Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
flour
versus
chashu pork
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in flour and chashu pork:
Both flour and chashu pork are high in calories. Flour has 110% more calories than chashu pork - flour has 364 calories per 100 grams and chashu pork has 173 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, flour is lighter in protein, much heavier in carbs and much lighter in fat compared to chashu pork per calorie. Flour has a macronutrient ratio of 12:86:2 and for chashu pork, 25:42:34 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Flour | Chashu Pork | |
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Protein | 12% | 25% |
Carbohydrates | 86% | 42% |
Fat | 2% | 34% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Flour is high in carbohydrates and chashu pork has 75% less carbohydrates than flour - flour has 76.3g of total carbs per 100 grams and chashu pork has 19.2g of carbohydrates.
Flour is a great source of dietary fiber and it has 42% more dietary fiber than chashu pork - flour has 2.7g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and chashu pork has 1.9g of dietary fiber.
Flour has 15.6 times less sugar than chashu pork - flour has 0.27g of sugar per 100 grams and chashu pork has 4.5g of sugar.
Both flour and chashu pork are high in protein. Flour is very similar to flour for protein - flour has 10.3g of protein per 100 grams and chashu pork has 11.5g of protein.
Flour has 13.4 times less saturated fat than chashu pork - flour has 0.16g of saturated fat per 100 grams and chashu pork has 2.2g of saturated fat.
Flour has less cholesterol than chashu pork - chashu pork has 16mg of cholesterol per 100 grams and flour does not contain significant amounts.
Chashu pork has signficantly more Vitamin C than flour - chashu pork has 11.5mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and flour does not contain significant amounts.
Chashu pork has more Vitamin A than flour - chashu pork has 57.7ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and flour does not contain significant amounts.
Flour and chashu pork contain similar amounts of Vitamin E - flour has 0.06mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and chashu pork does not contain significant amounts.
Flour and chashu pork contain similar amounts of Vitamin K - flour has 0.3ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and chashu pork does not contain significant amounts.
Flour has more thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6 and folate.
Flour | Chashu Pork | |
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Thiamin | 0.12 MG | ~ |
Riboflavin | 0.04 MG | ~ |
Niacin | 1.25 MG | ~ |
Pantothenic acid | 0.438 MG | ~ |
Vitamin B6 | 0.044 MG | ~ |
Folate | 26 UG | ~ |
Chashu pork has 73% more calcium than flour - flour has 15mg of calcium per 100 grams and chashu pork has 26mg of calcium.
Flour and chashu pork contain similar amounts of iron - flour has 1.2mg of iron per 100 grams and chashu pork has 0.92mg of iron.
Flour has more potassium than chashu pork - flour has 107mg of potassium per 100 grams and chashu pork does not contain significant amounts.
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: Flour (Wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched) and Chashu Pork (BBQ PORK) .
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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% | calcium | 5% |
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5% | iron | 5% |
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5% | magnesium | 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% | 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% | phosphorus | 5% |
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5% | selenium | 5% |
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5% | zinc | 5% |
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G | 5% | Water | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | Starch | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||