Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
peanuts
versus
tea powder
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in peanuts and tea powder:
Both tea powder and peanuts are high in calories. Peanut has 86% more calories than tea powder - tea powder has 315 calories per 100 grams and peanut has 587 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, peanuts is lighter in protein, much lighter in carbs and much heavier in fat compared to tea powder per calorie. Peanuts has a macronutrient ratio of 16:14:71 and for tea powder, 20:80:0 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Peanuts | Tea Powder | |
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Protein | 16% | 20% |
Carbohydrates | 14% | 80% |
Fat | 71% | ~ |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Tea powder is high in carbohydrates and peanut has 64% less carbohydrates than tea powder - tea powder has 58.7g of total carbs per 100 grams and peanut has 21.3g of carbohydrates.
Both tea powder and peanuts are high in dietary fiber. Tea powder is very similar to peanut for dietary fiber - tea powder has 8.5g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and peanut has 8.4g of dietary fiber.
Tea powder and peanuts contain similar amounts of sugar - tea powder has 5.5g of sugar per 100 grams and peanut has 4.9g of sugar.
Both tea powder and peanuts are high in protein. Peanut has 20% more protein than tea powder - tea powder has 20.2g of protein per 100 grams and peanut has 24.4g of protein.
Peanut is high in saturated fat and tea powder has less saturated fat than peanut - peanut has 7.7g of saturated fat per 100 grams and tea powder does not contain significant amounts.
Both peanuts and tea powder are low in trans fat - peanut has 0.03g of trans fat per 100 grams and tea powder does not contain significant amounts.
Peanut has signficantly more Vitamin E than tea powder - peanut has 4.9mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and tea powder does not contain significant amounts.
Peanut has more thiamin, however, tea powder contains more riboflavin and pantothenic acid. Both peanuts and tea powder contain significant amounts of niacin, Vitamin B6 and folate.
Peanuts | Tea Powder | |
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Thiamin | 0.152 MG | ~ |
Riboflavin | 0.197 MG | 0.985 MG |
Niacin | 14.355 MG | 10.8 MG |
Pantothenic acid | 1.011 MG | 4.53 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 0.466 MG | 0.356 MG |
Folate | 97 UG | 103 UG |
Both tea powder and peanuts are high in calcium. Tea powder has 103% more calcium than peanut - tea powder has 118mg of calcium per 100 grams and peanut has 58mg of calcium.
Tea powder is a great source of iron and it has 43% more iron than peanut - tea powder has 2.3mg of iron per 100 grams and peanut has 1.6mg of iron.
Both tea powder and peanuts are high in potassium. Tea powder has 853% more potassium than peanut - tea powder has 6040mg of potassium per 100 grams and peanut has 634mg of potassium.
For omega-3 fatty acids, tea powder has more alpha linoleic acid (ALA) than peanut per 100 grams.
Peanuts | Tea Powder | |
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alpha linoleic acid | 0.026 G | 0.082 G |
Total | 0.026 G | 0.082 G |
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, peanut has more linoleic acid than tea powder per 100 grams.
Peanuts | Tea Powder | |
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other omega 6 | 0.004 G | ~ |
linoleic acid | 9.715 G | 0.04 G |
Total | 9.719 G | 0.04 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: Peanuts (Peanuts, all types, dry-roasted, without salt) and Tea Powder (Beverages, tea, instant, unsweetened, powder) .
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