Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
nutritional yeast
versus
peanut flour
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in nutritional yeast and peanut flour:
Both peanut flour and nutritional yeast are high in calories. Peanut flour is very similar to nutritional yeast for calories - peanut flour has 327 calories per 100 grams and nutritional yeast has 325 calories.
Nutritional Yeast | Peanut Flour | |
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Protein | 41% | 59% |
Carbohydrates | 41% | 39% |
Fat | 17% | 1% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Both peanut flour and nutritional yeast are high in carbohydrates. Nutritional yeast has 19% more carbohydrates than peanut flour - peanut flour has 34.7g of total carbs per 100 grams and nutritional yeast has 41.2g of carbohydrates.
Both peanut flour and nutritional yeast are high in dietary fiber. Nutritional yeast has 70% more dietary fiber than peanut flour - peanut flour has 15.8g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and nutritional yeast has 26.9g of dietary fiber.
Nutritional yeast has less sugar than peanut flour - peanut flour has 8.2g of sugar per 100 grams and nutritional yeast does not contain significant amounts.
Both peanut flour and nutritional yeast are high in protein. Peanut flour has 29% more protein than nutritional yeast - peanut flour has 52.2g of protein per 100 grams and nutritional yeast has 40.4g of protein.
Peanut flour and nutritional yeast contain similar amounts of saturated fat - peanut flour has 0.06g of saturated fat per 100 grams and nutritional yeast has 1g of saturated fat.
Nutritional yeast and peanut flour contain similar amounts of Vitamin C - nutritional yeast has 0.3mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and peanut flour does not contain significant amounts.
Peanut flour and nutritional yeast contain similar amounts of Vitamin E - peanut flour has 0.05mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and nutritional yeast does not contain significant amounts.
Nutritional yeast and peanut flour contain similar amounts of Vitamin K - nutritional yeast has 0.4ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and peanut flour does not contain significant amounts.
Nutritional yeast has more thiamin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6, folate and Vitamin B12. Both nutritional yeast and peanut flour contain significant amounts of niacin.
Nutritional Yeast | Peanut Flour | |
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Thiamin | 10.99 MG | 0.7 MG |
Riboflavin | 4 MG | 0.48 MG |
Niacin | 40.2 MG | 27 MG |
Pantothenic acid | 13.5 MG | 2.744 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 1.5 MG | 0.504 MG |
Folate | 2340 UG | 248 UG |
Vitamin B12 | 12.07 UG | ~ |
Peanut flour is an excellent source of calcium and it has 367% more calcium than nutritional yeast - peanut flour has 140mg of calcium per 100 grams and nutritional yeast has 30mg of calcium.
Both peanut flour and nutritional yeast are high in iron. Peanut flour is very similar to peanut flour for iron - peanut flour has 2.1mg of iron per 100 grams and nutritional yeast has 2.2mg of iron.
Both peanut flour and nutritional yeast are high in potassium. Peanut flour has 35% more potassium than nutritional yeast - peanut flour has 1290mg of potassium per 100 grams and nutritional yeast has 955mg of potassium.
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, peanut flour has more linoleic acid than nutritional yeast per 100 grams.
Nutritional Yeast | Peanut Flour | |
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linoleic acid | 0.017 G | 0.143 G |
Total | 0.017 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: Nutritional Yeast (Leavening agents, yeast, baker's, active dry) and Peanut Flour (Peanut flour, defatted) .
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G | 5% | Starch | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||