Almond paste vs Lightly salted pistachios

In short

One serving each: 1040 calories in almond paste (1 cup, firmly packed, 227 g), 164 calories in lightly salted pistachios (1 oz, without shell, 28.4 g). Most of those in lightly salted pistachios come from fat.

More in almond paste: vitamin E, copper (2.9×), riboflavin (15×), total fat (4.7×) and 14 more. More in lightly salted pistachios: vitamin B6 (3.8×). 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

Lightly salted pistachios164 cal

1 oz, without shell (28.4 g) · 5.8 g protein · 7.7 g carbs (2.1 g sugars) · 13.4 g fat

Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat

Where they differ

Each dot 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 gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.

0%112.5%225%
  • Vitamin E205% vs 5%

    30.7 mg vs 0.75 mg

  • Copper115% vs 39%

    1 mg vs 0.35 mg

  • Riboflavin (B2)72% vs 5%

    0.94 mg vs 0.064 mg

  • Total fat81% vs 17%

    63 g vs 13.4 g

  • Magnesium70% vs 7%

    295 mg vs 29.8 mg

  • Folate41% vs 3%

    166 µg vs 13.9 µg

  • Carbohydrates39% vs 3%

    109 g vs 7.7 g

  • Phosphorus47% vs 10%

    586 mg vs 128 mg

  • Protein41% vs 12%

    20.4 g vs 5.8 g

  • Fiber39% vs 10%

    10.9 g vs 2.8 g

  • Calcium30% vs 2%

    390 mg vs 29.5 mg

  • Zinc31% vs 6%

    3.4 mg vs 0.64 mg

  • Saturated fatlimit30% vs 8%

    6 g vs 1.7 g

  • Niacin (B3)20% vs 2%

    3.2 mg vs 0.38 mg

  • Iron20% vs 6%

    3.6 mg vs 1.1 mg

  • Vitamin B65% vs 18%

    0.082 mg vs 0.31 mg

  • Selenium17% vs 5%

    9.5 µg vs 2.7 µg

  • Potassium15% vs 6%

    713 mg vs 276 mg

  • Choline12% vs 4%

    64.7 mg vs 19.5 mg

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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 · 56.1 mg1%·2%
  • Vitamin A0 µg · 3.7 µg0%·<1%
  • Vitamin C0.23 mg · 0.82 mg<1%·1%
  • Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin K0 µg · 4.5 µg0%·4%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.19 mg · 0.19 mg16%·16%
  • 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), Lightly salted pistachios (Survey (FNDDS) 2707529). 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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