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Cashew vs. Yeast — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Important differences between cashew and yeast

  • Cashew has more copper, manganese, and magnesium; however, yeast has more vitamin B1, folate, vitamin B2, vitamin B5, vitamin B3, fiber, and vitamin B6.
  • Yeast's daily need coverage for vitamin B1 is 881% more.
  • Cashew has 5 times more magnesium than yeast. Cashew has 292mg of magnesium, while yeast has 54mg.

The food varieties used in the comparison are Nuts, cashew nuts, raw and Leavening agents, yeast, baker's, active dry.

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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.
Cashew
7
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 209% 11% 58% 251% 732% 158% 254% 1.6% 216% 109%
Yeast
2
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 39% 9% 84% 81% 145% 217% 273% 6.7% 41% 43%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +440.7%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +23.3%
Contains more IronIron +207.8%
Contains more CopperCopper +403.4%
Contains less SodiumSodium -76.5%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +430.4%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +151.9%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +44.7%
Contains more ZincZinc +37.4%
~equal in Phosphorus ~637mg

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.
Cashew
3
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 1.7% 0% 18% 0% 106% 13% 20% 52% 96% 0% 85% 19% 0%
Yeast
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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% 0% 0% 0% 2748% 923% 754% 810% 346% 8.8% 1% 1755% 17%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +66.7%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +∞%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +8425%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +2498.1%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +6796.6%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +3685.3%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +1462.5%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +259.7%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12 +∞%
Contains more FolateFolate +9260%
~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Cashew Yeast DV% diff.
Vitamin B1 0.423mg 10.99mg 881%
Folate 25µg 2340µg 579%
Vitamin B2 0.058mg 4mg 303%
Vitamin B5 0.864mg 13.5mg 253%
Vitamin B3 1.062mg 40.2mg 245%
Copper 2.195mg 0.436mg 195%
Fiber 3.3g 26.9g 94%
Vitamin B6 0.417mg 1.5mg 83%
Manganese 1.655mg 0.312mg 58%
Magnesium 292mg 54mg 57%
Fats 43.85g 7.61g 56%
Iron 6.68mg 2.17mg 56%
Polyunsaturated fat 7.845g 0.017g 52%
Monounsaturated fat 23.797g 4.309g 49%
Protein 18.22g 40.44g 44%
Saturated fat 7.783g 1.001g 31%
Vitamin K 34.1µg 0.4µg 28%
Selenium 19.9µg 7.9µg 22%
Zinc 5.78mg 7.94mg 20%
Calories 553kcal 325kcal 11%
Starch 23.49g 10%
Potassium 660mg 955mg 9%
Vitamin E 0.9mg 0mg 6%
Phosphorus 593mg 637mg 6%
Choline 32mg 6%
Carbs 30.19g 41.22g 4%
Vitamin B12 0µg 0.07µg 3%
Sodium 12mg 51mg 2%
Calcium 37mg 30mg 1%
Vitamin C 0.5mg 0.3mg 0%
Net carbs 26.89g 14.32g N/A
Sugar 5.91g 0g N/A
Tryptophan 0.287mg 0.54mg 0%
Threonine 0.688mg 1.99mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.789mg 1.89mg 0%
Leucine 1.472mg 2.92mg 0%
Lysine 0.928mg 3.28mg 0%
Methionine 0.362mg 0.59mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.951mg 1.75mg 0%
Valine 1.094mg 2.31mg 0%
Histidine 0.456mg 0.91mg 0%
Fructose 0.05g 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
Cashew
2
18% 44% 30% 5% 3%
Protein: 18.22 g
Fats: 43.85 g
Carbs: 30.19 g
Water: 5.2 g
Other: 2.54 g
Yeast
3
40% 8% 41% 5% 6%
Protein: 40.44 g
Fats: 7.61 g
Carbs: 41.22 g
Water: 5.08 g
Other: 5.65 g
Contains more FatsFats +476.2%
Contains more ProteinProtein +122%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +36.5%
Contains more OtherOther +122.4%
~equal in Water ~5.08g

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
Cashew
2
20% 60% 20%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 7.783 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 23.797 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 7.845 g
Yeast
1
19% 81%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 1.001 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 4.309 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.017 g
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +452.3%
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +46047.1%
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -87.1%

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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. Cashew - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170162/nutrients
  2. Yeast - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/175043/nutrients

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

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