Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
cooked
lamb
versus
spirulina
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in lamb and spirulina:
Both spirulina and lamb are high in calories. Spirulina is very similar to lamb for calories - spirulina has 290 calories per 100 grams and lamb has 283 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, lamb is much lighter in protein, much lighter in carbs and much heavier in fat compared to spirulina per calorie. Lamb has a macronutrient ratio of 36:0:64 and for spirulina, 59:25:17 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Lamb | Spirulina | |
---|---|---|
Protein | 36% | 59% |
Carbohydrates | ~ | 25% |
Fat | 64% | 17% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Lamb has signficantly less carbohydrates than spirulina - spirulina has 23.9g of total carbs per 100 grams and lamb does not contain significant amounts.
Spirulina is an excellent source of dietary fiber and it has more dietary fiber than lamb - spirulina has 3.6g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and lamb does not contain significant amounts.
Lamb has less sugar than spirulina - spirulina has 3.1g of sugar per 100 grams and lamb does not contain significant amounts.
Both spirulina and lamb are high in protein. Spirulina has 132% more protein than lamb - spirulina has 57.5g of protein per 100 grams and lamb has 24.8g of protein.
Lamb is high in saturated fat and spirulina has 67% less saturated fat than lamb - spirulina has 2.7g of saturated fat per 100 grams and lamb has 8.1g of saturated fat.
Spirulina has less cholesterol than lamb - lamb has 97mg of cholesterol per 100 grams and spirulina does not contain significant amounts.
Spirulina has signficantly more Vitamin C than lamb - spirulina has 10.1mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and lamb does not contain significant amounts.
Spirulina has more Vitamin A than lamb - spirulina has 29ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and lamb does not contain significant amounts.
Lamb and spirulina contain similar amounts of Vitamin D - lamb has 2iu of Vitamin D per 100 grams and spirulina does not contain significant amounts.
Spirulina has 34 times more Vitamin E than lamb - spirulina has 5mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and lamb has 0.14mg of Vitamin E.
Spirulina has 381% more Vitamin K than lamb - spirulina has 25.5ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and lamb has 5.3ug of Vitamin K.
Spirulina has more thiamin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6 and folate, however, lamb contains more Vitamin B12. Both lamb and spirulina contain significant amounts of niacin.
Lamb | Spirulina | |
---|---|---|
Thiamin | 0.1 MG | 2.38 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.25 MG | 3.67 MG |
Niacin | 6.7 MG | 12.82 MG |
Pantothenic acid | 0.66 MG | 3.48 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 0.14 MG | 0.364 MG |
Folate | 19 UG | 94 UG |
Vitamin B12 | 2.61 UG | ~ |
Spirulina is an excellent source of calcium and it has 445% more calcium than lamb - spirulina has 120mg of calcium per 100 grams and lamb has 22mg of calcium.
Spirulina is an excellent source of iron and it has 14 times more iron than lamb - spirulina has 28.5mg of iron per 100 grams and lamb has 1.8mg of iron.
Both spirulina and lamb are high in potassium. Spirulina has 302% more potassium than lamb - spirulina has 1363mg of potassium per 100 grams and lamb has 339mg of potassium.
For omega-3 fatty acids, spirulina has more alpha linoleic acid (ALA) than lamb per 100 grams.
Lamb | Spirulina | |
---|---|---|
alpha linoleic acid | 0.26 G | 0.823 G |
Total | 0.26 G | 0.823 G |
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, both lamb and spirulina contain significant amounts of linoleic acid.
Lamb | Spirulina | |
---|---|---|
linoleic acid | 1.07 G | 1.254 G |
other omega 6 | 0.07 G | ~ |
Total | 1.14 G | 1.254 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.
Cooked Lamb 313g
(
unit, cooked
)
|
Daily Values (%) |
Spirulina 7g
(
tbsp
)
|
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886KCAL 44% |
|
>999% | calories | 5% |
|
20KCAL 1% | |
|
5% | carbohydrates | >999% |
|
1.7G 1% | ||
|
5% | dietary fiber | >999% |
|
0.25G 1% | ||
5% | sugar | >999% | 0.22G | ||||
62G 96% |
|
>999% | total fat | 5% |
|
0.54G 1% | |
25G 141% |
|
>999% | saturated fat | 5% |
|
0.19G 1% | |
26G | >999% | monounsaturated fat | 5% | 0.05G | |||
4.4G | >999% | polyunsaturated fat | 5% | 0.15G | |||
304MG | >999% | cholesterol | 5% | ||||
254MG 17% |
|
248% | sodium | 5% |
|
73MG 5% | |
5% | Vitamins and Minerals | 5% | |||||
|
5% | Vitamin A | >999% |
|
2UG 0.3% | ||
|
5% | Vitamin C | >999% |
|
0.71MG 1% | ||
6.3IU 1% |
|
>999% | Vitamin D | 5% |
|
||
69MG 7% |
|
721% | calcium | 5% |
|
8.4MG 1% | |
5.6MG 31% |
|
180% | iron | 5% |
|
2MG 11% | |
75MG 24% |
|
436% | magnesium | 5% |
|
14MG 4% | |
1061MG 46% |
|
>999% | potassium | 5% |
|
95MG 4% | |
0.31MG 29% |
|
82% | thiamin (Vit B1) | 5% |
|
0.17MG 15% | |
0.78MG 71% |
|
200% | riboflavin (Vit B2) | 5% |
|
0.26MG 23% | |
21MG 150% |
|
>999% | niacin (Vit B3) | 5% |
|
0.9MG 6% | |
0.44MG 34% |
|
>999% | Vitamin B6 | 5% |
|
0.03MG 2% | |
2.1MG 41% |
|
775% | pantothenic acid (Vit B5) | 5% |
|
0.24MG 5% | |
59UG 15% |
|
794% | folate (Vit B9) | 5% |
|
6.6UG 2% | |
8.2UG 340% |
|
>999% | Vitamin B12 | 5% |
|
||
0.44MG 3% |
|
26% | Vitamin E | 5% |
|
0.35MG 2% | |
17UG 18% |
|
844% | Vitamin K | 5% |
|
1.8UG 2% | |
77G 155% |
|
>999% | protein | 5% |
|
4G 8% | |
292MG 69% |
|
>999% | choline | 5% |
|
4.6MG 1% | |
0.4MG 33% |
|
5% | copper | 7% |
|
0.43MG 36% | |
0.08MG 4% |
|
5% | manganese | 62% |
|
0.13MG 7% | |
629MG 90% |
|
>999% | phosphorus | 5% |
|
8.3MG 1% | |
87UG 158% |
|
>999% | selenium | 5% |
|
0.5UG 1% | |
15MG 183% |
|
>999% | zinc | 5% |
|
0.14MG 2% | |
172G | >999% | Water | 5% | 0.33G | |||
NO SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS (either food): Starch, Alcohol, chlorine, chromium, fluoride, iodine, molybdenum, biotin (Vit B7), trans fat. |