Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
cooked
trout
versus
nutritional yeast
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in trout and nutritional yeast:
Both nutritional yeast and trout are high in calories. Nutritional yeast has 59% more calories than trout - nutritional yeast has 325 calories per 100 grams and trout has 205 calories.
Trout | Nutritional Yeast | |
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Protein | 49% | 41% |
Carbohydrates | ~ | 41% |
Fat | 51% | 17% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Nutritional yeast is high in carbohydrates and trout has 100% less carbohydrates than nutritional yeast - nutritional yeast has 41.2g of total carbs per 100 grams and trout has 0.1g of carbohydrates.
Nutritional yeast is an excellent source of dietary fiber and it has more dietary fiber than trout - nutritional yeast has 26.9g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and trout does not contain significant amounts.
Trout and nutritional yeast contain similar amounts of sugar - trout has 0.04g of sugar per 100 grams and nutritional yeast does not contain significant amounts.
Both nutritional yeast and trout are high in protein. Nutritional yeast has 66% more protein than trout - nutritional yeast has 40.4g of protein per 100 grams and trout has 24.4g of protein.
Nutritional yeast has 54% less saturated fat than trout - nutritional yeast has 1g of saturated fat per 100 grams and trout has 2.2g of saturated fat.
Nutritional yeast has less cholesterol than trout - trout has 72mg of cholesterol per 100 grams and nutritional yeast does not contain significant amounts.
Trout has 10 times more Vitamin C than nutritional yeast - nutritional yeast has 0.3mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and trout has 3.4mg of Vitamin C.
Trout has signficantly more Vitamin A than nutritional yeast - trout has 87ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and nutritional yeast does not contain significant amounts.
Trout has signficantly more Vitamin D than nutritional yeast - trout has 64.6iu of Vitamin D per 100 grams and nutritional yeast does not contain significant amounts.
Trout has more Vitamin E than nutritional yeast - trout has 3.3mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and nutritional yeast does not contain significant amounts.
Nutritional yeast and trout contain similar amounts of Vitamin K - nutritional yeast has 0.4ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and trout has 4.5ug of Vitamin K.
Nutritional yeast has more thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6, folate and Vitamin B12.
Trout | Nutritional Yeast | |
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Thiamin | 0.14 MG | 10.99 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.11 MG | 4 MG |
Niacin | 6.811 MG | 40.2 MG |
Pantothenic acid | ~ | 13.5 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 0.375 MG | 1.5 MG |
Folate | 12 UG | 2340 UG |
Vitamin B12 | 4.47 UG | 12.07 UG |
Nutritional yeast and trout contain similar amounts of calcium - nutritional yeast has 30mg of calcium per 100 grams and trout has 31mg of calcium.
Nutritional yeast is a great source of iron and it has 456% more iron than trout - nutritional yeast has 2.2mg of iron per 100 grams and trout has 0.39mg of iron.
Both nutritional yeast and trout are high in potassium. Nutritional yeast has 106% more potassium than trout - nutritional yeast has 955mg of potassium per 100 grams and trout has 463mg of potassium.
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, trout has more linoleic acid than nutritional yeast per 100 grams.
Trout | Nutritional Yeast | |
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linoleic acid | 1.929 G | 0.017 G |
other omega 6 | 0.053 G | ~ |
Total | 1.982 G | 0.017 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: Trout (Trout, cooked, NS as to cooking method) and Nutritional Yeast (Leavening agents, yeast, baker's, active dry) .
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5% | biotin (Vit B7) | 5% |
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5% | choline | 5% |
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5% | chromium | 5% |
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G | 5% | Water | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | Starch | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||