Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
egg
versus
molasses
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in egg and molasses:
Both molasses and egg are high in calories. Molass has 103% more calories than egg - molass has 290 calories per 100 grams and egg has 143 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, egg is much heavier in protein, much lighter in carbs and much heavier in fat compared to molasses per calorie. Egg has a macronutrient ratio of 36:2:62 and for molasses, 0:100:0 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
| Egg | Molasses | |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 36% | ~ |
| Carbohydrates | 2% | 100% |
| Fat | 62% | ~ |
| Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Molass is high in carbohydrates and egg has 99% less carbohydrates than molass - molass has 74.7g of total carbs per 100 grams and egg has 0.72g of carbohydrates.
The carbs in molasses and egg are both made of 100% sugar.
Molass is high in sugar and egg has 100% less sugar than molass - molass has 74.7g of sugar per 100 grams and egg has 0.37g of sugar.
Egg is an excellent source of protein and it has more protein than molass - egg has 12.6g of protein per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Molass has 172.6 times less saturated fat than egg - molass has 0.02g of saturated fat per 100 grams and egg has 3.1g of saturated fat.
Both egg and molasses are low in trans fat - egg has 0.04g of trans fat per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Egg is high in cholesterol and molass has less cholesterol than egg - egg has 372mg of cholesterol per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Egg is an excellent source of Vitamin A and it has more Vitamin A than molass - egg has 160ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Egg is a great source of Vitamin D and it has more Vitamin D than molass - egg has 82iu of Vitamin D per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Egg has more Vitamin E than molass - egg has 1.1mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Egg and molasses contain similar amounts of Vitamin K - egg has 0.3ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Egg has more riboflavin, folate and Vitamin B12, however, molass contains more niacin and Vitamin B6. Both egg and molasses contain significant amounts of thiamin and pantothenic acid.
| Egg | Molasses | |
|---|---|---|
| Thiamin | 0.04 MG | 0.041 MG |
| Riboflavin | 0.457 MG | 0.002 MG |
| Niacin | 0.075 MG | 0.93 MG |
| Pantothenic acid | 1.533 MG | 0.804 MG |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.17 MG | 0.67 MG |
| Folate | 47 UG | ~ |
| Vitamin B12 | 0.89 UG | ~ |
Both molasses and egg are high in calcium. Molass has 266% more calcium than egg - molass has 205mg of calcium per 100 grams and egg has 56mg of calcium.
Molass is an excellent source of iron and it has 170% more iron than egg - molass has 4.7mg of iron per 100 grams and egg has 1.8mg of iron.
Molass is an excellent source of potassium and it has 961% more potassium than egg - molass has 1464mg of potassium per 100 grams and egg has 138mg of potassium.
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, egg has more linoleic acid than molass per 100 grams.
| Egg | Molasses | |
|---|---|---|
| other omega 6 | 0.022 G | ~ |
| linoleic acid | 1.555 G | 0.05 G |
| Total | 1.577 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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| G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||