Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
spam
versus
carrots
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in spam and carrots:
Spam is high in calories and carrot has 86% less calories than spam - carrot has 41 calories per 100 grams and spam has 293 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, spam is heavier in protein, much lighter in carbs and much heavier in fat compared to carrots per calorie. Spam has a macronutrient ratio of 17:5:78 and for carrots, 9:87:5 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Spam | Carrots | |
---|---|---|
Protein | 17% | 9% |
Carbohydrates | 5% | 87% |
Fat | 78% | 5% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Spam has 65% less carbohydrates than carrot - carrot has 9.6g of total carbs per 100 grams and spam has 3.4g of carbohydrates.
Carrot is a great source of dietary fiber and it has more dietary fiber than spam - carrot has 2.8g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and spam does not contain significant amounts.
Spam has less sugar than carrot - carrot has 4.7g of sugar per 100 grams and spam does not contain significant amounts.
Spam is an excellent source of protein and it has 12 times more protein than carrot - carrot has 0.93g of protein per 100 grams and spam has 12.5g of protein.
Spam is high in saturated fat and carrot has 100% less saturated fat than spam - carrot has 0.03g of saturated fat per 100 grams and spam has 8.9g of saturated fat.
Carrot has less cholesterol than spam - spam has 76mg of cholesterol per 100 grams and carrot does not contain significant amounts.
Spam is an excellent source of Vitamin C and it has 629% more Vitamin C than carrot - carrot has 5.9mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and spam has 43mg of Vitamin C.
Carrot is an excellent source of Vitamin A and it has more Vitamin A than spam - carrot has 835ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and spam does not contain significant amounts.
Spam has more Vitamin D than carrot - spam has 23iu of Vitamin D per 100 grams and carrot does not contain significant amounts.
Carrots and spam contain similar amounts of Vitamin E - carrot has 0.66mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and spam has 0.24mg of Vitamin E.
Carrot has more Vitamin K than spam - carrot has 13.2ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and spam does not contain significant amounts.
Spam has more thiamin, riboflavin, niacin and Vitamin B12, however, carrot contains more pantothenic acid and folate. Both spam and carrots contain significant amounts of Vitamin B6.
Spam | Carrots | |
---|---|---|
Thiamin | 0.264 MG | 0.066 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.179 MG | 0.058 MG |
Niacin | 3.175 MG | 0.983 MG |
Pantothenic acid | ~ | 0.273 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 0.283 MG | 0.138 MG |
Folate | 4 UG | 19 UG |
Vitamin B12 | 0.61 UG | ~ |
Carrot has signficantly more calcium than spam - carrot has 33mg of calcium per 100 grams and spam does not contain significant amounts.
Carrots and spam contain similar amounts of iron - carrot has 0.3mg of iron per 100 grams and spam has 0.64mg of iron.
Both carrots and spam are high in potassium. Spam has 76% more potassium than carrot - carrot has 320mg of potassium per 100 grams and spam has 564mg of potassium.
For omega-3 fatty acids, spam has more alpha linoleic acid (ALA) than carrot per 100 grams.
Spam | Carrots | |
---|---|---|
alpha linoleic acid | 0.23 G | 0.002 G |
Total | 0.23 G | 0.002 G |
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, spam has more linoleic acid than carrot per 100 grams.
Spam | Carrots | |
---|---|---|
linoleic acid | 2.436 G | 0.1 G |
Total | 2.436 G | 0.1 G |
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.
Spam 168g
(
cup
)
|
Daily Values (%) |
Carrots 128g
(
cup
)
|
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492KCAL 25% |
|
846% | calories | 5% |
|
52KCAL 3% | |
5.7G 2% |
|
5% | carbohydrates | 111% |
|
12G 5% | |
|
5% | dietary fiber | >999% |
|
3.6G 14% | ||
5% | sugar | >999% | 6.1G | ||||
42G 66% |
|
>999% | total fat | 5% |
|
0.31G 1% | |
15G 83% |
|
>999% | saturated fat | 5% |
|
0.04G 0.2% | |
21G | >999% | monounsaturated fat | 5% | 0.02G | |||
4.5G | >999% | polyunsaturated fat | 5% | 0.13G | |||
128MG | >999% | cholesterol | 5% | ||||
1740MG 116% |
|
>999% | sodium | 5% |
|
88MG 6% | |
5% | Vitamins and Minerals | 5% | |||||
|
5% | Vitamin A | >999% |
|
1069UG 153% | ||
72MG 96% |
|
847% | Vitamin C | 5% |
|
7.6MG 10% | |
39IU 8% |
|
>999% | Vitamin D | 5% |
|
||
|
5% | calcium | >999% |
|
42MG 4% | ||
1.1MG 6% |
|
189% | iron | 5% |
|
0.38MG 2% | |
24MG 8% |
|
60% | magnesium | 5% |
|
15MG 5% | |
948MG 41% |
|
131% | potassium | 5% |
|
410MG 18% | |
0.44MG 40% |
|
449% | thiamin (Vit B1) | 5% |
|
0.08MG 8% | |
0.3MG 27% |
|
328% | riboflavin (Vit B2) | 5% |
|
0.07MG 7% | |
5.3MG 38% |
|
308% | niacin (Vit B3) | 5% |
|
1.3MG 9% | |
0.48MG 37% |
|
167% | Vitamin B6 | 5% |
|
0.18MG 14% | |
|
5% | pantothenic acid (Vit B5) | >999% |
|
0.35MG 7% | ||
6.7UG 2% |
|
5% | folate (Vit B9) | 258% |
|
24UG 6% | |
1UG 43% |
|
>999% | Vitamin B12 | 5% |
|
||
0.4MG 3% |
|
5% | Vitamin E | 110% |
|
0.84MG 6% | |
|
5% | Vitamin K | >999% |
|
17UG 19% | ||
21G 42% |
|
>999% | protein | 5% |
|
1.2G 2% | |
103MG 24% |
|
836% | choline | 5% |
|
11MG 3% | |
0.08MG 6% |
|
33% | copper | 5% |
|
0.06MG 5% | |
|
5% | fluoride | >999% |
|
4.1UG 0.1% | ||
|
5% | manganese | >999% |
|
0.18MG 10% | ||
183MG 26% |
|
307% | phosphorus | 5% |
|
45MG 6% | |
42UG 76% |
|
>999% | selenium | 5% |
|
0.13UG 0.2% | |
3.6MG 45% |
|
>999% | zinc | 5% |
|
0.31MG 4% | |
93G | 5% | Water | 22% | 113G | |||
5% | Starch | >999% | 1.8G | ||||
NO SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS (either food): Alcohol, chlorine, chromium, iodine, molybdenum, biotin (Vit B7), trans fat. |