Nutrition for Peanut Butter

Peanut Butter Nutrition Summary

One cup of peanut butter (256 grams or 0.6 lb) contains 1508 calories and 61.6 grams of protein. Peanut butter consist of 1% water, 22% carbohydrates, 24% protein, and 50% fat.

Peanut butter is an excellent source of many nutrients, including carbohydrates, dietary fiber, protein, calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, niacin, Vitamin B6, pantothenic acid, folate and Vitamin E. It also contains significant amounts of thiamin, riboflavin, selenium, copper, phosphorus, zinc, manganese and choline.

In one cup of peanut butter:

• Calories: 1508
• Protein: 61.6 g
• Sugar: 21.5 g
• Dietary fiber: 20.5 g
• Fat: 127.8 g, (Saturated: 19.5 g)
• Sodium: 1244.2 mg

There is no significant amounts of cholesterol in peanut butter.

See the Peanut Butter Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Peanut butter, chunk style, with salt.

Calories in Peanut Butter

Peanut butter has 1508 calories per cup or 589 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from fat, protein and carbohydrates.

71% of calories in peanut butter are from fat, 15% of calories are from protein and 14% of calories are from carbohydrates.

Calories from Carbs

Calories from Fat

Omega-3 and Omega-6 in Peanut Butter

Calories Similar to Peanut Butter

Some other legume or legume products with similar calories to peanut butter by weight:

• Peanuts: -5 calories
• Soy Flour: -556 calories
• Mung Bean: -620 calories
• Peanut Flour: -671 calories

Protein in Peanut Butter

An excellent source of protein, a single cup of Peanut Butter contains 123% of recommended daily values or 61.6 grams of protein. In addition, peanut butter is also a source of complete protein, meaning it abundantly contains all 9 essential amino acids.

• Protein: 61.59 g
• Tryptophan: 0.58 g
• Threonine: 1.33 g
• Isoleucine: 1.56 g
• Leucine: 3.9 g
• Lysine: 1.72 g
• Methionine: 0.67 g
• Phenylalanine: 3.03 g
• Valine: 1.98 g
• Histidine: 1.41 g

Protein Similar to Peanut Butter

Some other legume or legume products with similar amounts of protein to peanut butter by weight:

• Mung Bean: -0.5 grams
• Peanuts: +0.7 grams
• Tempeh: -9.7 grams
• Fried Tofu: -13 grams

Vitamins and Minerals in Peanut Butter

An good source of many nutrients, peanut butter contains abundant amounts of calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, niacin, Vitamin B6, folate and Vitamin E. In fact, a single cup of peanut butter contains 250% of recommended daily values or 35.1 milligrams of niacin. Also an excellent source of magnesium, a single cup of peanut butter contains 132% of recommended daily values or 409.6 milligrams of magnesium.

Vitamins in peanut butter (1 cup):

• Thiamin: 0.3 mg
• Riboflavin: 0.3 mg
• Niacin: 35.1 mg
• Vitamin b6: 1.1 mg
• Vitamin e: 16.1 mg
• Folate: 235.5 ug
• Vitamin k: 1.3 ug

Minerals in peanut butter (1 cup):

• Calcium: 115.2 mg
• Potassium: 1907.2 mg
• Iron: 4.9 mg
• Magnesium: 409.6 mg
• Zinc: 7.1 mg
• Selenium: 21 ug
• Phosphorus: 816.6 mg
• Copper: 1.5 mg
• Manganese: 4.6 mg
• Choline: 156.9 mg

There is no significant amounts of vitamin a, pantothenic acid, vitamin c or vitamin b12 in peanut butter.

Similar to Peanut Butter for Niacin (Vit B3)

Here are some other legume or legume products with similarly abundant amounts of niacin (Vit B3) to peanut butter:

• Peanuts: +1.7 MG
• Soy Flour: -28 MG
• Tempeh: -28 MG
• Mung Bean: -29 MG

Peanut Butter Nutrition Chart

Peanut Butter in Cooking

Peanut butter is in the top 10% of most popular ingredients for recipes. Most recipes call for one or two cups of peanut butter.

Friends and Relatives of Peanut Butter

Foods commonly cooked with peanut butter:

• Macadamia Nut
• Coconut
• Coconut Cream
• Soy Milk
• Coconut Oil
• Sesame Seeds

Other similar relatives:

• Peanuts
• Silken Tofu