Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
fries
versus
blueberry
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in fries and blueberry:
Fry is high in calories and blueberry has 82% less calories than fry - fry has 312 calories per 100 grams and blueberry has 57 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, fries is much lighter in carbs, much heavier in fat and similar to blueberry for protein. Fries has a macronutrient ratio of 4:53:43 and for blueberry, 5:91:5 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Fries | Blueberry | |
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Protein | 4% | 5% |
Carbohydrates | 53% | 91% |
Fat | 43% | 5% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Fry is high in carbohydrates and blueberry has 65% less carbohydrates than fry - fry has 41.4g of total carbs per 100 grams and blueberry has 14.5g of carbohydrates.
Both fries and blueberry are high in dietary fiber. Fry has 58% more dietary fiber than blueberry - fry has 3.8g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and blueberry has 2.4g of dietary fiber.
Fry has 32.2 times less sugar than blueberry - fry has 0.3g of sugar per 100 grams and blueberry has 10g of sugar.
Fry has 364% more protein than blueberry - fry has 3.4g of protein per 100 grams and blueberry has 0.74g of protein.
Blueberry has 82.4 times less saturated fat than fry - fry has 2.3g of saturated fat per 100 grams and blueberry has 0.03g of saturated fat.
Both fries and blueberry are low in trans fat - fry has 0.06g of trans fat per 100 grams and blueberry does not contain significant amounts.
Blueberry has 106% more Vitamin C than fry - fry has 4.7mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and blueberry has 9.7mg of Vitamin C.
Blueberry and fries contain similar amounts of Vitamin A - blueberry has 3ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and fry does not contain significant amounts.
Fries and blueberry contain similar amounts of Vitamin E - fry has 1.7mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and blueberry has 0.57mg of Vitamin E.
Fries and blueberry contain similar amounts of Vitamin K - fry has 11.2ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and blueberry has 19.3ug of Vitamin K.
Fry has more thiamin, niacin, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6 and folate. Both fries and blueberry contain significant amounts of riboflavin.
Fries | Blueberry | |
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Thiamin | 0.17 MG | 0.037 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.039 MG | 0.041 MG |
Niacin | 3.004 MG | 0.418 MG |
Pantothenic acid | 0.58 MG | 0.124 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 0.372 MG | 0.052 MG |
Folate | 30 UG | 6 UG |
Fry has 200% more calcium than blueberry - fry has 18mg of calcium per 100 grams and blueberry has 6mg of calcium.
Fry has 189% more iron than blueberry - fry has 0.81mg of iron per 100 grams and blueberry has 0.28mg of iron.
Fry is an excellent source of potassium and it has 652% more potassium than blueberry - fry has 579mg of potassium per 100 grams and blueberry has 77mg of potassium.
For omega-3 fatty acids, fry has more alpha linoleic acid (ALA) than blueberry per 100 grams.
Fries | Blueberry | |
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alpha linoleic acid | 0.436 G | 0.058 G |
Total | 0.436 G | 0.058 G |
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, fry has more linoleic acid than blueberry per 100 grams.
Fries | Blueberry | |
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other omega 6 | 0.029 G | ~ |
linoleic acid | 4.948 G | 0.088 G |
Total | 4.977 G | 0.088 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% | niacin (Vit B3) | 5% |
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5% | folate (Vit B9) | 5% |
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5% | biotin (Vit B7) | 5% |
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G | 5% | Water | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | Starch | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||