Almond paste vs Cashew butter

Almond pasteCashew butter
Same weightSame caloriesOne serving

In short

One serving each: 1040 calories in almond paste (1 cup, firmly packed, 227 g), 97 calories in cashew butter (1 tablespoon, 16 g). Most of those in cashew butter come from fat.

More in almond paste: vitamin E, copper (3.7×), riboflavin, total fat (7.4×) and 15 more. More in cashew butter: vitamin K. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Almond paste1040 cal

1 cup, firmly packed (227 g) · 20.4 g protein · 109 g carbs (82.3 g sugars) · 63 g fat

Cashew butter97 cal

1 tablespoon (16 g) · 1.9 g protein · 4.8 g carbs (1.5 g sugars) · 8.5 g fat

Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat

Where they differ

Bar length is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in one serving of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short difference in length is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.

0%112.5%225%
  • Vitamin E30.7 mg · 0.81 mg
    205%5%
  • Copper1 mg · 0.28 mg
    115%31%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.94 mg · 0.025 mg
    72%2%
  • Total fat63 g · 8.5 g
    81%11%
  • Magnesium295 mg · 33 mg
    70%8%
  • Phosphorus586 mg · 62.1 mg
    47%5%
  • Folate166 µg · 8.8 µg
    41%2%
  • Carbohydrates109 g · 4.8 g
    39%2%
  • Fiber10.9 g · 0.48 g
    39%2%
  • Protein20.4 g · 1.9 g
    41%4%
  • Calcium390 mg · 9.8 mg
    30%1%
  • Zinc3.4 mg · 0.71 mg
    31%6%
  • Saturated fatlimit6 g · 1.7 g
    30%8%
  • Niacin (B3)3.2 mg · 0.18 mg
    20%1%
  • Iron3.6 mg · 0.79 mg
    20%4%
  • Selenium9.5 µg · 1.5 µg
    17%3%
  • Potassium713 mg · 71.5 mg
    15%2%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.19 mg · 0.025 mg
    16%2%
  • Choline64.7 mg · 7.7 mg
    12%1%
  • Vitamin K0 µg · 4.8 µg
    0%4%

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Where they are alike

Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.

  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Sodiumlimit20.4 mg · 47.2 mg1%·2%
  • Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin C0.23 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
  • Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin B60.082 mg · 0.032 mg5%·2%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%

Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: manganese, pantothenic acid (B5).

From USDA FoodData Central: Almond paste (SR Legacy 170160), Cashew butter (Survey (FNDDS) 2707536). Daily Values are the FDA's for adults and children 4 years and older. Missing values are never shown as zero. For exploring the data, not dietary advice.

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