Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
molasses
versus
cucumber
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in molasses and cucumber:
Molass is high in calories and cucumber has 95% less calories than molass - cucumber has 15 calories per 100 grams and molass has 290 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, molasses is lighter in protein, heavier in carbs and lighter in fat compared to cucumber per calorie. Molasses has a macronutrient ratio of 0:100:0 and for cucumber, 15:80:5 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
| Molasses | Cucumber | |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | ~ | 15% |
| Carbohydrates | 100% | 80% |
| Fat | ~ | 5% |
| Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Molass is high in carbohydrates and cucumber has 95% less carbohydrates than molass - cucumber has 3.6g of total carbs per 100 grams and molass has 74.7g of carbohydrates.
The carbs in cucumber are made of 56% sugar, 28% starch and 17% dietary fiber, whereas the carbs in molasses comprise of 100% sugar.
Cucumber has more dietary fiber than molass - cucumber has 0.5g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Molass is high in sugar and cucumber has 98% less sugar than molass - cucumber has 1.7g of sugar per 100 grams and molass has 74.7g of sugar.
Cucumber has more protein than molass - cucumber has 0.65g of protein per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Both cucumber and molasses are low in saturated fat - cucumber has 0.04g of saturated fat per 100 grams and molass has 0.02g of saturated fat.
Cucumber has more Vitamin C than molass - cucumber has 2.8mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Cucumber and molasses contain similar amounts of Vitamin A - cucumber has 5ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Cucumber and molasses contain similar amounts of Vitamin E - cucumber has 0.03mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Cucumber has more Vitamin K than molass - cucumber has 16.4ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Cucumber has more riboflavin and folate, however, molass contains more niacin, pantothenic acid and Vitamin B6. Both molasses and cucumber contain significant amounts of thiamin.
| Molasses | Cucumber | |
|---|---|---|
| Thiamin | 0.041 MG | 0.027 MG |
| Riboflavin | 0.002 MG | 0.033 MG |
| Niacin | 0.93 MG | 0.098 MG |
| Pantothenic acid | 0.804 MG | 0.259 MG |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.67 MG | 0.04 MG |
| Folate | ~ | 7 UG |
Molass is an excellent source of calcium and it has 11 times more calcium than cucumber - cucumber has 16mg of calcium per 100 grams and molass has 205mg of calcium.
Molass is an excellent source of iron and it has 15 times more iron than cucumber - cucumber has 0.28mg of iron per 100 grams and molass has 4.7mg of iron.
Molass is an excellent source of potassium and it has 896% more potassium than cucumber - cucumber has 147mg of potassium per 100 grams and molass has 1464mg of potassium.
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, both molasses and cucumber contain small amounts of linoleic acid.
| Molasses | Cucumber | |
|---|---|---|
| linoleic acid | 0.05 G | 0.028 G |
| Total | 0.05 G | 0.028 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.
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5% | calories | 5% |
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5% | carbohydrates | 5% |
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5% | dietary fiber | 5% |
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5% | total fat | 5% |
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5% | saturated fat | 5% |
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| G | 5% | monounsaturated fat | 5% | G | |||
| G | 5% | polyunsaturated fat | 5% | G | |||
| G | 5% | trans fat | 5% | G | |||
| MG | 5% | cholesterol | 5% | MG | |||
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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% | 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% | 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 | |||