Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
wheat germ
versus
peanut butter
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in wheat germ and peanut butter:
Both wheat germ and peanut butter are high in calories. Peanut butter has 64% more calories than wheat germ - wheat germ has 360 calories per 100 grams and peanut butter has 589 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, wheat germ is heavier in protein, much heavier in carbs and much lighter in fat compared to peanut butter per calorie. Wheat germ has a macronutrient ratio of 24:54:23 and for peanut butter, 15:14:71 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Wheat Germ | Peanut Butter | |
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Protein | 24% | 15% |
Carbohydrates | 54% | 14% |
Fat | 23% | 71% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Wheat germ is high in carbohydrates and peanut butter has 58% less carbohydrates than wheat germ - wheat germ has 51.8g of total carbs per 100 grams and peanut butter has 21.6g of carbohydrates.
Both wheat germ and peanut butter are high in dietary fiber. Wheat germ has 65% more dietary fiber than peanut butter - wheat germ has 13.2g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and peanut butter has 8g of dietary fiber.
Wheat germ has less sugar than peanut butter - peanut butter has 8.4g of sugar per 100 grams and wheat germ does not contain significant amounts.
Both wheat germ and peanut butter are high in protein. Wheat germ is very similar to wheat germ for protein - wheat germ has 23.2g of protein per 100 grams and peanut butter has 24.1g of protein.
Peanut butter is high in saturated fat and wheat germ has 78% less saturated fat than peanut butter - wheat germ has 1.7g of saturated fat per 100 grams and peanut butter has 7.6g of saturated fat.
Peanut butter has signficantly more Vitamin E than wheat germ - peanut butter has 6.3mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and wheat germ does not contain significant amounts.
Peanut butter and wheat germ contain similar amounts of Vitamin K - peanut butter has 0.5ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and wheat germ does not contain significant amounts.
Wheat germ has more thiamin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6 and folate. Both wheat germ and peanut butter contain significant amounts of niacin.
Wheat Germ | Peanut Butter | |
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Thiamin | 1.882 MG | 0.106 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.499 MG | 0.111 MG |
Niacin | 6.813 MG | 13.696 MG |
Pantothenic acid | 2.257 MG | 1.118 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 1.3 MG | 0.418 MG |
Folate | 281 UG | 92 UG |
Wheat germ and peanut butter contain similar amounts of calcium - wheat germ has 39mg of calcium per 100 grams and peanut butter has 45mg of calcium.
Wheat germ is an excellent source of iron and it has 229% more iron than peanut butter - wheat germ has 6.3mg of iron per 100 grams and peanut butter has 1.9mg of iron.
Both wheat germ and peanut butter are high in potassium. Wheat germ has 20% more potassium than peanut butter - wheat germ has 892mg of potassium per 100 grams and peanut butter has 745mg of potassium.
For omega-3 fatty acids, wheat germ has more alpha linoleic acid (ALA) than peanut butter per 100 grams.
Wheat Germ | Peanut Butter | |
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alpha linoleic acid | 0.723 G | 0.078 G |
Total | 0.723 G | 0.078 G |
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, peanut butter has more linoleic acid than wheat germ per 100 grams.
Wheat Germ | Peanut Butter | |
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linoleic acid | 5.287 G | 13.854 G |
other omega 6 | ~ | 0.64 G |
Total | 5.287 G | 14.494 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: Wheat Germ (Wheat germ, crude) and Peanut Butter (Peanut butter, chunk style, with salt) .
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5% | niacin (Vit B3) | 5% |
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5% | biotin (Vit B7) | 5% |
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G | 5% | Water | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | Starch | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||