Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
rosemary
versus
molasses
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in rosemary and molasses:
Both molasses and rosemary are high in calories. Molass has 121% more calories than rosemary - molass has 290 calories per 100 grams and rosemary has 131 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, rosemary is similar to molasses for protein, carbs and fat. Rosemary has a macronutrient ratio of 0:100:0 and for molasses, 0:100:0 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
| Rosemary | Molasses | |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | ~ | ~ |
| Carbohydrates | 100% | 100% |
| Fat | ~ | ~ |
| Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Molass is high in carbohydrates and rosemary has 72% less carbohydrates than molass - molass has 74.7g of total carbs per 100 grams and rosemary has 20.7g of carbohydrates.
Rosemary is an excellent source of dietary fiber and it has more dietary fiber than molass - rosemary has 14.1g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Molass is high in sugar and rosemary has less sugar than molass - molass has 74.7g of sugar per 100 grams and rosemary does not contain significant amounts.
Rosemary has more protein than molass - rosemary has 3.3g of protein per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Molass has 156.6 times less saturated fat than rosemary - molass has 0.02g of saturated fat per 100 grams and rosemary has 2.8g of saturated fat.
Rosemary is an excellent source of Vitamin C and it has more Vitamin C than molass - rosemary has 21.8mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Rosemary is a great source of Vitamin A and it has more Vitamin A than molass - rosemary has 146ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Rosemary has more riboflavin and folate. Both rosemary and molasses contain significant amounts of thiamin, niacin, pantothenic acid and Vitamin B6.
| Rosemary | Molasses | |
|---|---|---|
| Thiamin | 0.036 MG | 0.041 MG |
| Riboflavin | 0.152 MG | 0.002 MG |
| Niacin | 0.912 MG | 0.93 MG |
| Pantothenic acid | 0.804 MG | 0.804 MG |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.336 MG | 0.67 MG |
| Folate | 109 UG | ~ |
Both molasses and rosemary are high in calcium. Rosemary has 55% more calcium than molass - molass has 205mg of calcium per 100 grams and rosemary has 317mg of calcium.
Both molasses and rosemary are high in iron. Rosemary has 41% more iron than molass - molass has 4.7mg of iron per 100 grams and rosemary has 6.7mg of iron.
Both molasses and rosemary are high in potassium. Molass has 119% more potassium than rosemary - molass has 1464mg of potassium per 100 grams and rosemary has 668mg of potassium.
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, rosemary has more linoleic acid than molass per 100 grams.
| Rosemary | Molasses | |
|---|---|---|
| linoleic acid | 0.447 G | 0.05 G |
| Total | 0.447 G | 0.05 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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| G | 5% | Water | 5% | G | |||
| G | 5% | Starch | 5% | G | |||
| G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||