Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
strawberries
versus
cooked
pork
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in strawberries and pork:
Pork is high in calories and strawberry has 89% less calories than pork - strawberry has 32 calories per 100 grams and pork has 297 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, strawberries is much lighter in protein, much heavier in carbs and much lighter in fat compared to pork per calorie. Strawberries has a macronutrient ratio of 7:85:8 and for pork, 36:0:65 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Strawberries | Pork | |
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Protein | 7% | 36% |
Carbohydrates | 85% | ~ |
Fat | 8% | 65% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Pork has less carbohydrates than strawberry - strawberry has 7.7g of total carbs per 100 grams and pork does not contain significant amounts.
Strawberry has signficantly more dietary fiber than pork - strawberry has 2g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and pork does not contain significant amounts.
Pork has less sugar than strawberry - strawberry has 4.9g of sugar per 100 grams and pork does not contain significant amounts.
Pork is an excellent source of protein and it has 37 times more protein than strawberry - strawberry has 0.67g of protein per 100 grams and pork has 25.7g of protein.
Pork is high in saturated fat and strawberry has 100% less saturated fat than pork - strawberry has 0.02g of saturated fat per 100 grams and pork has 7.7g of saturated fat.
Strawberry has less cholesterol than pork - pork has 94mg of cholesterol per 100 grams and strawberry does not contain significant amounts.
Strawberry is an excellent source of Vitamin C and it has 83 times more Vitamin C than pork - strawberry has 58.8mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and pork has 0.7mg of Vitamin C.
Strawberries and pork contain similar amounts of Vitamin A - strawberry has 1ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and pork has 2ug of Vitamin A.
Pork has more Vitamin D than strawberry - pork has 21iu of Vitamin D per 100 grams and strawberry does not contain significant amounts.
Strawberries and pork contain similar amounts of Vitamin E - strawberry has 0.29mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and pork has 0.21mg of Vitamin E.
Strawberries and pork contain similar amounts of Vitamin K - strawberry has 2.2ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and pork does not contain significant amounts.
Pork has more thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6 and Vitamin B12, however, strawberry contains more folate.
Strawberries | Pork | |
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Thiamin | 0.024 MG | 0.706 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.022 MG | 0.22 MG |
Niacin | 0.386 MG | 4.206 MG |
Pantothenic acid | 0.125 MG | 0.52 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 0.047 MG | 0.391 MG |
Folate | 24 UG | 6 UG |
Vitamin B12 | ~ | 0.54 UG |
Strawberries and pork contain similar amounts of calcium - strawberry has 16mg of calcium per 100 grams and pork has 22mg of calcium.
Pork has 215% more iron than strawberry - strawberry has 0.41mg of iron per 100 grams and pork has 1.3mg of iron.
Pork is an excellent source of potassium and it has 137% more potassium than strawberry - strawberry has 153mg of potassium per 100 grams and pork has 362mg of potassium.
For omega-3 fatty acids, both strawberries and pork contain significant amounts of alpha linoleic acid (ALA).
Strawberries | Pork | |
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alpha linoleic acid | 0.065 G | 0.07 G |
Total | 0.065 G | 0.07 G |
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, pork has more linoleic acid than strawberry per 100 grams.
Strawberries | Pork | |
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linoleic acid | 0.09 G | 1.64 G |
other omega 6 | ~ | 0.08 G |
Total | 0.09 G | 1.72 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: Strawberries (Strawberries, raw) and Pork (Pork, fresh, ground, cooked) .
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5% | folate (Vit B9) | 5% |
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G | 5% | Starch | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||