Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
molasses
versus
parsley
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in molasses and parsley:
Molass is high in calories and parsley has 88% less calories than molass - molass has 290 calories per 100 grams and parsley has 36 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, molasses is much lighter in protein, much heavier in carbs and lighter in fat compared to parsley per calorie. Molasses has a macronutrient ratio of 0:100:0 and for parsley, 27:57:17 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
| Molasses | Parsley | |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | ~ | 27% |
| Carbohydrates | 100% | 57% |
| Fat | ~ | 17% |
| Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Molass is high in carbohydrates and parsley has 92% less carbohydrates than molass - molass has 74.7g of total carbs per 100 grams and parsley has 6.3g of carbohydrates.
Parsley is an excellent source of dietary fiber and it has more dietary fiber than molass - parsley has 3.3g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Molass is high in sugar and parsley has 99% less sugar than molass - molass has 74.7g of sugar per 100 grams and parsley has 0.85g of sugar.
Parsley has more protein than molass - parsley has 3g of protein per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Both molasses and parsley are low in saturated fat - molass has 0.02g of saturated fat per 100 grams and parsley has 0.13g of saturated fat.
Parsley is an excellent source of Vitamin C and it has more Vitamin C than molass - parsley has 133mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Parsley is an excellent source of Vitamin A and it has more Vitamin A than molass - parsley has 421ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Parsley has more Vitamin E than molass - parsley has 0.75mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Parsley is an excellent source of Vitamin K and it has more Vitamin K than molass - parsley has 1640ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and molass does not contain significant amounts.
Parsley has more riboflavin and folate, however, molass contains more Vitamin B6. Both molasses and parsley contain significant amounts of thiamin, niacin and pantothenic acid.
| Molasses | Parsley | |
|---|---|---|
| Thiamin | 0.041 MG | 0.086 MG |
| Riboflavin | 0.002 MG | 0.098 MG |
| Niacin | 0.93 MG | 1.313 MG |
| Pantothenic acid | 0.804 MG | 0.4 MG |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.67 MG | 0.09 MG |
| Folate | ~ | 152 UG |
Both molasses and parsley are high in calcium. Molass has 49% more calcium than parsley - molass has 205mg of calcium per 100 grams and parsley has 138mg of calcium.
Both molasses and parsley are high in iron. Parsley has 31% more iron than molass - molass has 4.7mg of iron per 100 grams and parsley has 6.2mg of iron.
Both molasses and parsley are high in potassium. Molass has 164% more potassium than parsley - molass has 1464mg of potassium per 100 grams and parsley has 554mg of potassium.
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, parsley has more linoleic acid than molass per 100 grams.
| Molasses | Parsley | |
|---|---|---|
| linoleic acid | 0.05 G | 0.115 G |
| Total | 0.05 G | 0.115 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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