Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
maitake mushroom
versus
molasses
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in maitake mushroom and molasses:
Molass is high in calories and maitake mushroom has 89% less calories than molass - molass has 290 calories per 100 grams and maitake mushroom has 31 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, maitake mushroom is much heavier in protein, much lighter in carbs and similar to molasses for fat. Maitake mushroom has a macronutrient ratio of 22:75:3 and for molasses, 0:100:0 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
| Maitake Mushroom | Molasses | |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 22% | ~ |
| Carbohydrates | 75% | 100% |
| Fat | 3% | ~ |
| Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Molass is high in carbohydrates and maitake mushroom has 91% less carbohydrates than molass - molass has 74.7g of total carbs per 100 grams and maitake mushroom has 7g of carbohydrates.
Maitake mushroom is a great source of dietary fiber and it has more dietary fiber than molass - maitake mushroom has 2.7g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Molass is high in sugar and maitake mushroom has 97% less sugar than molass - molass has 74.7g of sugar per 100 grams and maitake mushroom has 2.1g of sugar.
Maitake mushroom has more protein than molass - maitake mushroom has 1.9g of protein per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Both molasses and maitake mushroom are low in saturated fat - molass has 0.02g of saturated fat per 100 grams and maitake mushroom has 0.03g of saturated fat.
Maitake mushroom is an excellent source of Vitamin D and it has more Vitamin D than molass - maitake mushroom has 1123iu of Vitamin D per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Maitake mushroom and molasses contain similar amounts of Vitamin E - maitake mushroom has 0.01mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Maitake mushroom has more thiamin, riboflavin and folate, however, molass contains more pantothenic acid and Vitamin B6. Both maitake mushroom and molasses contain significant amounts of niacin.
| Maitake Mushroom | Molasses | |
|---|---|---|
| Thiamin | 0.146 MG | 0.041 MG |
| Riboflavin | 0.242 MG | 0.002 MG |
| Niacin | 0.6585 MG | 0.93 MG |
| Pantothenic acid | 0.27 MG | 0.804 MG |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.056 MG | 0.67 MG |
| Folate | 21 UG | ~ |
Molass is an excellent source of calcium and it has 204 times more calcium than maitake mushroom - molass has 205mg of calcium per 100 grams and maitake mushroom has 1mg of calcium.
Molass is an excellent source of iron and it has 14 times more iron than maitake mushroom - molass has 4.7mg of iron per 100 grams and maitake mushroom has 0.3mg of iron.
Both molasses and maitake mushroom are high in potassium. Molass has 618% more potassium than maitake mushroom - molass has 1464mg of potassium per 100 grams and maitake mushroom has 204mg of potassium.
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, both maitake mushroom and molasses contain significant amounts of linoleic acid.
| Maitake Mushroom | Molasses | |
|---|---|---|
| linoleic acid | 0.09 G | 0.05 G |
| Total | 0.09 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: Maitake Mushroom (Mushrooms, maitake, raw) and Molasses (Molasses) .
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