Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
mung bean
versus
molasses
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in mung bean and molasses:
Both molasses and mung bean are high in calories. Mung bean has 20% more calories than molass - molass has 290 calories per 100 grams and mung bean has 347 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, mung bean is much heavier in protein, much lighter in carbs and similar to molasses for fat. Mung bean has a macronutrient ratio of 27:70:3 and for molasses, 0:100:0 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
| Mung Bean | Molasses | |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 27% | ~ |
| Carbohydrates | 70% | 100% |
| Fat | 3% | ~ |
| Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Both molasses and mung bean are high in carbohydrates. Molass has 19% more carbohydrates than mung bean - molass has 74.7g of total carbs per 100 grams and mung bean has 62.6g of carbohydrates.
Mung bean is an excellent source of dietary fiber and it has more dietary fiber than molass - mung bean has 16.3g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Molass is high in sugar and mung bean has 91% less sugar than molass - molass has 74.7g of sugar per 100 grams and mung bean has 6.6g of sugar.
Mung bean is an excellent source of protein and it has more protein than molass - mung bean has 23.9g of protein per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Both molasses and mung bean are low in saturated fat - molass has 0.02g of saturated fat per 100 grams and mung bean has 0.35g of saturated fat.
Mung bean has more Vitamin C than molass - mung bean has 4.8mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Mung bean has more Vitamin A than molass - mung bean has 6ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Mung bean has more Vitamin E than molass - mung bean has 0.51mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Mung bean has more Vitamin K than molass - mung bean has 9ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Mung bean has more thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid and folate. Both mung bean and molasses contain significant amounts of Vitamin B6.
| Mung Bean | Molasses | |
|---|---|---|
| Thiamin | 0.621 MG | 0.041 MG |
| Riboflavin | 0.233 MG | 0.002 MG |
| Niacin | 2.251 MG | 0.93 MG |
| Pantothenic acid | 1.91 MG | 0.804 MG |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.382 MG | 0.67 MG |
| Folate | 625 UG | ~ |
Both molasses and mung bean are high in calcium. Molass has 55% more calcium than mung bean - molass has 205mg of calcium per 100 grams and mung bean has 132mg of calcium.
Both molasses and mung bean are high in iron. Mung bean has 43% more iron than molass - molass has 4.7mg of iron per 100 grams and mung bean has 6.7mg of iron.
Both molasses and mung bean are high in potassium. Molass has 47% more potassium than - molass has 1464mg of potassium per 100 grams and mung bean has 1246mg of potassium.
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, mung bean has more linoleic acid than molass per 100 grams.
| Mung Bean | Molasses | |
|---|---|---|
| linoleic acid | 0.357 G | 0.05 G |
| Total | 0.357 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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