Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
spam
versus
peas
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in spam and peas:
Spam is high in calories and pea has 72% less calories than spam - pea has 81 calories per 100 grams and spam has 293 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, spam is lighter in protein, much lighter in carbs and much heavier in fat compared to peas per calorie. Spam has a macronutrient ratio of 17:5:78 and for peas, 26:69:5 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Spam | Peas | |
---|---|---|
Protein | 17% | 26% |
Carbohydrates | 5% | 69% |
Fat | 78% | 5% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Spam has 3.2 times less carbohydrates than pea - pea has 14.5g of total carbs per 100 grams and spam has 3.4g of carbohydrates.
Pea is an excellent source of dietary fiber and it has more dietary fiber than spam - pea has 5.7g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and spam does not contain significant amounts.
Spam has less sugar than pea - pea has 5.7g of sugar per 100 grams and spam does not contain significant amounts.
Spam is an excellent source of protein and it has 131% more protein than pea - pea has 5.4g of protein per 100 grams and spam has 12.5g of protein.
Spam is high in saturated fat and pea has 99% less saturated fat than spam - pea has 0.07g of saturated fat per 100 grams and spam has 8.9g of saturated fat.
Pea has less cholesterol than spam - spam has 76mg of cholesterol per 100 grams and pea does not contain significant amounts.
Both peas and spam are high in Vitamin C. Spam has a little more Vitamin C (8%) than pea by weight - pea has 40mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and spam has 43mg of Vitamin C.
Pea has more Vitamin A than spam - pea has 38ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and spam does not contain significant amounts.
Spam has more Vitamin D than pea - spam has 23iu of Vitamin D per 100 grams and pea does not contain significant amounts.
Peas and spam contain similar amounts of Vitamin E - pea has 0.13mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and spam has 0.24mg of Vitamin E.
Pea has more Vitamin K than spam - pea has 24.8ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and spam does not contain significant amounts.
Pea has more pantothenic acid and folate, however, spam contains more Vitamin B12. Both spam and peas contain significant amounts of thiamin, riboflavin, niacin and Vitamin B6.
Spam | Peas | |
---|---|---|
Thiamin | 0.264 MG | 0.266 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.179 MG | 0.132 MG |
Niacin | 3.175 MG | 2.09 MG |
Pantothenic acid | ~ | 0.104 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 0.283 MG | 0.169 MG |
Folate | 4 UG | 65 UG |
Vitamin B12 | 0.61 UG | ~ |
Pea has more calcium than spam - pea has 25mg of calcium per 100 grams and spam does not contain significant amounts.
Pea has 130% more iron than spam - pea has 1.5mg of iron per 100 grams and spam has 0.64mg of iron.
Both peas and spam are high in potassium. Spam has 131% more potassium than pea - pea has 244mg of potassium per 100 grams and spam has 564mg of potassium.
For omega-3 fatty acids, spam has more alpha linoleic acid (ALA) than pea per 100 grams.
Spam | Peas | |
---|---|---|
alpha linoleic acid | 0.23 G | 0.035 G |
Total | 0.23 G | 0.035 G |
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, spam has more linoleic acid than pea per 100 grams.
Spam | Peas | |
---|---|---|
linoleic acid | 2.436 G | 0.152 G |
Total | 2.436 G | 0.152 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.
Spam 168g
(
cup
)
|
Daily Values (%) |
Peas 145g
(
cup
)
|
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492KCAL 25% |
|
321% | calories | 5% |
|
117KCAL 6% | |
5.7G 2% |
|
5% | carbohydrates | 268% |
|
21G 8% | |
|
5% | dietary fiber | >999% |
|
8.3G 33% | ||
5% | sugar | >999% | 8.2G | ||||
42G 66% |
|
>999% | total fat | 5% |
|
0.58G 1% | |
15G 83% |
|
>999% | saturated fat | 5% |
|
0.1G 1% | |
21G | >999% | monounsaturated fat | 5% | 0.05G | |||
4.5G | >999% | polyunsaturated fat | 5% | 0.27G | |||
128MG | >999% | cholesterol | 5% | ||||
1740MG 116% |
|
>999% | sodium | 5% |
|
7.3MG 1% | |
5% | Vitamins and Minerals | 5% | |||||
|
5% | Vitamin A | >999% |
|
55UG 8% | ||
72MG 96% |
|
24% | Vitamin C | 5% |
|
58MG 77% | |
39IU 8% |
|
>999% | Vitamin D | 5% |
|
||
|
5% | calcium | >999% |
|
36MG 4% | ||
1.1MG 6% |
|
5% | iron | 91% |
|
2.1MG 12% | |
24MG 8% |
|
5% | magnesium | 100% |
|
48MG 15% | |
948MG 41% |
|
168% | potassium | 5% |
|
354MG 15% | |
0.44MG 40% |
|
13% | thiamin (Vit B1) | 5% |
|
0.39MG 35% | |
0.3MG 27% |
|
58% | riboflavin (Vit B2) | 5% |
|
0.19MG 17% | |
5.3MG 38% |
|
77% | niacin (Vit B3) | 5% |
|
3MG 22% | |
0.48MG 37% |
|
92% | Vitamin B6 | 5% |
|
0.25MG 19% | |
|
5% | pantothenic acid (Vit B5) | >999% |
|
0.15MG 3% | ||
6.7UG 2% |
|
5% | folate (Vit B9) | >999% |
|
94UG 24% | |
1UG 43% |
|
>999% | Vitamin B12 | 5% |
|
||
0.4MG 3% |
|
110% | Vitamin E | 5% |
|
0.19MG 1% | |
|
5% | Vitamin K | >999% |
|
36UG 40% | ||
21G 42% |
|
166% | protein | 5% |
|
7.9G 16% | |
103MG 24% |
|
151% | choline | 5% |
|
41MG 10% | |
0.08MG 6% |
|
5% | copper | 225% |
|
0.26MG 21% | |
|
5% | manganese | >999% |
|
0.59MG 33% | ||
183MG 26% |
|
17% | phosphorus | 5% |
|
157MG 22% | |
42UG 76% |
|
>999% | selenium | 5% |
|
2.6UG 5% | |
3.6MG 45% |
|
100% | zinc | 5% |
|
1.8MG 23% | |
93G | 5% | Water | 23% | 114G | |||
NO SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS (either food): Starch, Alcohol, chlorine, chromium, fluoride, iodine, molybdenum, biotin (Vit B7), trans fat. |