Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
greek yogurt
versus
peanut flour
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in greek yogurt and peanut flour:
Peanut flour is high in calories and greek yogurt has 78% less calories than peanut flour - greek yogurt has 73 calories per 100 grams and peanut flour has 327 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, greek yogurt is lighter in protein, lighter in carbs and much heavier in fat compared to peanut flour per calorie. Greek yogurt has a macronutrient ratio of 55:22:24 and for peanut flour, 59:39:1 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Greek Yogurt | Peanut Flour | |
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Protein | 55% | 59% |
Carbohydrates | 22% | 39% |
Fat | 24% | 1% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Peanut flour is high in carbohydrates and greek yogurt has 89% less carbohydrates than peanut flour - greek yogurt has 3.9g of total carbs per 100 grams and peanut flour has 34.7g of carbohydrates.
Peanut flour is an excellent source of dietary fiber and it has more dietary fiber than greek yogurt - peanut flour has 15.8g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and greek yogurt does not contain significant amounts.
Greek yogurt has 57% less sugar than peanut flour - greek yogurt has 3.6g of sugar per 100 grams and peanut flour has 8.2g of sugar.
Both greek yogurt and peanut flour are high in protein. Peanut flour has 425% more protein than greek yogurt - greek yogurt has 10g of protein per 100 grams and peanut flour has 52.2g of protein.
Peanut flour has 18.5 times less saturated fat than greek yogurt - greek yogurt has 1.2g of saturated fat per 100 grams and peanut flour has 0.06g of saturated fat.
Both greek yogurt and peanut flour are low in trans fat - greek yogurt has 0.06g of trans fat per 100 grams and peanut flour does not contain significant amounts.
Peanut flour has less cholesterol than greek yogurt - greek yogurt has 10mg of cholesterol per 100 grams and peanut flour does not contain significant amounts.
Greek yogurt has more Vitamin C than peanut flour - greek yogurt has 0.8mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and peanut flour does not contain significant amounts.
Greek yogurt has signficantly more Vitamin A than peanut flour - greek yogurt has 90ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and peanut flour does not contain significant amounts.
Greek yogurt and peanut flour contain similar amounts of Vitamin E - greek yogurt has 0.04mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and peanut flour has 0.05mg of Vitamin E.
Greek yogurt and peanut flour contain similar amounts of Vitamin K - greek yogurt has 0.2ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and peanut flour does not contain significant amounts.
Peanut flour has more thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6 and folate, however, greek yogurt contains more Vitamin B12.
Greek Yogurt | Peanut Flour | |
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Thiamin | 0.044 MG | 0.7 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.233 MG | 0.48 MG |
Niacin | 0.197 MG | 27 MG |
Pantothenic acid | 0.47 MG | 2.744 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 0.055 MG | 0.504 MG |
Folate | 12 UG | 248 UG |
Vitamin B12 | 0.52 UG | ~ |
Both greek yogurt and peanut flour are high in calcium. Peanut flour has 22% more calcium than greek yogurt - greek yogurt has 115mg of calcium per 100 grams and peanut flour has 140mg of calcium.
Peanut flour is a great source of iron and it has 51 times more iron than greek yogurt - greek yogurt has 0.04mg of iron per 100 grams and peanut flour has 2.1mg of iron.
Peanut flour is an excellent source of potassium and it has 815% more potassium than greek yogurt - greek yogurt has 141mg of potassium per 100 grams and peanut flour has 1290mg of potassium.
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, peanut flour has more linoleic acid than greek yogurt per 100 grams.
Greek Yogurt | Peanut Flour | |
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other omega 6 | 0.002 G | ~ |
linoleic acid | 0.065 G | 0.143 G |
Total | 0.067 G | 0.143 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: Greek Yogurt (Yogurt, Greek, plain, lowfat) and Peanut Flour (Peanut flour, defatted) .
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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% | thiamin (Vit B1) | 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% | 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% | manganese | 5% |
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5% | molybdenum | 5% |
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5% | selenium | 5% |
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G | 5% | Water | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | Starch | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||