Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
raisins
versus
yellow mustard
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in raisins and yellow mustard:
Raisin is high in calories and yellow mustard has 80% less calories than raisin - raisin has 296 calories per 100 grams and yellow mustard has 60 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, raisins is lighter in protein, much heavier in carbs and much lighter in fat compared to yellow mustard per calorie. Raisins has a macronutrient ratio of 3:95:2 and for yellow mustard, 22:34:44 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Raisins | Yellow Mustard | |
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Protein | 3% | 22% |
Carbohydrates | 95% | 34% |
Fat | 2% | 44% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Raisin is high in carbohydrates and yellow mustard has 93% less carbohydrates than raisin - raisin has 78.5g of total carbs per 100 grams and yellow mustard has 5.8g of carbohydrates.
Both raisins and yellow mustard are high in dietary fiber. Raisin has 70% more dietary fiber than yellow mustard - raisin has 6.8g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and yellow mustard has 4g of dietary fiber.
Yellow mustard and raisins contain similar amounts of sugar - yellow mustard has 0.92g of sugar per 100 grams and raisin does not contain significant amounts.
Raisins and yellow mustard contain similar amounts of protein - raisin has 2.5g of protein per 100 grams and yellow mustard has 3.7g of protein.
Both raisins and yellow mustard are low in saturated fat - raisin has 0.18g of saturated fat per 100 grams and yellow mustard has 0.21g of saturated fat.
Both yellow mustard and raisins are low in trans fat - yellow mustard has 0.01g of trans fat per 100 grams and raisin does not contain significant amounts.
Raisin has 17 times more Vitamin C than yellow mustard - raisin has 5.4mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and yellow mustard has 0.3mg of Vitamin C.
Yellow mustard and raisins contain similar amounts of Vitamin A - yellow mustard has 5ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and raisin does not contain significant amounts.
Yellow mustard has more Vitamin E than raisin - yellow mustard has 0.36mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and raisin does not contain significant amounts.
Yellow mustard and raisins contain similar amounts of Vitamin K - yellow mustard has 1.4ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and raisin does not contain significant amounts.
Raisin has more riboflavin and Vitamin B6, however, yellow mustard contains more pantothenic acid. Both raisins and yellow mustard contain significant amounts of thiamin, niacin and folate.
Raisins | Yellow Mustard | |
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Thiamin | 0.112 MG | 0.177 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.182 MG | 0.07 MG |
Niacin | 1.114 MG | 0.565 MG |
Pantothenic acid | 0.045 MG | 0.254 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 0.188 MG | 0.07 MG |
Folate | 3 UG | 7 UG |
Yellow mustard is an excellent source of calcium and it has 125% more calcium than raisin - raisin has 28mg of calcium per 100 grams and yellow mustard has 63mg of calcium.
Raisin is a great source of iron and it has 61% more iron than yellow mustard - raisin has 2.6mg of iron per 100 grams and yellow mustard has 1.6mg of iron.
Raisin is an excellent source of potassium and it has 443% more potassium than yellow mustard - raisin has 825mg of potassium per 100 grams and yellow mustard has 152mg of potassium.
For omega-3 fatty acids, yellow mustard has more alpha linoleic acid (ALA) than raisin per 100 grams.
Raisins | Yellow Mustard | |
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alpha linoleic acid | 0.037 G | 0.374 G |
Total | 0.037 G | 0.374 G |
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, yellow mustard has more linoleic acid than raisin per 100 grams.
Raisins | Yellow Mustard | |
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linoleic acid | 0.122 G | 0.363 G |
other omega 6 | ~ | 0.01 G |
Total | 0.122 G | 0.373 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: Raisins (Raisins, seeded) and Yellow Mustard (Mustard, prepared, yellow) .
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