Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
peanuts
versus
almond extract
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in peanuts and almond extract:
Peanut is high in calories and almond extract has 90% less calories than peanut - almond extract has 56 calories per 100 grams and peanut has 587 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, peanuts is heavier in protein, much lighter in carbs and much heavier in fat compared to almond extract per calorie. Peanuts has a macronutrient ratio of 16:14:71 and for almond extract, 0:100:0 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
| Peanuts | Almond Extract | |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 16% | ~ |
| Carbohydrates | 14% | 100% |
| Fat | 71% | ~ |
| Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Almond extract has 32% less carbohydrates than peanut - almond extract has 14.4g of total carbs per 100 grams and peanut has 21.3g of carbohydrates.
Peanut is an excellent source of dietary fiber and it has more dietary fiber than almond extract - peanut has 8.4g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and almond extract does not contain significant amounts.
Peanut has 66% less sugar than almond extract - almond extract has 14.4g of sugar per 100 grams and peanut has 4.9g of sugar.
Peanut is an excellent source of protein and it has 810 times more protein than almond extract - almond extract has 0.03g of protein per 100 grams and peanut has 24.4g of protein.
Peanut is high in saturated fat and almond extract has less saturated fat than peanut - peanut has 7.7g of saturated fat per 100 grams and almond extract does not contain significant amounts.
Both peanuts and almond extract are low in trans fat - peanut has 0.03g of trans fat per 100 grams and almond extract does not contain significant amounts.
Peanut has signficantly more Vitamin E than almond extract - peanut has 4.9mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and almond extract does not contain significant amounts.
Peanut has more thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6 and folate.
| Peanuts | Almond Extract | |
|---|---|---|
| Thiamin | 0.152 MG | 0.003 MG |
| Riboflavin | 0.197 MG | 0.029 MG |
| Niacin | 14.355 MG | 0.129 MG |
| Pantothenic acid | 1.011 MG | 0.011 MG |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.466 MG | 0.008 MG |
| Folate | 97 UG | ~ |
Peanut is a great source of calcium and it has 18 times more calcium than almond extract - almond extract has 3mg of calcium per 100 grams and peanut has 58mg of calcium.
Peanut has signficantly more iron than almond extract - almond extract has 0.05mg of iron per 100 grams and peanut has 1.6mg of iron.
Peanut is an excellent source of potassium and it has more potassium than almond extract - peanut has 634mg of potassium per 100 grams and almond extract does not contain significant amounts.
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: Peanuts (Peanuts, all types, dry-roasted, without salt) and Almond Extract (Almond or vanilla extract, imitation, no alcohol) .
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5% | niacin (Vit B3) | 5% |
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5% | folate (Vit B9) | 5% |
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5% | biotin (Vit B7) | 5% |
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5% | chromium | 5% |
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| G | 5% | Water | 5% | G | |||
| G | 5% | Starch | 5% | G | |||
| G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||