Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
acai berry juice
versus
almonds
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in acai berry juice and almonds:
Almond is high in calories and acai berry juice has 89% less calories than almond - almond has 579 calories per 100 grams and acai berry juice has 62 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, acai berry juice is lighter in protein, much heavier in carbs and much lighter in fat compared to almonds per calorie. Acai berry juice has a macronutrient ratio of 5:83:12 and for almonds, 14:14:73 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Acai Berry Juice | Almonds | |
---|---|---|
Protein | 5% | 14% |
Carbohydrates | 83% | 14% |
Fat | 12% | 73% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Acai berry juice has 40% less carbohydrates than almond - almond has 21.6g of total carbs per 100 grams and acai berry juice has 12.8g of carbohydrates.
Almond is an excellent source of dietary fiber and it has 942% more dietary fiber than acai berry juice - almond has 12.5g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and acai berry juice has 1.2g of dietary fiber.
Almond has 61% less sugar than acai berry juice - almond has 4.4g of sugar per 100 grams and acai berry juice has 11.1g of sugar.
Almond is an excellent source of protein and it has 24 times more protein than acai berry juice - almond has 21.2g of protein per 100 grams and acai berry juice has 0.83g of protein.
Acai berry juice has signficantly less saturated fat than almond - almond has 3.8g of saturated fat per 100 grams and acai berry juice does not contain significant amounts.
Both almonds and acai berry juice are low in trans fat - almond has 0.02g of trans fat per 100 grams and acai berry juice does not contain significant amounts.
Acai berry juice is an excellent source of Vitamin C and it has more Vitamin C than almond - acai berry juice has 42.1mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and almond does not contain significant amounts.
Acai berry juice is an excellent source of Vitamin A and it has more Vitamin A than almond - acai berry juice has 485ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and almond does not contain significant amounts.
Both almonds and acai berry juice are high in Vitamin E. Almond has 131% more Vitamin E than acai berry juice - almond has 25.6mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and acai berry juice has 11.1mg of Vitamin E.
Acai berry juice has more Vitamin K than almond - acai berry juice has 16.7ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and almond does not contain significant amounts.
Almond has more thiamin, riboflavin and folate, however, acai berry juice contains more niacin, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6 and Vitamin B12.
Acai Berry Juice | Almonds | |
---|---|---|
Thiamin | 0.03 MG | 0.205 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.04 MG | 1.138 MG |
Niacin | 9.06 MG | 3.618 MG |
Pantothenic acid | 3.333 MG | 0.471 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 1.1 MG | 0.137 MG |
Folate | 4 UG | 44 UG |
Vitamin B12 | 0.4 UG | ~ |
Almond is an excellent source of calcium and it has 13 times more calcium than acai berry juice - almond has 269mg of calcium per 100 grams and acai berry juice has 19mg of calcium.
Almond is an excellent source of iron and it has 22 times more iron than acai berry juice - almond has 3.7mg of iron per 100 grams and acai berry juice has 0.16mg of iron.
Almond is an excellent source of potassium and it has 464% more potassium than acai berry juice - almond has 733mg of potassium per 100 grams and acai berry juice has 130mg of potassium.
Carotenoids are micronutrients commonly found in plants and some animal products. An example is beta-carotene, the notable carotenoid which is a popular source of Vitamin A.[4][5]
For specific types of carotenoids,
Acai Berry Juice | Almonds | |
---|---|---|
beta-carotene | 5784 UG | 1 UG |
alpha-carotene | 46 UG | ~ |
lycopene | 899 UG | ~ |
lutein + zeaxanthin | 783 UG | 1 UG |
The comparison below is by common portions, e.g. cups, packages. You can also see a more concrete comparison by weight at equal weight (by grams) comparison.
Note: The specific food items compared are: Acai Berry Juice (Beverages, Acai berry drink, fortified) and Almonds (Nuts, almonds) .
Acai Berry Juice 266g
(
cup
)
|
Daily Values (%) |
Almonds 143g
(
cup, whole
)
|
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165KCAL 8% |
|
5% | calories | 402% |
|
828KCAL 41% | |
34G 14% |
|
10% | carbohydrates | 5% |
|
31G 12% | |
3.2G 13% |
|
5% | dietary fiber | 462% |
|
18G 72% | |
30G | 384% | sugar | 5% | 6.2G | |||
2.2G 3% |
|
5% | total fat | >999% |
|
71G 112% | |
|
5% | saturated fat | >999% |
|
5.4G 30% | ||
5% | monounsaturated fat | >999% | 45G | ||||
5% | polyunsaturated fat | >999% | 18G | ||||
5% | trans fat | >999% | 0.02G | ||||
35MG 2% |
|
>999% | sodium | 5% |
|
1.4MG 0.1% | |
5% | Vitamins and Minerals | 5% | |||||
1290UG 184% |
|
>999% | Vitamin A | 5% |
|
||
112MG 149% |
|
>999% | Vitamin C | 5% |
|
||
51MG 5% |
|
5% | calcium | 655% |
|
385MG 39% | |
0.43MG 2% |
|
5% | iron | >999% |
|
5.3MG 30% | |
29MG 9% |
|
5% | magnesium | >999% |
|
386MG 125% | |
346MG 15% |
|
5% | potassium | 203% |
|
1048MG 46% | |
0.08MG 7% |
|
5% | thiamin (Vit B1) | 262% |
|
0.29MG 27% | |
0.11MG 10% |
|
5% | riboflavin (Vit B2) | >999% |
|
1.6MG 148% | |
24MG 172% |
|
362% | niacin (Vit B3) | 5% |
|
5.2MG 37% | |
2.9MG 225% |
|
>999% | Vitamin B6 | 5% |
|
0.2MG 15% | |
8.9MG 177% |
|
>999% | pantothenic acid (Vit B5) | 5% |
|
0.67MG 14% | |
11UG 3% |
|
5% | folate (Vit B9) | 473% |
|
63UG 16% | |
1.1UG 44% |
|
>999% | Vitamin B12 | 5% |
|
||
30MG 197% |
|
5% | Vitamin E | 23% |
|
37MG 244% | |
44UG 49% |
|
>999% | Vitamin K | 5% |
|
||
2.2G 4% |
|
5% | protein | >999% |
|
30G 61% | |
|
5% | choline | >999% |
|
75MG 18% | ||
0.2MG 17% |
|
5% | copper | 650% |
|
1.5MG 123% | |
4.4MG 245% |
|
42% | manganese | 5% |
|
3.1MG 173% | |
35MG 5% |
|
5% | phosphorus | >999% |
|
688MG 98% | |
|
5% | selenium | >999% |
|
5.9UG 11% | ||
0.29MG 4% |
|
5% | zinc | >999% |
|
4.5MG 56% | |
226G | >999% | Water | 5% | 6.3G | |||
5% | Starch | >999% | 1G | ||||
NO SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS (either food): Alcohol, chlorine, chromium, fluoride, iodine, molybdenum, Vitamin D, biotin (Vit B7), cholesterol. |