Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
peanuts
versus
cucumber
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in peanuts and cucumber:
Peanut is high in calories and cucumber has 97% less calories than peanut - cucumber has 15 calories per 100 grams and peanut has 587 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, peanuts is much lighter in carbs, much heavier in fat and similar to cucumber for protein. Peanuts has a macronutrient ratio of 16:14:71 and for cucumber, 15:80:5 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Peanuts | Cucumber | |
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Protein | 16% | 15% |
Carbohydrates | 14% | 80% |
Fat | 71% | 5% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Cucumber has 4.8 times less carbohydrates than peanut - cucumber has 3.6g of total carbs per 100 grams and peanut has 21.3g of carbohydrates.
Peanut is an excellent source of dietary fiber and it has 15 times more dietary fiber than cucumber - cucumber has 0.5g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and peanut has 8.4g of dietary fiber.
Cucumber and peanuts contain similar amounts of sugar - cucumber has 1.7g of sugar per 100 grams and peanut has 4.9g of sugar.
Peanut is an excellent source of protein and it has 36 times more protein than cucumber - cucumber has 0.65g of protein per 100 grams and peanut has 24.4g of protein.
Peanut is high in saturated fat and cucumber has 100% less saturated fat than peanut - cucumber has 0.04g of saturated fat per 100 grams and peanut has 7.7g of saturated fat.
Both peanuts and cucumber are low in trans fat - peanut has 0.03g of trans fat per 100 grams and cucumber does not contain significant amounts.
Cucumber has more Vitamin C than peanut - cucumber has 2.8mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and peanut does not contain significant amounts.
Cucumber and peanuts contain similar amounts of Vitamin A - cucumber has 5ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and peanut does not contain significant amounts.
Peanut has 163 times more Vitamin E than cucumber - cucumber has 0.03mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and peanut has 4.9mg of Vitamin E.
Cucumber has more Vitamin K than peanut - cucumber has 16.4ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and peanut does not contain significant amounts.
Peanut has more thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6 and folate.
Peanuts | Cucumber | |
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Thiamin | 0.152 MG | 0.027 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.197 MG | 0.033 MG |
Niacin | 14.355 MG | 0.098 MG |
Pantothenic acid | 1.011 MG | 0.259 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 0.466 MG | 0.04 MG |
Folate | 97 UG | 7 UG |
Peanut is a great source of calcium and it has 263% more calcium than cucumber - cucumber has 16mg of calcium per 100 grams and peanut has 58mg of calcium.
Peanut has 464% more iron than cucumber - cucumber has 0.28mg of iron per 100 grams and peanut has 1.6mg of iron.
Peanut is an excellent source of potassium and it has 331% more potassium than cucumber - cucumber has 147mg of potassium per 100 grams and peanut has 634mg of potassium.
For omega-3 fatty acids, peanut has more alpha linoleic acid (ALA) than cucumber per 100 grams.
Peanuts | Cucumber | |
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alpha linoleic acid | 0.026 G | 0.005 G |
Total | 0.026 G | 0.005 G |
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, peanut has more linoleic acid than cucumber per 100 grams.
Peanuts | Cucumber | |
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other omega 6 | 0.004 G | ~ |
linoleic acid | 9.715 G | 0.028 G |
Total | 9.719 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% | 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% | 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% | biotin (Vit B7) | 5% |
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5% | choline | 5% |
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5% | chromium | 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 | |||