Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
carrots
versus
whey protein powder
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in carrots and whey protein powder:
Whey protein powder is high in calories and carrot has 88% less calories than whey protein powder - carrot has 41 calories per 100 grams and whey protein powder has 352 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, carrots is much lighter in protein, much heavier in carbs and similar to whey protein powder for fat. Carrots has a macronutrient ratio of 9:87:5 and for whey protein powder, 89:7:4 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
| Carrots | Whey Protein Powder | |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 9% | 89% |
| Carbohydrates | 87% | 7% |
| Fat | 5% | 4% |
| Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Carrots and whey protein powder contain similar amounts of carbs - carrot has 9.6g of total carbs per 100 grams and whey protein powder has 6.3g of carbohydrates.
Both carrots and whey protein powder are high in dietary fiber. Carrot is very similar to carrot for dietary fiber - carrot has 2.8g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and whey protein powder has 3.1g of dietary fiber.
Whey protein powder has less sugar than carrot - carrot has 4.7g of sugar per 100 grams and whey protein powder does not contain significant amounts.
Whey protein powder is an excellent source of protein and it has 83 times more protein than carrot - carrot has 0.93g of protein per 100 grams and whey protein powder has 78.1g of protein.
Both carrots and whey protein powder are low in saturated fat - carrot has 0.03g of saturated fat per 100 grams and whey protein powder has 0.78g of saturated fat.
Carrot has less cholesterol than whey protein powder - whey protein powder has 16mg of cholesterol per 100 grams and carrot does not contain significant amounts.
Carrot has more Vitamin C than whey protein powder - carrot has 5.9mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and whey protein powder does not contain significant amounts.
Carrot is an excellent source of Vitamin A and it has more Vitamin A than whey protein powder - carrot has 835ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and whey protein powder does not contain significant amounts.
Carrot has more Vitamin E than whey protein powder - carrot has 0.66mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and whey protein powder does not contain significant amounts.
Carrot has more Vitamin K than whey protein powder - carrot has 13.2ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and whey protein powder does not contain significant amounts.
Whey protein powder has more thiamin, riboflavin, Vitamin B6 and Vitamin B12, however, carrot contains more pantothenic acid. Both carrots and whey protein powder contain significant amounts of niacin and folate.
| Carrots | Whey Protein Powder | |
|---|---|---|
| Thiamin | 0.066 MG | 0.609 MG |
| Riboflavin | 0.058 MG | 2.017 MG |
| Niacin | 0.983 MG | 1.136 MG |
| Pantothenic acid | 0.273 MG | ~ |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.138 MG | 0.607 MG |
| Folate | 19 UG | 33 UG |
| Vitamin B12 | ~ | 2.45 UG |
Whey protein powder is an excellent source of calcium and it has 13 times more calcium than carrot - carrot has 33mg of calcium per 100 grams and whey protein powder has 469mg of calcium.
Whey protein powder has 277% more iron than carrot - carrot has 0.3mg of iron per 100 grams and whey protein powder has 1.1mg of iron.
Both carrots and whey protein powder are high in potassium. Whey protein powder has 56% more potassium than carrot - carrot has 320mg of potassium per 100 grams and whey protein powder has 500mg of potassium.
For omega-3 fatty acids, whey protein powder has more alpha linoleic acid (ALA) than carrot per 100 grams.
| Carrots | Whey Protein Powder | |
|---|---|---|
| alpha linoleic acid | 0.002 G | 0.034 G |
| Total | 0.002 G | 0.034 G |
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, whey protein powder has more linoleic acid than carrot per 100 grams.
| Carrots | Whey Protein Powder | |
|---|---|---|
| linoleic acid | 0.1 G | 0.264 G |
| Total | 0.1 G | 0.264 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: Carrots (Carrots, raw) and Whey Protein Powder (Protein powder, whey based, NFS) .
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5% | folate (Vit B9) | 5% |
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| G | 5% | Water | 5% | G | |||
| G | 5% | Starch | 5% | G | |||
| G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||