates | ~ | 100% |
| Fat | 100% | ~ |
| Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Molass is high in carbohydrates and butter, unsalted has 100% less carbohydrates than molass - molass has 74.7g of total carbs per 100 grams and butter, unsalted has 0.06g of carbohydrates.
The carbs in molasses and butter, unsalted are both made of 100% sugar.
Molass is high in sugar and butter, unsalted has 100% less sugar than molass - molass has 74.7g of sugar per 100 grams and butter, unsalted has 0.06g of sugar.
Butter, unsalted has more protein than molass - butter, unsalted has 0.85g of protein per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Butter, unsalted is high in saturated fat and molass has 100% less saturated fat than butter, unsalted - molass has 0.02g of saturated fat per 100 grams and butter, unsalted has 50.5g of saturated fat.
Butter, unsalted is high in cholesterol and molass has less cholesterol than butter, unsalted - butter, unsalted has 215mg of cholesterol per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Butter, unsalted is an excellent source of Vitamin A and it has more Vitamin A than molass - butter, unsalted has 684ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Butter, unsalted has more Vitamin E than molass - butter, unsalted has 2.3mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Butter, unsalted has more Vitamin K than molass - butter, unsalted has 7ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Molass has more thiamin, niacin, pantothenic acid and Vitamin B6, however, butter, unsalted contains more riboflavin, folate and Vitamin B12.
| Butter, Unsalted | Molasses | |
|---|---|---|
| Thiamin | 0.005 MG | 0.041 MG |
| Riboflavin | 0.034 MG | 0.002 MG |
| Niacin | 0.042 MG | 0.93 MG |
| Pantothenic acid | 0.11 MG | 0.804 MG |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.003 MG | 0.67 MG |
| Folate | 3 UG | ~ |
| Vitamin B12 | 0.17 UG | ~ |
Molass is an excellent source of calcium and it has 754% more calcium than butter, unsalted - molass has 205mg of calcium per 100 grams and butter, unsalted has 24mg of calcium.
Molass is an excellent source of iron and it has 235 times more iron than butter, unsalted - molass has 4.7mg of iron per 100 grams and butter, unsalted has 0.02mg of iron.
Molass is an excellent source of potassium and it has 60 times more potassium than butter, unsalted - molass has 1464mg of potassium per 100 grams and butter, unsalted has 24mg of potassium.
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, butter, unsalted has more linoleic acid than molass per 100 grams.
| Butter, Unsalted | Molasses | |
|---|---|---|
| other omega 6 | 0.138 G | ~ |
| linoleic acid | 1.83 G | 0.05 G |
| Total | 1.968 G | 0.05 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: Butter, Unsalted (Butter, without salt) and Molasses (Molasses) .
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| G | 5% | trans fat | 5% | G | |||
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5% | Vitamin A | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin C | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin D | 5% |
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5% | thiamin (Vit B1) | 5% |
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5% | riboflavin (Vit B2) | 5% |
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5% | niacin (Vit B3) | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin B6 | 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% | Vitamin K | 5% |
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5% | protein | 5% |
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5% | biotin (Vit B7) | 5% |
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5% | choline | 5% |
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5% | chlorine | 5% |
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5% | chromium | 5% |
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5% | copper | 5% |
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5% | fluoride | 5% |
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5% | iodine | 5% |
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5% | manganese | 5% |
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5% | molybdenum | 5% |
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5% | selenium | 5% |
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| G | 5% | Water | 5% | G | |||
| G | 5% | Starch | 5% | G | |||
| G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||