Almond paste vs Salted cashews
In short
One serving each: 1040 calories in almond paste (1 cup, firmly packed, 227 g), 164 calories in salted cashews (1 oz, 28.4 g). Most of those in salted cashews come from fat.
More in almond paste: vitamin E, riboflavin (17×), total fat (4.7×), magnesium (4.2×) and 15 more. More in salted cashews: vitamin K and sodium (5.5×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
1 cup, firmly packed (227 g) · 20.4 g protein · 109 g carbs (82.3 g sugars) · 63 g fat
1 oz (28.4 g) · 4.2 g protein · 8.9 g carbs (1.4 g sugars) · 13.5 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.
- Vitamin E30.7 mg · 0.41 mg205%3%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.94 mg · 0.054 mg72%4%
- Total fat63 g · 13.5 g81%17%
- Magnesium295 mg · 70.9 mg70%17%
- Copper1 mg · 0.6 mg115%67%
- Folate166 µg · 18.7 µg41%5%
- Carbohydrates109 g · 8.9 g39%3%
- Phosphorus586 mg · 134 mg47%11%
- Fiber10.9 g · 0.82 g39%3%
- Protein20.4 g · 4.2 g41%8%
- Calcium390 mg · 12.5 mg30%1%
- Niacin (B3)3.2 mg · 0.38 mg20%2%
- Saturated fatlimit6 g · 2.6 g30%13%
- Zinc3.4 mg · 1.5 mg31%14%
- Potassium713 mg · 154 mg15%3%
- Selenium9.5 µg · 3.2 µg17%6%
- Iron3.6 mg · 1.6 mg20%9%
- Thiamin (B1)0.19 mg · 0.054 mg16%5%
- Choline64.7 mg · 16.6 mg12%3%
- Vitamin K0 µg · 10.3 µg0%9%
- Sodiumlimit20.4 mg · 113 mg1%5%
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin C0.23 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin B60.082 mg · 0.07 mg5%·4%
- 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.