Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
heavy cream
versus
spirulina
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in heavy cream and spirulina:
Both spirulina and heavy cream are high in calories. Heavy cream has 17% more calories than spirulina - spirulina has 290 calories per 100 grams and heavy cream has 340 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, heavy cream is much lighter in protein, much lighter in carbs and much heavier in fat compared to spirulina per calorie. Heavy cream has a macronutrient ratio of 3:3:94 and for spirulina, 58:24:18 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Heavy Cream | Spirulina | |
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Protein | 3% | 58% |
Carbohydrates | 3% | 24% |
Fat | 94% | 18% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Heavy cream has signficantly less carbohydrates than spirulina - spirulina has 23.9g of total carbs per 100 grams and heavy cream has 2.8g of carbohydrates.
Spirulina is an excellent source of dietary fiber and it has more dietary fiber than heavy cream - spirulina has 3.6g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and heavy cream does not contain significant amounts.
Spirulina and heavy cream contain similar amounts of sugar - spirulina has 3.1g of sugar per 100 grams and heavy cream has 2.9g of sugar.
Spirulina is an excellent source of protein and it has 19 times more protein than heavy cream - spirulina has 57.5g of protein per 100 grams and heavy cream has 2.8g of protein.
Heavy cream is high in saturated fat and spirulina has 88% less saturated fat than heavy cream - spirulina has 2.7g of saturated fat per 100 grams and heavy cream has 23g of saturated fat.
Spirulina has less trans fat than heavy cream - heavy cream has 1.2g of trans fat per 100 grams and spirulina does not contain significant amounts.
Spirulina has signficantly less cholesterol than heavy cream - heavy cream has 113mg of cholesterol per 100 grams and spirulina does not contain significant amounts.
Spirulina has signficantly more Vitamin C than heavy cream - spirulina has 10.1mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and heavy cream has 0.6mg of Vitamin C.
Heavy cream is an excellent source of Vitamin A and it has 13 times more Vitamin A than spirulina - spirulina has 29ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and heavy cream has 411ug of Vitamin A.
Heavy cream has signficantly more Vitamin D than spirulina - heavy cream has 63iu of Vitamin D per 100 grams and spirulina does not contain significant amounts.
Spirulina has 443% more Vitamin E than heavy cream - spirulina has 5mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and heavy cream has 0.92mg of Vitamin E.
Spirulina has 697% more Vitamin K than heavy cream - spirulina has 25.5ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and heavy cream has 3.2ug of Vitamin K.
Spirulina has more thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6 and folate, however, heavy cream contains more Vitamin B12.
Heavy Cream | Spirulina | |
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Thiamin | 0.02 MG | 2.38 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.188 MG | 3.67 MG |
Niacin | 0.064 MG | 12.82 MG |
Pantothenic acid | 0.495 MG | 3.48 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 0.035 MG | 0.364 MG |
Folate | 4 UG | 94 UG |
Vitamin B12 | 0.16 UG | ~ |
Both spirulina and heavy cream are high in calcium. Spirulina has 82% more calcium than heavy cream - spirulina has 120mg of calcium per 100 grams and heavy cream has 66mg of calcium.
Spirulina is an excellent source of iron and it has 284 times more iron than heavy cream - spirulina has 28.5mg of iron per 100 grams and heavy cream has 0.1mg of iron.
Spirulina is an excellent source of potassium and it has 13 times more potassium than heavy cream - spirulina has 1363mg of potassium per 100 grams and heavy cream has 95mg of potassium.
For omega-3 fatty acids, spirulina has more alpha linoleic acid (ALA) than heavy cream per 100 grams, however, heavy cream contains more dpa than spirulina per 100 grams.
Heavy Cream | Spirulina | |
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alpha linoleic acid | 0.128 G | 0.823 G |
EPA | 0.009 G | ~ |
DPA | 0.02 G | ~ |
Total | 0.157 G | 0.823 G |
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, both heavy cream and spirulina contain significant amounts of linoleic acid.
Heavy Cream | Spirulina | |
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other omega 6 | 0.039 G | ~ |
linoleic acid | 1.294 G | 1.254 G |
Total | 1.333 G | 1.254 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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Note: The specific food items compared are: Heavy Cream (Cream, fluid, heavy whipping) and Spirulina (Seaweed, spirulina, dried) .
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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% | biotin (Vit B7) | 5% |
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G | 5% | Starch | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||