Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
banana
versus
molasses
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in banana and molasses:
Molass is high in calories and banana has 69% less calories than molass - molass has 290 calories per 100 grams and banana has 89 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, banana is heavier in protein, lighter in carbs and similar to molasses for fat. Banana has a macronutrient ratio of 5:93:3 and for molasses, 0:100:0 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
| Banana | Molasses | |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 5% | ~ |
| Carbohydrates | 93% | 100% |
| Fat | 3% | ~ |
| Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Molass is high in carbohydrates and banana has 69% less carbohydrates than molass - molass has 74.7g of total carbs per 100 grams and banana has 22.8g of carbohydrates.
Banana is a great source of dietary fiber and it has more dietary fiber than molass - banana has 2.6g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Molass is high in sugar and banana has 84% less sugar than molass - molass has 74.7g of sugar per 100 grams and banana has 12.2g of sugar.
Banana has more protein than molass - banana has 1.1g of protein per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Both molasses and banana are low in saturated fat - molass has 0.02g of saturated fat per 100 grams and banana has 0.11g of saturated fat.
Banana has signficantly more Vitamin C than molass - banana has 8.7mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Banana and molasses contain similar amounts of Vitamin A - banana has 3ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Banana and molasses contain similar amounts of Vitamin E - banana has 0.1mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Banana and molasses contain similar amounts of Vitamin K - banana has 0.5ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Banana has more riboflavin and folate, however, molass contains more pantothenic acid. Both banana and molasses contain significant amounts of thiamin, niacin and Vitamin B6.
| Banana | Molasses | |
|---|---|---|
| Thiamin | 0.031 MG | 0.041 MG |
| Riboflavin | 0.073 MG | 0.002 MG |
| Niacin | 0.665 MG | 0.93 MG |
| Pantothenic acid | 0.334 MG | 0.804 MG |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.367 MG | 0.67 MG |
| Folate | 20 UG | ~ |
Molass is an excellent source of calcium and it has 40 times more calcium than banana - molass has 205mg of calcium per 100 grams and banana has 5mg of calcium.
Molass is an excellent source of iron and it has 17 times more iron than banana - molass has 4.7mg of iron per 100 grams and banana has 0.26mg of iron.
Both molasses and banana are high in potassium. Molass has 309% more potassium than banana - molass has 1464mg of potassium per 100 grams and banana has 358mg of potassium.
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, both banana and molasses contain small amounts of linoleic acid.
| Banana | Molasses | |
|---|---|---|
| linoleic acid | 0.046 G | 0.05 G |
| Total | 0.046 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% | calories | 5% |
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5% | carbohydrates | 5% |
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5% | dietary fiber | 5% |
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5% | total fat | 5% |
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5% | saturated fat | 5% |
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| G | 5% | monounsaturated fat | 5% | G | |||
| G | 5% | polyunsaturated fat | 5% | G | |||
| G | 5% | trans fat | 5% | G | |||
| MG | 5% | cholesterol | 5% | MG | |||
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5% | sodium | 5% |
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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% | calcium | 5% |
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5% | iron | 5% |
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5% | magnesium | 5% |
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5% | potassium | 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 | |||