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
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.
- Vitamin E205% vs 3%
30.7 mg vs 0.41 mg
- Riboflavin (B2)72% vs 4%
0.94 mg vs 0.054 mg
- Total fat81% vs 17%
63 g vs 13.5 g
- Magnesium70% vs 17%
295 mg vs 70.9 mg
- Copper115% vs 67%
1 mg vs 0.6 mg
- Folate41% vs 5%
166 µg vs 18.7 µg
- Carbohydrates39% vs 3%
109 g vs 8.9 g
- Phosphorus47% vs 11%
586 mg vs 134 mg
- Fiber39% vs 3%
10.9 g vs 0.82 g
- Protein41% vs 8%
20.4 g vs 4.2 g
- Calcium30% vs 1%
390 mg vs 12.5 mg
- Niacin (B3)20% vs 2%
3.2 mg vs 0.38 mg
- Saturated fatlimit30% vs 13%
6 g vs 2.6 g
- Zinc31% vs 14%
3.4 mg vs 1.5 mg
- Potassium15% vs 3%
713 mg vs 154 mg
- Selenium17% vs 6%
9.5 µg vs 3.2 µg
- Iron20% vs 9%
3.6 mg vs 1.6 mg
- Thiamin (B1)16% vs 5%
0.19 mg vs 0.054 mg
- Choline12% vs 3%
64.7 mg vs 16.6 mg
- Vitamin K0% vs 9%
0 µg vs 10.3 µg
- Sodiumlimit1% vs 5%
20.4 mg vs 113 mg
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.