Penne vs. Macadamia — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison
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What are the differences between penne and macadamia?
- Macadamia is richer than penne in iron, magnesium, fiber, phosphorus, potassium, polyunsaturated fat, and monounsaturated fat.
- Macadamia's daily need coverage for saturated fat is 49% more.
- Penne has 50 times more sodium than macadamia. While penne has 248mg of sodium, macadamia has only 5mg.
- The glycemic index of macadamia is lower.
We used KASHI Three Cheese Penne, frozen, unprepared and Nuts, macadamia nuts, raw types in this article.
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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.
| Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium | +333.3% |
| Contains more PotassiumPotassium | +201.6% |
| Contains more IronIron | +361.3% |
| Contains more ZincZinc | +18.2% |
| Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus | +59.3% |
| Contains less SodiumSodium | -98% |
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.
| Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C | +∞% |
All nutrients comparison - raw data values
| Nutrient |  |
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DV% diff. |
| Manganese | 4.131mg | 180% | |
| Monounsaturated fat | 1g | 58.877g | 145% |
| Fats | 4g | 75.77g | 110% |
| Vitamin B1 | 1.195mg | 100% | |
| Copper | 0.756mg | 84% | |
| Saturated fat | 2.3g | 12.061g | 44% |
| Iron | 0.8mg | 3.69mg | 36% |
| Calories | 126kcal | 718kcal | 30% |
| Fiber | 2.7g | 8.6g | 24% |
| Magnesium | 30mg | 130mg | 24% |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.275mg | 21% | |
| Vitamin B5 | 0.758mg | 15% | |
| Vitamin B3 | 2.473mg | 15% | |
| Vitamin B2 | 0.162mg | 12% | |
| Sodium | 248mg | 5mg | 11% |
| Phosphorus | 118mg | 188mg | 10% |
| Polyunsaturated fat | 0.4g | 1.502g | 7% |
| Selenium | 3.6µg | 7% | |
| Potassium | 122mg | 368mg | 7% |
| Vitamin E | 0.54mg | 4% | |
| Protein | 5.7g | 7.91g | 4% |
| Cholesterol | 12mg | 0mg | 4% |
| Folate | 11µg | 3% | |
| Zinc | 1.1mg | 1.3mg | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 0mg | 1.2mg | 1% |
| Carbs | 16.8g | 13.82g | 1% |
| Net carbs | 14.1g | 5.22g | N/A |
| Calcium | 89mg | 85mg | 0% |
| Sugar | 1.9g | 4.57g | N/A |
| Starch | 1.05g | 0% | |
| Trans fat | 0.2g | N/A | |
| Tryptophan | 0.067mg | 0% | |
| Threonine | 0.37mg | 0% | |
| Isoleucine | 0.314mg | 0% | |
| Leucine | 0.602mg | 0% | |
| Lysine | 0.018mg | 0% | |
| Methionine | 0.023mg | 0% | |
| Phenylalanine | 0.665mg | 0% | |
| Valine | 0.363mg | 0% | |
| Histidine | 0.195mg | 0% | |
| Fructose | 0.07g | 0% |
Macronutrient Comparison
Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
| Contains more CarbsCarbs | +21.6% |
| Contains more WaterWater | +5223.5% |
| Contains more ProteinProtein | +38.8% |
| Contains more FatsFats | +1794.3% |
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Fat Type Comparison
Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
| Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat | -80.9% |
| Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat | +5787.7% |
| Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat | +275.5% |
