Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
green tea
versus
hazelnut
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in green tea and hazelnut:
Hazelnut is high in calories and green tea has 100% less calories than hazelnut - hazelnut has 646 calories per 100 grams and green tea has 1 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, green tea is much heavier in protein, lighter in carbs and much lighter in fat compared to hazelnut per calorie. Green tea has a macronutrient ratio of 100:0:0 and for hazelnut, 9:10:81 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Green Tea | Hazelnut | |
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Protein | 100% | 9% |
Carbohydrates | ~ | 10% |
Fat | ~ | 81% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Green tea has less carbohydrates than hazelnut - hazelnut has 17.6g of total carbs per 100 grams and green tea does not contain significant amounts.
Hazelnut is an excellent source of dietary fiber and it has more dietary fiber than green tea - hazelnut has 9.4g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and green tea does not contain significant amounts.
Green tea has less sugar than hazelnut - hazelnut has 4.9g of sugar per 100 grams and green tea does not contain significant amounts.
Hazelnut is an excellent source of protein and it has 67 times more protein than green tea - hazelnut has 15g of protein per 100 grams and green tea has 0.22g of protein.
Green tea has signficantly less saturated fat than hazelnut - hazelnut has 4.5g of saturated fat per 100 grams and green tea does not contain significant amounts.
Hazelnut has more Vitamin C than green tea - hazelnut has 3.8mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and green tea does not contain significant amounts.
Hazelnut and green tea contain similar amounts of Vitamin A - hazelnut has 3ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and green tea does not contain significant amounts.
Hazelnut is an excellent source of Vitamin E and it has more Vitamin E than green tea - hazelnut has 15.3mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and green tea does not contain significant amounts.
Hazelnut has more thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6 and folate.
Green Tea | Hazelnut | |
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Thiamin | 0.007 MG | 0.338 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.058 MG | 0.123 MG |
Niacin | 0.03 MG | 2.05 MG |
Pantothenic acid | ~ | 0.923 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 0.005 MG | 0.62 MG |
Folate | ~ | 88 UG |
Hazelnut is an excellent source of calcium and it has more calcium than green tea - hazelnut has 123mg of calcium per 100 grams and green tea does not contain significant amounts.
Hazelnut is an excellent source of iron and it has 218 times more iron than green tea - hazelnut has 4.4mg of iron per 100 grams and green tea has 0.02mg of iron.
Hazelnut is an excellent source of potassium and it has 93 times more potassium than green tea - hazelnut has 755mg of potassium per 100 grams and green tea has 8mg 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.
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5% | niacin (Vit B3) | 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 | |||