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Almond butter vs. Dates — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Important differences between almond butter and dates

  • Dates have less vitamin E, manganese, copper, vitamin B2, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, calcium, and zinc.
  • Almond butter's daily need coverage for vitamin E is 161% more.
  • Almond butter has 130 times more saturated fat than dates. Almond butter has 4.152g of saturated fat, while dates have 0.032g.

The food varieties used in the comparison are Nuts, almond butter, plain, without salt added and Dates, deglet noor.

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Mineral Comparison

Mineral comparison score is based on the number of minerals by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 199% 104% 66% 131% 311% 90% 218% 0.91% 278% 13%
Dates
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Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 31% 12% 58% 38% 69% 7.9% 27% 0.26% 34% 16%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +548.8%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +789.7%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +14%
Contains more IronIron +242.2%
Contains more CopperCopper +353.4%
Contains more ZincZinc +1034.5%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +719.4%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +713.4%
Contains less SodiumSodium -71.4%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +25%

Vitamin Comparison

Vitamin comparison score is based on the number of vitamins by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin B1 Vit. B1 Vitamin B2 Vit. B2 Vitamin B3 Vit. B3 Vitamin B5 Vit. B5 Vitamin B6 Vit. B6 Vitamin B12 Vit. B12 Vitamin K Vit. K Folate Folate Choline Choline 0% 0% 484% 0% 10% 217% 59% 19% 24% 0% 0% 40% 28%
Dates
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Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin B1 Vit. B1 Vitamin B2 Vit. B2 Vitamin B3 Vit. B3 Vitamin B5 Vit. B5 Vitamin B6 Vit. B6 Vitamin B12 Vit. B12 Vitamin K Vit. K Folate Folate Choline Choline 1.3% 0% 1% 0% 13% 15% 24% 35% 38% 0% 6.8% 14% 3.4%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +48320%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +1322.7%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +147.6%
Contains more FolateFolate +178.9%
Contains more CholineCholine +727%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +26.8%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +85.2%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +60.2%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +∞%
~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Almond butter Dates DV% diff.
Vitamin E 24.21mg 0.05mg 161%
Polyunsaturated fat 13.613g 0.019g 91%
Fats 55.5g 0.39g 85%
Monounsaturated fat 32.445g 0.036g 81%
Copper 0.934mg 0.206mg 81%
Manganese 2.131mg 0.262mg 81%
Vitamin B2 0.939mg 0.066mg 67%
Phosphorus 508mg 62mg 64%
Magnesium 279mg 43mg 56%
Protein 20.96g 2.45g 37%
Calcium 347mg 39mg 31%
Iron 3.49mg 1.02mg 31%
Zinc 3.29mg 0.29mg 27%
Fructose 0g 19.56g 24%
Carbs 18.82g 75.03g 19%
Saturated fat 4.152g 0.032g 19%
Calories 614kcal 282kcal 17%
Vitamin B3 3.155mg 1.274mg 12%
Fiber 10.3g 8g 9%
Folate 53µg 19µg 9%
Choline 52.1mg 6.3mg 8%
Vitamin B5 0.318mg 0.589mg 5%
Vitamin B6 0.103mg 0.165mg 5%
Potassium 748mg 656mg 3%
Vitamin K 0µg 2.7µg 2%
Vitamin B1 0.041mg 0.052mg 1%
Selenium 2.4µg 3µg 1%
Vitamin C 0mg 0.4mg 0%
Net carbs 8.52g 67.03g N/A
Sugar 4.43g 63.35g N/A
Starch 0.08g 0%
Sodium 7mg 2mg 0%
Tryptophan 0.159mg 0.012mg 0%
Threonine 0.555mg 0.043mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.813mg 0.049mg 0%
Leucine 1.483mg 0.084mg 0%
Lysine 0.612mg 0.066mg 0%
Methionine 0.122mg 0.022mg 0%
Phenylalanine 1.149mg 0.05mg 0%
Valine 0.937mg 0.071mg 0%
Histidine 0.55mg 0.032mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
21% 56% 19% 3%
Protein: 20.96 g
Fats: 55.5 g
Carbs: 18.82 g
Water: 1.64 g
Other: 3.08 g
Dates
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2% 75% 21%
Protein: 2.45 g
Fats: 0.39 g
Carbs: 75.03 g
Water: 20.53 g
Other: 1.6 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +755.5%
Contains more FatsFats +14130.8%
Contains more OtherOther +92.5%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +298.7%
Contains more WaterWater +1151.8%

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
8% 65% 27%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 4.152 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 32.445 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 13.613 g
Dates
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37% 41% 22%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.032 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.036 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.019 g
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +90025%
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +71547.4%
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -99.2%

Carbohydrate type comparison

Carbohydrate type breakdown side-by-side comparison
2% 96%
Starch: 0.08 g
Sucrose: 4.34 g
Glucose: 0.02 g
Fructose: 0 g
Lactose: 0 g
Maltose: 0.07 g
Galactose: 0 g
Dates
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38% 31% 31%
Starch: 0 g
Sucrose: 23.84 g
Glucose: 19.87 g
Fructose: 19.56 g
Lactose: 0 g
Maltose: 0.12 g
Galactose: 0 g
Contains more StarchStarch +∞%
Contains more SucroseSucrose +449.3%
Contains more GlucoseGlucose +99250%
Contains more FructoseFructose +∞%
Contains more MaltoseMaltose +71.4%
~equal in Lactose ~0g
~equal in Galactose ~0g

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References

All the values for which the sources are not specified explicitly are taken from FDA’s Food Central. The exact link to the food presented on this page can be found below.

  1. Almond butter - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168588/nutrients
  2. Dates - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/171726/nutrients

All the Daily Values are presented for males aged 31-50, for 2000-calorie diets.

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