Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
acai berry juice
versus
cooked
chicken
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in acai berry juice and chicken:
Chicken is high in calories and acai berry juice has 67% less calories than chicken - chicken has 189 calories per 100 grams and acai berry juice has 62 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, acai berry juice is much lighter in protein, much heavier in carbs and much lighter in fat compared to chicken per calorie. Acai berry juice has a macronutrient ratio of 5:83:12 and for chicken, 49:0:52 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Acai Berry Juice | Chicken | |
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Protein | 5% | 49% |
Carbohydrates | 83% | ~ |
Fat | 12% | 52% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Chicken has less carbohydrates than acai berry juice - acai berry juice has 12.8g of total carbs per 100 grams and chicken does not contain significant amounts.
Acai berry juice has more dietary fiber than chicken - acai berry juice has 1.2g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and chicken does not contain significant amounts.
Chicken has less sugar than acai berry juice - acai berry juice has 11.1g of sugar per 100 grams and chicken does not contain significant amounts.
Chicken is an excellent source of protein and it has 27 times more protein than acai berry juice - chicken has 23.3g of protein per 100 grams and acai berry juice has 0.83g of protein.
Acai berry juice has less saturated fat than chicken - chicken has 3.1g of saturated fat per 100 grams and acai berry juice does not contain significant amounts.
Both chicken and acai berry juice are low in trans fat - chicken has 0.09g of trans fat per 100 grams and acai berry juice does not contain significant amounts.
Acai berry juice has signficantly less cholesterol than chicken - chicken has 107mg of cholesterol per 100 grams and acai berry juice does not contain significant amounts.
Acai berry juice is an excellent source of Vitamin C and it has more Vitamin C than chicken - acai berry juice has 42.1mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and chicken does not contain significant amounts.
Acai berry juice is an excellent source of Vitamin A and it has more Vitamin A than chicken - acai berry juice has 485ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and chicken does not contain significant amounts.
Acai berry juice is an excellent source of Vitamin E and it has 27 times more Vitamin E than chicken - chicken has 0.39mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and acai berry juice has 11.1mg of Vitamin E.
Chicken and acai berry juice contain similar amounts of Vitamin K - chicken has 2.1ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and acai berry juice has 16.7ug of Vitamin K.
Chicken has more thiamin and riboflavin, however, acai berry juice contains more pantothenic acid and Vitamin B6. Both acai berry juice and chicken contain significant amounts of niacin, folate and Vitamin B12.
Acai Berry Juice | Chicken | |
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Thiamin | 0.03 MG | 0.121 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.04 MG | 0.302 MG |
Niacin | 9.06 MG | 7.107 MG |
Pantothenic acid | 3.333 MG | 1.327 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 1.1 MG | 0.538 MG |
Folate | 4 UG | 2 UG |
Vitamin B12 | 0.4 UG | 0.51 UG |
Acai berry juice has 138% more calcium than chicken - chicken has 8mg of calcium per 100 grams and acai berry juice has 19mg of calcium.
Chicken has 481% more iron than acai berry juice - chicken has 0.93mg of iron per 100 grams and acai berry juice has 0.16mg of iron.
Chicken is an excellent source of potassium and it has 421% more potassium than acai berry juice - chicken has 677mg of potassium per 100 grams and acai berry juice has 130mg of potassium.
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: Acai Berry Juice (Beverages, Acai berry drink, fortified) and Chicken (Chicken, ground, crumbles, cooked, pan-browned) .
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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% | potassium | 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 | |||