Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
fries
versus
olive oil
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in fries and olive oil:
Both fries and olive oil are high in calories. Olive oil has 183% more calories than fry - fry has 312 calories per 100 grams and olive oil has 884 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, fries is heavier in protein, much heavier in carbs and much lighter in fat compared to olive oil per calorie. Fries has a macronutrient ratio of 4:53:43 and for olive oil, 0:0:100 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Fries | Olive Oil | |
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Protein | 4% | ~ |
Carbohydrates | 53% | ~ |
Fat | 43% | 100% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Fry is high in carbohydrates and olive oil has less carbohydrates than fry - fry has 41.4g of total carbs per 100 grams and olive oil does not contain significant amounts.
Fry is an excellent source of dietary fiber and it has more dietary fiber than olive oil - fry has 3.8g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and olive oil does not contain significant amounts.
Fries and olive oil contain similar amounts of sugar - fry has 0.3g of sugar per 100 grams and olive oil does not contain significant amounts.
Fry has more protein than olive oil - fry has 3.4g of protein per 100 grams and olive oil does not contain significant amounts.
Olive oil is high in saturated fat and fry has 83% less saturated fat than olive oil - fry has 2.3g of saturated fat per 100 grams and olive oil has 13.8g of saturated fat.
Both fries and olive oil are low in trans fat - fry has 0.06g of trans fat per 100 grams and olive oil does not contain significant amounts.
Fry has more Vitamin C than olive oil - fry has 4.7mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and olive oil does not contain significant amounts.
Olive oil is an excellent source of Vitamin E and it has 759% more Vitamin E than fry - fry has 1.7mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and olive oil has 14.4mg of Vitamin E.
Olive oil has 438% more Vitamin K than fry - fry has 11.2ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and olive oil has 60.2ug of Vitamin K.
Fry has more thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6 and folate.
Fries | Olive Oil | |
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Thiamin | 0.17 MG | ~ |
Riboflavin | 0.039 MG | ~ |
Niacin | 3.004 MG | ~ |
Pantothenic acid | 0.58 MG | ~ |
Vitamin B6 | 0.372 MG | ~ |
Folate | 30 UG | ~ |
Fry has 17 times more calcium than olive oil - fry has 18mg of calcium per 100 grams and olive oil has 1mg of calcium.
Fries and olive oil contain similar amounts of iron - fry has 0.81mg of iron per 100 grams and olive oil has 0.56mg of iron.
Fry is an excellent source of potassium and it has 578 times more potassium than olive oil - fry has 579mg of potassium per 100 grams and olive oil has 1mg of potassium.
For omega-3 fatty acids, both fries and olive oil contain significant amounts of alpha linoleic acid (ALA).
Fries | Olive Oil | |
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alpha linoleic acid | 0.436 G | 0.761 G |
Total | 0.436 G | 0.761 G |
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, both fries and olive oil contain significant amounts of linoleic acid.
Fries | Olive Oil | |
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other omega 6 | 0.07 G | 0.414 G |
linoleic acid | 4.948 G | 9.762 G |
Total | 5.018 G | 10.176 G |
The comparison below is by weight, but sometimes 100g isn't that intuitive of a measurement for food. View a custom portion comparison (e.g. cups, oz, package).
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