Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
peach
versus
peanuts
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in peach and peanuts:
Peanut is high in calories and peach has 93% less calories than peanut - peanut has 587 calories per 100 grams and peach has 42 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, peach is lighter in protein, much heavier in carbs and much lighter in fat compared to peanuts per calorie. Peach has a macronutrient ratio of 8:87:5 and for peanuts, 16:14:71 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Peach | Peanuts | |
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Protein | 8% | 16% |
Carbohydrates | 87% | 14% |
Fat | 5% | 71% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Peach has 52% less carbohydrates than peanut - peanut has 21.3g of total carbs per 100 grams and peach has 10.1g of carbohydrates.
Peanut is an excellent source of dietary fiber and it has 460% more dietary fiber than peach - peanut has 8.4g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and peach has 1.5g of dietary fiber.
Peach has less sugar than peanut - peanut has 4.9g of sugar per 100 grams and peach does not contain significant amounts.
Peanut is an excellent source of protein and it has 25 times more protein than peach - peanut has 24.4g of protein per 100 grams and peach has 0.91g of protein.
Peanut is high in saturated fat and peach has less saturated fat than peanut - peanut has 7.7g of saturated fat per 100 grams and peach does not contain significant amounts.
Both peanuts and peach are low in trans fat - peanut has 0.03g of trans fat per 100 grams and peach does not contain significant amounts.
Peach has more Vitamin C than peanut - peach has 4.1mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and peanut does not contain significant amounts.
Peach has more Vitamin A than peanut - peach has 24ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and peanut does not contain significant amounts.
Peanut has signficantly more Vitamin E than peach - peanut has 4.9mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and peach does not contain significant amounts.
Peach and peanuts contain similar amounts of Vitamin K - peach has 3ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and peanut does not contain significant amounts.
Peanut has more thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6 and folate.
Peach | Peanuts | |
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Thiamin | 0.024 MG | 0.152 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.031 MG | 0.197 MG |
Niacin | 0.806 MG | 14.355 MG |
Pantothenic acid | 0.153 MG | 1.011 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 0.025 MG | 0.466 MG |
Folate | 6 UG | 97 UG |
Peanut is a great source of calcium and it has 13 times more calcium than peach - peanut has 58mg of calcium per 100 grams and peach has 4mg of calcium.
Peanut has 365% more iron than peach - peanut has 1.6mg of iron per 100 grams and peach has 0.34mg of iron.
Peanut is an excellent source of potassium and it has 420% more potassium than peach - peanut has 634mg of potassium per 100 grams and peach has 122mg of potassium.
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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5% | carbohydrates | 5% |
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5% | total fat | 5% |
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5% | saturated fat | 5% |
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G | 5% | monounsaturated fat | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | polyunsaturated fat | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | trans fat | 5% | G | |||
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5% | Vitamin A | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin C | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin D | 5% |
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5% | calcium | 5% |
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5% | thiamin (Vit B1) | 5% |
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5% | riboflavin (Vit B2) | 5% |
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5% | niacin (Vit B3) | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin B6 | 5% |
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5% | pantothenic acid (Vit B5) | 5% |
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5% | folate (Vit B9) | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin B12 | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin E | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin K | 5% |
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5% | protein | 5% |
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5% | biotin (Vit B7) | 5% |
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5% | choline | 5% |
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5% | chlorine | 5% |
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5% | chromium | 5% |
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5% | copper | 5% |
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5% | fluoride | 5% |
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5% | iodine | 5% |
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5% | manganese | 5% |
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5% | molybdenum | 5% |
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5% | phosphorus | 5% |
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5% | selenium | 5% |
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5% | zinc | 5% |
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G | 5% | Water | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | Starch | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||