Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
soybean oil
versus
molasses
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in soybean oil and molasses:
Both molasses and soybean oil are high in calories. Soybean oil has 205% more calories than molass - molass has 290 calories per 100 grams and soybean oil has 884 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, soybean oil is much lighter in carbs, much heavier in fat and similar to molasses for protein. Soybean oil has a macronutrient ratio of 0:0:100 and for molasses, 0:100:0 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
| Soybean Oil | Molasses | |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | ~ | ~ |
| Carbohydrates | ~ | 100% |
| Fat | 100% | ~ |
| Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Molass is high in carbohydrates and soybean oil has less carbohydrates than molass - molass has 74.7g of total carbs per 100 grams and soybean oil does not contain significant amounts.
Molass is high in sugar and soybean oil has less sugar than molass - molass has 74.7g of sugar per 100 grams and soybean oil does not contain significant amounts.
Soybean oil is high in saturated fat and molass has 100% less saturated fat than soybean oil - molass has 0.02g of saturated fat per 100 grams and soybean oil has 15.3g of saturated fat.
Both soybean oil and molasses are low in trans fat - soybean oil has 0.68g of trans fat per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Soybean oil is a great source of Vitamin E and it has more Vitamin E than molass - soybean oil has 8.2mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Soybean oil is an excellent source of Vitamin K and it has more Vitamin K than molass - soybean oil has 183.9ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Molass has more thiamin, niacin, pantothenic acid and Vitamin B6.
| Soybean Oil | 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 more calcium than soybean oil - molass has 205mg of calcium per 100 grams and soybean oil does not contain significant amounts.
Molass is an excellent source of iron and it has 235 times more iron than soybean oil - molass has 4.7mg of iron per 100 grams and soybean oil has 0.02mg of iron.
Molass is an excellent source of potassium and it has more potassium than soybean oil - molass has 1464mg of potassium per 100 grams and soybean oil does not contain significant amounts.
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, soybean oil has more linoleic acid than molass per 100 grams.
| Soybean Oil | Molasses | |
|---|---|---|
| other omega 6 | 0.242 G | ~ |
| linoleic acid | 50.299 G | 0.05 G |
| Total | 50.541 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.
Note: The specific food items compared are: Soybean Oil (Oil, vegetable, soybean, refined) and Molasses (Molasses) .
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| G | 5% | Water | 5% | G | |||
| G | 5% | Starch | 5% | G | |||
| G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||