Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
balsamic vinegar
versus
molasses
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in balsamic vinegar and molasses:
Molass is high in calories and balsamic vinegar has 70% less calories than molass - molass has 290 calories per 100 grams and balsamic vinegar has 88 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, balsamic vinegar is similar to molasses for protein, carbs and fat. Balsamic vinegar has a macronutrient ratio of 3:97:0 and for molasses, 0:100:0 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
| Balsamic Vinegar | Molasses | |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 3% | ~ |
| Carbohydrates | 97% | 100% |
| Fat | ~ | ~ |
| Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Molass is high in carbohydrates and balsamic vinegar has 77% less carbohydrates than molass - molass has 74.7g of total carbs per 100 grams and balsamic vinegar has 17g of carbohydrates.
Molass is high in sugar and balsamic vinegar has 80% less sugar than molass - molass has 74.7g of sugar per 100 grams and balsamic vinegar has 15g of sugar.
Balsamic vinegar has more protein than molass - balsamic vinegar has 0.49g of protein per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Both molasses and balsamic vinegar are low in saturated fat - molass has 0.02g of saturated fat per 100 grams and balsamic vinegar does not contain significant amounts.
Molass has more thiamin, niacin, pantothenic acid and Vitamin B6.
| Balsamic Vinegar | Molasses | |
|---|---|---|
| Thiamin | ~ | 0.041 MG |
| Riboflavin | ~ | 0.002 MG |
| Niacin | ~ | 0.93 MG |
| Pantothenic acid | ~ | 0.804 MG |
| Vitamin B6 | ~ | 0.67 MG |
Molass is an excellent source of calcium and it has 659% more calcium than balsamic vinegar - molass has 205mg of calcium per 100 grams and balsamic vinegar has 27mg of calcium.
Molass is an excellent source of iron and it has 556% more iron than balsamic vinegar - molass has 4.7mg of iron per 100 grams and balsamic vinegar has 0.72mg of iron.
Molass is an excellent source of potassium and it has 12 times more potassium than balsamic vinegar - molass has 1464mg of potassium per 100 grams and balsamic vinegar has 112mg of potassium.
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: Balsamic Vinegar (Vinegar, balsamic) and Molasses (Molasses) .
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| G | 5% | Water | 5% | G | |||
| G | 5% | Starch | 5% | G | |||
| G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||