Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
nutritional yeast
versus
spinach
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in nutritional yeast and spinach:
Nutritional yeast is high in calories and spinach has 93% less calories than nutritional yeast - spinach has 23 calories per 100 grams and nutritional yeast has 325 calories.
Nutritional Yeast | Spinach | |
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Protein | 41% | 40% |
Carbohydrates | 41% | 49% |
Fat | 17% | 10% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Nutritional yeast is high in carbohydrates and spinach has 91% less carbohydrates than nutritional yeast - spinach has 3.6g of total carbs per 100 grams and nutritional yeast has 41.2g of carbohydrates.
Both spinach and nutritional yeast are high in dietary fiber. Nutritional yeast has 11 times more dietary fiber than spinach - spinach has 2.2g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and nutritional yeast has 26.9g of dietary fiber.
Spinach and nutritional yeast contain similar amounts of sugar - spinach has 0.42g of sugar per 100 grams and nutritional yeast does not contain significant amounts.
Nutritional yeast is an excellent source of protein and it has 13 times more protein than spinach - spinach has 2.9g of protein per 100 grams and nutritional yeast has 40.4g of protein.
Spinach and nutritional yeast contain similar amounts of saturated fat - spinach has 0.06g of saturated fat per 100 grams and nutritional yeast has 1g of saturated fat.
Spinach is an excellent source of Vitamin C and it has 92 times more Vitamin C than nutritional yeast - spinach has 28.1mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and nutritional yeast has 0.3mg of Vitamin C.
Spinach is an excellent source of Vitamin A and it has more Vitamin A than nutritional yeast - spinach has 469ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and nutritional yeast does not contain significant amounts.
Spinach has more Vitamin E than nutritional yeast - spinach has 2mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and nutritional yeast does not contain significant amounts.
Spinach is an excellent source of Vitamin K and it has 1206 times more Vitamin K than nutritional yeast - spinach has 482.9ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and nutritional yeast has 0.4ug of Vitamin K.
Nutritional yeast has more thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6, folate and Vitamin B12.
Nutritional Yeast | Spinach | |
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Thiamin | 10.99 MG | 0.078 MG |
Riboflavin | 4 MG | 0.189 MG |
Niacin | 40.2 MG | 0.724 MG |
Pantothenic acid | 13.5 MG | 0.065 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 1.5 MG | 0.195 MG |
Folate | 2340 UG | 194 UG |
Vitamin B12 | 12.07 UG | ~ |
Spinach is an excellent source of calcium and it has 230% more calcium than nutritional yeast - spinach has 99mg of calcium per 100 grams and nutritional yeast has 30mg of calcium.
Both spinach and nutritional yeast are high in iron. Spinach has 25% more iron than nutritional yeast - spinach has 2.7mg of iron per 100 grams and nutritional yeast has 2.2mg of iron.
Both spinach and nutritional yeast are high in potassium. Nutritional yeast has 71% more potassium than spinach - spinach has 558mg of potassium per 100 grams and nutritional yeast has 955mg of potassium.
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, both nutritional yeast and spinach contain small amounts of linoleic acid.
Nutritional Yeast | Spinach | |
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linoleic acid | 0.017 G | 0.026 G |
Total | 0.017 G | 0.026 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: Nutritional Yeast (Leavening agents, yeast, baker's, active dry) and Spinach (Spinach, raw) .
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G | 5% | Starch | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||