Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
apricot
versus
molasses
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in apricot and molasses:
Molass is high in calories and apricot has 83% less calories than molass - molass has 290 calories per 100 grams and apricot has 48 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, apricot is heavier in protein, lighter in carbs and heavier in fat compared to molasses per calorie. Apricot has a macronutrient ratio of 11:83:7 and for molasses, 0:100:0 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
| Apricot | Molasses | |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 11% | ~ |
| Carbohydrates | 83% | 100% |
| Fat | 7% | ~ |
| Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Molass is high in carbohydrates and apricot has 85% less carbohydrates than molass - molass has 74.7g of total carbs per 100 grams and apricot has 11.1g of carbohydrates.
The carbs in apricot are made of 82% sugar and 18% dietary fiber, whereas the carbs in molasses comprise of 100% sugar.
Apricot has signficantly more dietary fiber than molass - apricot has 2g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Molass is high in sugar and apricot has 88% less sugar than molass - molass has 74.7g of sugar per 100 grams and apricot has 9.2g of sugar.
Apricot has more protein than molass - apricot has 1.4g of protein per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Both molasses and apricot are low in saturated fat - molass has 0.02g of saturated fat per 100 grams and apricot has 0.03g of saturated fat.
Apricot has signficantly more Vitamin C than molass - apricot has 10mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Apricot has signficantly more Vitamin A than molass - apricot has 96ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Apricot has more Vitamin E than molass - apricot has 0.89mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Apricot and molasses contain similar amounts of Vitamin K - apricot has 3.3ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Apricot has more riboflavin and folate, however, molass contains more pantothenic acid and Vitamin B6. Both apricot and molasses contain significant amounts of thiamin and niacin.
| Apricot | Molasses | |
|---|---|---|
| Thiamin | 0.03 MG | 0.041 MG |
| Riboflavin | 0.04 MG | 0.002 MG |
| Niacin | 0.6 MG | 0.93 MG |
| Pantothenic acid | 0.24 MG | 0.804 MG |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.054 MG | 0.67 MG |
| Folate | 9 UG | ~ |
Molass is an excellent source of calcium and it has 14 times more calcium than apricot - molass has 205mg of calcium per 100 grams and apricot has 13mg of calcium.
Molass is an excellent source of iron and it has 11 times more iron than apricot - molass has 4.7mg of iron per 100 grams and apricot has 0.39mg of iron.
Both molasses and apricot are high in potassium. Molass has 465% more potassium than apricot - molass has 1464mg of potassium per 100 grams and apricot has 259mg of potassium.
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, both apricot and molasses contain significant amounts of linoleic acid.
| Apricot | Molasses | |
|---|---|---|
| linoleic acid | 0.077 G | 0.05 G |
| Total | 0.077 G | 0.05 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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