Sesame oil vs. Almond oil — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between sesame oil and almond oil?

Sesame oil is higher in vitamin K and polyunsaturated fat; however, almond oil is richer in vitamin E and monounsaturated fat.
Almond oil's daily need coverage for vitamin E is 252% more.
Almond oil contains 2 times less polyunsaturated fat than sesame oil. Sesame oil contains 41.7g of polyunsaturated fat, while almond oil contains 17.4g.
Almond oil has less saturated fat.

We used Oil, sesame, salad or cooking and Oil, almond 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.

Sesame oil

Almond oil

~equal in Magnesium ~0mg

~equal in Calcium ~0mg

~equal in Potassium ~0mg

~equal in Iron ~0mg

~equal in Copper ~0mg

~equal in Zinc ~0mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~0mg

~equal in Sodium ~0mg

~equal in Manganese ~mg

~equal in Selenium ~0µg

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.

Sesame oil

Almond oil

Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K

+94.3%

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+2700%
Contains more CholineCholine	+100%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

~equal in Folate ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin E	1.4mg	39.2mg	252%
Polyunsaturated fat	41.7g	17.4g	162%
Monounsaturated fat	39.7g	69.9g	76%
Saturated fat	14.2g	8.2g	27%
Vitamin K	13.6µg	7µg	6%
Calories	884kcal	884kcal	0%
Fats	100g	100g	0%
Choline	0.2mg	0.4mg	0%