Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
cooked
wild rice
versus
peanut flour
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in wild rice and peanut flour:
Both wild rice and peanut flour are high in calories. Peanut flour has 224% more calories than wild rice - wild rice has 101 calories per 100 grams and peanut flour has 327 calories.
Wild Rice | Peanut Flour | |
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Protein | 15% | 59% |
Carbohydrates | 82% | 39% |
Fat | 3% | 1% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Peanut flour is high in carbohydrates and wild rice has 39% less carbohydrates than peanut flour - wild rice has 21.3g 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 778% more dietary fiber than wild rice - wild rice has 1.8g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and peanut flour has 15.8g of dietary fiber.
Wild rice has 10.2 times less sugar than peanut flour - wild rice has 0.73g of sugar per 100 grams and peanut flour has 8.2g of sugar.
Peanut flour is an excellent source of protein and it has 12 times more protein than wild rice - wild rice has 4g of protein per 100 grams and peanut flour has 52.2g of protein.
Both wild rice and peanut flour are low in saturated fat - wild rice has 0.05g of saturated fat per 100 grams and peanut flour has 0.06g of saturated fat.
Wild rice and peanut flour contain similar amounts of Vitamin A - wild rice has 0.9ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and peanut flour does not contain significant amounts.
Wild rice and peanut flour contain similar amounts of Vitamin E - wild rice has 0.24mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and peanut flour has 0.05mg of Vitamin E.
Wild rice and peanut flour contain similar amounts of Vitamin K - wild rice has 0.5ug 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.
Wild Rice | Peanut Flour | |
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Thiamin | 0.052 MG | 0.7 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.087 MG | 0.48 MG |
Niacin | 1.287 MG | 27 MG |
Pantothenic acid | 0.154 MG | 2.744 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 0.135 MG | 0.504 MG |
Folate | 26 UG | 248 UG |
Peanut flour is an excellent source of calcium and it has 45 times more calcium than wild rice - wild rice has 3mg of calcium per 100 grams and peanut flour has 140mg of calcium.
Peanut flour is a great source of iron and it has 250% more iron than wild rice - wild rice has 0.6mg of iron per 100 grams and peanut flour has 2.1mg of iron.
Peanut flour is an excellent source of potassium and it has 11 times more potassium than wild rice - wild rice has 101mg of potassium per 100 grams and peanut flour has 1290mg of potassium.
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, both wild rice and peanut flour contain significant amounts of linoleic acid.
Wild Rice | Peanut Flour | |
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linoleic acid | 0.119 G | 0.143 G |
Total | 0.119 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: Wild Rice (Wild rice, cooked) and Peanut Flour (Peanut flour, defatted) .
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5% | niacin (Vit B3) | 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 E | 5% |
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5% | biotin (Vit B7) | 5% |
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5% | choline | 5% |
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G | 5% | Water | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | Starch | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||