Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
oats
versus
blackberry
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in oats and blackberry:
Oat is high in calories and blackberry has 89% less calories than oat - oat has 389 calories per 100 grams and blackberry has 43 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, oats is heavier in protein, lighter in carbs and heavier in fat compared to blackberry per calorie. Oats has a macronutrient ratio of 17:67:16 and for blackberry, 12:79:9 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Oats | Blackberry | |
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Protein | 17% | 12% |
Carbohydrates | 67% | 79% |
Fat | 16% | 9% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Oat is high in carbohydrates and blackberry has 85% less carbohydrates than oat - oat has 66.3g of total carbs per 100 grams and blackberry has 9.6g of carbohydrates.
Both oats and blackberry are high in dietary fiber. Oat has 100% more dietary fiber than blackberry - oat has 10.6g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and blackberry has 5.3g of dietary fiber.
Oat has less sugar than blackberry - blackberry has 4.9g of sugar per 100 grams and oat does not contain significant amounts.
Oat is an excellent source of protein and it has 11 times more protein than blackberry - oat has 16.9g of protein per 100 grams and blackberry has 1.4g of protein.
Blackberry has 85.9 times less saturated fat than oat - oat has 1.2g of saturated fat per 100 grams and blackberry has 0.01g of saturated fat.
Blackberry is an excellent source of Vitamin C and it has more Vitamin C than oat - blackberry has 21mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and oat does not contain significant amounts.
Blackberry has more Vitamin A than oat - blackberry has 11ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and oat does not contain significant amounts.
Blackberry has more Vitamin E than oat - blackberry has 1.2mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and oat does not contain significant amounts.
Blackberry has more Vitamin K than oat - blackberry has 19.8ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and oat does not contain significant amounts.
Oat has more thiamin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6 and folate. Both oats and blackberry contain significant amounts of niacin.
Oats | Blackberry | |
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Thiamin | 0.763 MG | 0.02 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.139 MG | 0.026 MG |
Niacin | 0.961 MG | 0.646 MG |
Pantothenic acid | 1.349 MG | 0.276 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 0.119 MG | 0.03 MG |
Folate | 56 UG | 25 UG |
Oat is a great source of calcium and it has 86% more calcium than blackberry - oat has 54mg of calcium per 100 grams and blackberry has 29mg of calcium.
Oat is an excellent source of iron and it has 661% more iron than blackberry - oat has 4.7mg of iron per 100 grams and blackberry has 0.62mg of iron.
Oat is an excellent source of potassium and it has 165% more potassium than blackberry - oat has 429mg of potassium per 100 grams and blackberry has 162mg of potassium.
For omega-3 fatty acids, both oats and blackberry contain significant amounts of alpha linoleic acid (ALA).
Oats | Blackberry | |
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alpha linoleic acid | 0.111 G | 0.094 G |
Total | 0.111 G | 0.094 G |
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, oat has more linoleic acid than blackberry per 100 grams.
Oats | Blackberry | |
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linoleic acid | 2.424 G | 0.186 G |
Total | 2.424 G | 0.186 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: Oats (Oats (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)) and Blackberry (Blackberries, raw) .
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