Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
milk
versus
molasses
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in milk and molasses:
Molass is high in calories and milk has 83% less calories than molass - molass has 290 calories per 100 grams and milk has 50 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, milk is much heavier in protein, much lighter in carbs and much heavier in fat compared to molasses per calorie. Milk has a macronutrient ratio of 27:38:35 and for molasses, 0:100:0 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
| Milk | Molasses | |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 27% | ~ |
| Carbohydrates | 38% | 100% |
| Fat | 35% | ~ |
| Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Molass is high in carbohydrates and milk has 94% less carbohydrates than molass - molass has 74.7g of total carbs per 100 grams and milk has 4.8g of carbohydrates.
The carbs in molasses and milk are both made of 100% sugar.
Molass is high in sugar and milk has 93% less sugar than molass - molass has 74.7g of sugar per 100 grams and milk has 5.1g of sugar.
Milk has more protein than molass - milk has 3.3g of protein per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Molass has 68.8 times less saturated fat than milk - molass has 0.02g of saturated fat per 100 grams and milk has 1.3g of saturated fat.
Both milk and molasses are low in trans fat - milk has 0.09g of trans fat per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Both milk and molasses are low in cholesterol - milk has 8mg of cholesterol per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Milk and molasses contain similar amounts of Vitamin C - milk has 0.2mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Milk has more Vitamin A than molass - milk has 55ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Milk has more Vitamin D than molass - milk has 49iu of Vitamin D per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Milk and molasses contain similar amounts of Vitamin E - milk has 0.03mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Milk and molasses contain similar amounts of Vitamin K - milk has 0.2ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Milk has more riboflavin, folate and Vitamin B12, however, molass contains more niacin, pantothenic acid and Vitamin B6. Both milk and molasses contain significant amounts of thiamin.
| Milk | Molasses | |
|---|---|---|
| Thiamin | 0.039 MG | 0.041 MG |
| Riboflavin | 0.185 MG | 0.002 MG |
| Niacin | 0.092 MG | 0.93 MG |
| Pantothenic acid | 0.356 MG | 0.804 MG |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.038 MG | 0.67 MG |
| Folate | 5 UG | ~ |
| Vitamin B12 | 0.53 UG | ~ |
Both molasses and milk are high in calcium. Molass has 71% more calcium than milk - molass has 205mg of calcium per 100 grams and milk has 120mg of calcium.
Molass is an excellent source of iron and it has 235 times more iron than milk - molass has 4.7mg of iron per 100 grams and milk has 0.02mg of iron.
Molass is an excellent source of potassium and it has 946% more potassium than milk - molass has 1464mg of potassium per 100 grams and milk has 140mg of potassium.
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, both milk and molasses contain significant amounts of linoleic acid.
| Milk | Molasses | |
|---|---|---|
| other omega 6 | 0.004 G | ~ |
| linoleic acid | 0.062 G | 0.05 G |
| Total | 0.066 G | 0.05 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.
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5% | total fat | 5% |
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| G | 5% | monounsaturated fat | 5% | G | |||
| G | 5% | polyunsaturated fat | 5% | G | |||
| G | 5% | trans fat | 5% | G | |||
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5% | Vitamin A | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin C | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin D | 5% |
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5% | thiamin (Vit B1) | 5% |
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5% | riboflavin (Vit B2) | 5% |
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5% | niacin (Vit B3) | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin B6 | 5% |
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5% | pantothenic acid (Vit B5) | 5% |
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5% | folate (Vit B9) | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin B12 | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin E | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin K | 5% |
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5% | protein | 5% |
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5% | biotin (Vit B7) | 5% |
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5% | choline | 5% |
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5% | chlorine | 5% |
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5% | chromium | 5% |
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5% | copper | 5% |
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5% | fluoride | 5% |
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5% | iodine | 5% |
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5% | manganese | 5% |
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5% | molybdenum | 5% |
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5% | phosphorus | 5% |
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5% | selenium | 5% |
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5% | zinc | 5% |
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| G | 5% | Water | 5% | G | |||
| G | 5% | Starch | 5% | G | |||
| G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||