Soybean meal vs. Peanut butter — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between soybean meal and peanut butter?

Soybean meal is higher in copper, iron, manganese, potassium, folate, phosphorus, vitamin B1, and magnesium; however, peanut butter is richer in vitamin B3.
Soybean meal's daily need coverage for copper is 175% more.
Peanut butter contains 8 times less iron than soybean meal. Soybean meal contains 13.7mg of iron, while peanut butter contains 1.74mg.
Soybean meal has less saturated fat.
Peanut butter has a lower glycemic index (14) than soybean meal (68).

We used Soy meal, defatted, raw and Peanut butter, smooth style, without salt 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.

Soybean meal

Peanut butter

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+82.1%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+398%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+346.2%
Contains more IronIron	+687.4%
Contains more CopperCopper	+373.9%
Contains more ZincZinc	+101.6%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+109.3%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-82.4%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+128.2%

Contains more SeleniumSelenium

+24.2%

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.

Soybean meal

Peanut butter

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+360.7%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+30.7%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+73.8%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+29%
Contains more FolateFolate	+248.3%

Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3

+406.8%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Copper	2mg	0.422mg	175%
Iron	13.7mg	1.74mg	150%
Manganese	3.8mg	1.665mg	93%
Polyunsaturated fat	1.045g	12.535g	77%
Fats	2.39g	51.36g	75%
Vitamin B3	2.587mg	13.112mg	66%
Monounsaturated fat	0.409g	25.941g	64%
Vitamin E		9.1mg	61%
Potassium	2490mg	558mg	57%
Folate	303µg	87µg	54%
Protein	49.2g	22.21g	54%
Phosphorus	701mg	335mg	52%
Saturated fat	0.268g	10.325g	46%
Vitamin B1	0.691mg	0.15mg	45%
Magnesium	306mg	168mg	33%
Zinc	5.06mg	2.51mg	23%
Fiber		5g	20%
Calcium	244mg	49mg	20%
Vitamin B5	1.976mg	1.137mg	17%
Calories	337kcal	598kcal	13%
Choline		63mg	11%
Vitamin B6	0.569mg	0.441mg	10%
Vitamin B2	0.251mg	0.192mg	5%
Carbs	35.89g	22.31g	5%
Selenium	3.3µg	4.1µg	1%
Sodium	3mg	17mg	1%
Starch		3.56g	1%
Net carbs	35.89g	17.31g	N/A
Sugar		10.49g	N/A
Vitamin A	2µg	0µg	0%
Vitamin K		0.3µg	0%
Trans fat	0g	0.075g	N/A
Tryptophan	0.653mg	0.231mg	0%
Threonine	1.952mg	0.525mg	0%
Isoleucine	2.18mg	0.616mg	0%
Leucine	3.66mg	1.546mg	0%
Lysine	2.991mg	0.681mg	0%
Methionine	0.606mg	0.265mg	0%
Phenylalanine	2.346mg	1.202mg	0%
Valine	2.243mg	0.782mg	0%
Histidine	1.212mg	0.557mg	0%
Fructose		0.12g	0%
Omega-3 - ALA		0.027g	N/A
Omega-3 - Eicosatrienoic acid		0.01g	N/A
Omega-6 - Gamma-linoleic acid		0.001g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid		0.008g	N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid		12.215g	N/A