Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
oats
versus
apricot
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in oats and apricot:
Oat is high in calories and apricot has 88% less calories than oat - oat has 389 calories per 100 grams and apricot has 48 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, oats is heavier in protein, lighter in carbs and heavier in fat compared to apricot per calorie. Oats has a macronutrient ratio of 17:67:16 and for apricot, 10:83:7 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Oats | Apricot | |
---|---|---|
Protein | 17% | 10% |
Carbohydrates | 67% | 83% |
Fat | 16% | 7% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Oat is high in carbohydrates and apricot has 83% less carbohydrates than oat - oat has 66.3g of total carbs per 100 grams and apricot has 11.1g of carbohydrates.
Oat is an excellent source of dietary fiber and it has 430% more dietary fiber than apricot - oat has 10.6g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and apricot has 2g of dietary fiber.
Oat has less sugar than apricot - apricot has 9.2g of sugar per 100 grams and oat does not contain significant amounts.
Oat is an excellent source of protein and it has 11 times more protein than apricot - oat has 16.9g of protein per 100 grams and apricot has 1.4g of protein.
Apricot has 44 times less saturated fat than oat - oat has 1.2g of saturated fat per 100 grams and apricot has 0.03g of saturated fat.
Apricot has signficantly more Vitamin C than oat - apricot has 10mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and oat does not contain significant amounts.
Apricot has signficantly more Vitamin A than oat - apricot has 96ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and oat does not contain significant amounts.
Apricot has more Vitamin E than oat - apricot has 0.89mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and oat does not contain significant amounts.
Apricot and oats contain similar amounts of Vitamin K - apricot has 3.3ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and oat does not contain significant amounts.
Oat has more thiamin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6 and folate. Both oats and apricot contain significant amounts of niacin.
Oats | Apricot | |
---|---|---|
Thiamin | 0.763 MG | 0.03 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.139 MG | 0.04 MG |
Niacin | 0.961 MG | 0.6 MG |
Pantothenic acid | 1.349 MG | 0.24 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 0.119 MG | 0.054 MG |
Folate | 56 UG | 9 UG |
Oat is a great source of calcium and it has 315% more calcium than apricot - oat has 54mg of calcium per 100 grams and apricot has 13mg of calcium.
Oat is an excellent source of iron and it has 11 times more iron than apricot - oat has 4.7mg of iron per 100 grams and apricot has 0.39mg of iron.
Both oats and apricot are high in potassium. Oat has 66% more potassium than apricot - oat has 429mg of potassium per 100 grams and apricot has 259mg of potassium.
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, oat has more linoleic acid than apricot per 100 grams.
Oats | Apricot | |
---|---|---|
linoleic acid | 2.424 G | 0.077 G |
Total | 2.424 G | 0.077 G |
The comparison below is by weight, but sometimes 100g isn't that intuitive of a measurement for food. View a custom portion comparison (e.g. cups, oz, package).
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Oats 100g
(
100 g
)
|
Daily Values (%) |
Apricot 100g
(
100 g
)
|
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389KCAL 20% |
|
710% | calories | 5% |
|
48KCAL 2% | |
66G 27% |
|
500% | carbohydrates | 5% |
|
11G 4% | |
11G 42% |
|
450% | dietary fiber | 5% |
|
2G 8% | |
5% | sugar | >999% | 9.2G | ||||
6.9G 11% |
|
>999% | total fat | 5% |
|
0.39G 1% | |
1.2G 7% |
|
>999% | saturated fat | 5% |
|
0.03G 0.2% | |
2.2G | >999% | monounsaturated fat | 5% | 0.17G | |||
2.5G | >999% | polyunsaturated fat | 5% | 0.08G | |||
2MG 0.1% |
|
100% | sodium | 5% |
|
1MG 0.1% | |
5% | Vitamins and Minerals | 5% | |||||
|
5% | Vitamin A | >999% |
|
96UG 14% | ||
|
5% | Vitamin C | >999% |
|
10MG 13% | ||
54MG 5% |
|
315% | calcium | 5% |
|
13MG 1% | |
4.7MG 26% |
|
>999% | iron | 5% |
|
0.39MG 2% | |
177MG 57% |
|
>999% | magnesium | 5% |
|
10MG 3% | |
429MG 19% |
|
66% | potassium | 5% |
|
259MG 11% | |
0.76MG 69% |
|
>999% | thiamin (Vit B1) | 5% |
|
0.03MG 3% | |
0.14MG 13% |
|
249% | riboflavin (Vit B2) | 5% |
|
0.04MG 4% | |
0.96MG 7% |
|
60% | niacin (Vit B3) | 5% |
|
0.6MG 4% | |
0.12MG 9% |
|
140% | Vitamin B6 | 5% |
|
0.05MG 4% | |
1.3MG 27% |
|
441% | pantothenic acid (Vit B5) | 5% |
|
0.24MG 5% | |
56UG 14% |
|
522% | folate (Vit B9) | 5% |
|
9UG 2% | |
|
5% | Vitamin E | >999% |
|
0.89MG 6% | ||
|
5% | Vitamin K | >999% |
|
3.3UG 4% | ||
17G 34% |
|
>999% | protein | 5% |
|
1.4G 3% | |
|
5% | choline | >999% |
|
2.8MG 1% | ||
0.63MG 52% |
|
687% | copper | 5% |
|
0.08MG 7% | |
4.9MG 273% |
|
>999% | manganese | 5% |
|
0.08MG 4% | |
523MG 75% |
|
>999% | phosphorus | 5% |
|
23MG 3% | |
|
5% | selenium | >999% |
|
0.1UG 0.2% | ||
4MG 50% |
|
>999% | zinc | 5% |
|
0.2MG 3% | |
8.2G | 5% | Water | 949% | 86G | |||
NO SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS (either food): Starch, Alcohol, chlorine, chromium, fluoride, iodine, molybdenum, Vitamin D, biotin (Vit B7), Vitamin B12, cholesterol, trans fat. |