Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
beef broth
versus
molasses
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in beef broth and molasses:
Molass is high in calories and beef broth has 98% less calories than molass - molass has 290 calories per 100 grams and beef broth has 7 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, beef broth is much heavier in protein, much lighter in carbs and much heavier in fat compared to molasses per calorie. Beef broth has a macronutrient ratio of 69:3:29 and for molasses, 0:100:0 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
| Beef Broth | Molasses | |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 69% | ~ |
| Carbohydrates | 3% | 100% |
| Fat | 29% | ~ |
| Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Molass is high in carbohydrates and beef broth has 100% less carbohydrates than molass - molass has 74.7g of total carbs per 100 grams and beef broth has 0.04g of carbohydrates.
Molass is high in sugar and beef broth has less sugar than molass - molass has 74.7g of sugar per 100 grams and beef broth does not contain significant amounts.
Beef broth has more protein than molass - beef broth has 1.1g of protein per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Both molasses and beef broth are low in saturated fat - molass has 0.02g of saturated fat per 100 grams and beef broth has 0.11g of saturated fat.
Molass has more thiamin, pantothenic acid and Vitamin B6, however, beef broth contains more riboflavin, folate and Vitamin B12. Both beef broth and molasses contain significant amounts of niacin.
| Beef Broth | Molasses | |
|---|---|---|
| Thiamin | 0.002 MG | 0.041 MG |
| Riboflavin | 0.021 MG | 0.002 MG |
| Niacin | 0.78 MG | 0.93 MG |
| Pantothenic acid | 0.02 MG | 0.804 MG |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.01 MG | 0.67 MG |
| Folate | 2 UG | ~ |
| Vitamin B12 | 0.07 UG | ~ |
Molass is an excellent source of calcium and it has 33 times more calcium than beef broth - molass has 205mg of calcium per 100 grams and beef broth has 6mg of calcium.
Molass is an excellent source of iron and it has 26 times more iron than beef broth - molass has 4.7mg of iron per 100 grams and beef broth has 0.17mg of iron.
Molass is an excellent source of potassium and it has 26 times more potassium than beef broth - molass has 1464mg of potassium per 100 grams and beef broth has 54mg of potassium.
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, both beef broth and molasses contain small amounts of linoleic acid.
| Beef Broth | Molasses | |
|---|---|---|
| linoleic acid | 0.01 G | 0.05 G |
| Total | 0.01 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.
Note: The specific food items compared are: Beef Broth (Soup, beef broth or bouillon canned, ready-to-serve) and Molasses (Molasses) .
Beef Broth 240g
(
cup
)
|
Daily Values (%) |
Molasses 337g
(
cup
)
|
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17KCAL 1% |
|
5% | calories | >999% |
|
977KCAL 49% | |
|
|
5% | carbohydrates | >999% |
|
252G 101% | ||
| 5% | sugar | >999% | 252G | ||||
| 0.53G 1% |
|
56% | total fat | 5% |
|
0.34G 1% | |
| 0.26G 2% |
|
333% | saturated fat | 5% |
|
0.06G 0.3% | |
| 0.22G | 100% | monounsaturated fat | 5% | 0.11G | |||
| 0.02G | 5% | polyunsaturated fat | 746% | 0.17G | |||
| 893MG 60% |
|
614% | sodium | 5% |
|
125MG 8% | |
| 5% | Vitamins and Minerals | 5% | |||||
| 14MG 1% |
|
5% | calcium | >999% |
|
691MG 69% | |
| 0.41MG 2% |
|
5% | iron | >999% |
|
16MG 88% | |
| 4.8MG 2% |
|
5% | magnesium | >999% |
|
816MG 263% | |
| 130MG 6% |
|
5% | potassium | >999% |
|
4934MG 215% | |
| 0MG 0.4% |
|
5% | thiamin (Vit B1) | >999% |
|
0.14MG 13% | |
| 0.05MG 5% |
|
396% | riboflavin (Vit B2) | 5% |
|
0.01MG 1% | |
| 1.9MG 13% |
|
5% | niacin (Vit B3) | 63% |
|
3.1MG 22% | |
| 0.02MG 2% |
|
5% | Vitamin B6 | >999% |
|
2.3MG 174% | |
| 0.05MG 1% |
|
5% | pantothenic acid (Vit B5) | >999% |
|
2.7MG 54% | |
| 4.8UG 1% |
|
>999% | folate (Vit B9) | 5% |
|
||
| 0.17UG 7% |
|
>999% | Vitamin B12 | 5% |
|
||
| 2.7G 6% |
|
>999% | protein | 5% |
|
||
| 7MG 2% |
|
5% | choline | 543% |
|
45MG 11% | |
|
|
5% | copper | >999% |
|
1.6MG 137% | ||
| 70UG 2% |
|
>999% | fluoride | 5% |
|
||
| 0.02MG 1% |
|
5% | manganese | >999% |
|
5.2MG 287% | |
| 31MG 5% |
|
5% | phosphorus | 235% |
|
104MG 15% | |
| 1.7UG 3% |
|
5% | selenium | >999% |
|
60UG 109% | |
|
|
5% | zinc | >999% |
|
0.98MG 12% | ||
| 234G | 216% | Water | 5% | 74G | |||
NO SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS (either food): Starch, Alcohol, dietary fiber, chlorine, chromium, iodine, molybdenum, Vitamin A, Vitamin E, Vitamin D, Vitamin C, biotin (Vit B7), Vitamin K, cholesterol, trans fat. |
|||||||