Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
peanuts
versus
cumin
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in peanuts and cumin:
Both cumin and peanuts are high in calories. Peanut has 57% more calories than cumin - cumin has 375 calories per 100 grams and peanut has 587 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, peanuts is much lighter in carbs, much heavier in fat and similar to cumin for protein. Peanuts has a macronutrient ratio of 16:14:71 and for cumin, 17:37:46 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Peanuts | Cumin | |
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Protein | 16% | 17% |
Carbohydrates | 14% | 37% |
Fat | 71% | 46% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Cumin is high in carbohydrates and peanut has 52% less carbohydrates than cumin - cumin has 44.2g of total carbs per 100 grams and peanut has 21.3g of carbohydrates.
Both cumin and peanuts are high in dietary fiber. Cumin has 25% more dietary fiber than peanut - cumin has 10.5g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and peanut has 8.4g of dietary fiber.
Cumin and peanuts contain similar amounts of sugar - cumin has 2.3g of sugar per 100 grams and peanut has 4.9g of sugar.
Both cumin and peanuts are high in protein. Peanut has 37% more protein than cumin - cumin has 17.8g of protein per 100 grams and peanut has 24.4g of protein.
Peanut is high in saturated fat and cumin has 80% less saturated fat than peanut - cumin has 1.5g of saturated fat per 100 grams and peanut has 7.7g of saturated fat.
Both peanuts and cumin are low in trans fat - peanut has 0.03g of trans fat per 100 grams and cumin does not contain significant amounts.
Cumin has more Vitamin C than peanut - cumin has 7.7mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and peanut does not contain significant amounts.
Cumin has more Vitamin A than peanut - cumin has 64ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and peanut does not contain significant amounts.
Peanut has 48% more Vitamin E than cumin - cumin has 3.3mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and peanut has 4.9mg of Vitamin E.
Cumin has more Vitamin K than peanut - cumin has 5.4ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and peanut does not contain significant amounts.
Cumin has more thiamin, however, peanut contains more niacin, pantothenic acid and folate. Both peanuts and cumin contain significant amounts of riboflavin and Vitamin B6.
Peanuts | Cumin | |
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Thiamin | 0.152 MG | 0.628 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.197 MG | 0.327 MG |
Niacin | 14.355 MG | 4.579 MG |
Pantothenic acid | 1.011 MG | ~ |
Vitamin B6 | 0.466 MG | 0.435 MG |
Folate | 97 UG | 10 UG |
Both cumin and peanuts are high in calcium. Cumin has 15 times more calcium than peanut - cumin has 931mg of calcium per 100 grams and peanut has 58mg of calcium.
Cumin is an excellent source of iron and it has 41 times more iron than peanut - cumin has 66.4mg of iron per 100 grams and peanut has 1.6mg of iron.
Both cumin and peanuts are high in potassium. Cumin has 182% more potassium than peanut - cumin has 1788mg of potassium per 100 grams and peanut has 634mg of potassium.
For omega-3 fatty acids, cumin has more alpha linoleic acid (ALA) than peanut per 100 grams.
Peanuts | Cumin | |
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alpha linoleic acid | 0.026 G | 0.176 G |
Total | 0.026 G | 0.176 G |
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, peanut has more linoleic acid than cumin per 100 grams.
Peanuts | Cumin | |
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other omega 6 | 0.004 G | ~ |
linoleic acid | 9.715 G | 3.103 G |
Total | 9.719 G | 3.103 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.
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