Almond paste vs Salted cashews
In short
Gram for gram, there are 26% more calories in salted cashews than in almond paste (578 vs 458 in 100 g). Most of those in salted cashews come from fat.
More in almond paste: vitamin E (9.3×), riboflavin (2.2×), calcium (3.9×), fiber and carbohydrates. More in salted cashews: copper (4.7×), zinc (3.6×), saturated fat (3.5×), vitamin K and 11 more. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
9 g protein · 47.8 g carbs (36.3 g sugars) · 27.7 g fat
14.7 g protein · 31.4 g carbs (4.8 g sugars) · 47.5 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Bar length is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in 100 g 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.
- Copper0.45 mg · 2.1 mg50%237%
- Vitamin E13.5 mg · 1.4 mg90%10%
- Zinc1.5 mg · 5.4 mg13%49%
- Saturated fatlimit2.6 g · 9.2 g13%46%
- Vitamin K0 µg · 36.3 µg0%30%
- Magnesium130 mg · 250 mg31%60%
- Total fat27.7 g · 47.5 g36%61%
- Iron1.6 mg · 5.8 mg9%32%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.41 mg · 0.19 mg32%15%
- Phosphorus258 mg · 471 mg21%38%
- Sodiumlimit9 mg · 399 mg<1%17%
- Selenium4.2 µg · 11.2 µg8%20%
- Vitamin B60.036 mg · 0.25 mg2%14%
- Protein9 g · 14.7 g18%29%
- Calcium172 mg · 44 mg13%3%
- Thiamin (B1)0.082 mg · 0.19 mg7%16%
- Fiber4.8 g · 2.9 g17%10%
- Carbohydrates47.8 g · 31.4 g17%11%
- Choline28.5 mg · 58.6 mg5%11%
- Potassium314 mg · 543 mg7%12%
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 g of each.
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin C0.1 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Niacin (B3)1.4 mg · 1.3 mg9%·8%
- Folate73 µg · 66 µg18%·17%
- 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), Salted cashews (Survey (FNDDS) 2707495). 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.