Avocado vs banana
In short
Gram for gram, there are 65% more calories in avocado than in banana (160 vs 97 in 100 g). Most of the calories in avocado come from fat. Most of those in banana come from carbohydrate.
More in avocado: total fat, fiber (3.9×), vitamin K, folate (5.4×) and 6 more. More in banana: carbohydrates (2.7×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
2 g protein · 8.5 g carbs (0.66 g sugars) · 14.7 g fat
0.74 g protein · 22.7 g carbs (15.8 g sugars) · 0.28 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.
- Total fat14.7 g · 0.28 g19%<1%
- Fiber6.7 g · 1.7 g24%6%
- Vitamin K21 µg · 0.1 µg18%<1%
- Folate81 µg · 15 µg20%4%
- Vitamin E2.1 mg · 0.1 mg14%1%
- Saturated fatlimit2.1 g · 0.11 g11%1%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.13 mg · 0 mg10%0%
- Copper0.19 mg · 0.1 mg21%11%
- Niacin (B3)1.7 mg · 0.65 mg11%4%
- Carbohydrates8.5 g · 22.7 g3%8%
- Zinc0.64 mg · 0.16 mg6%1%
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 g of each.
- Protein2 g · 0.74 g4%·1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Sodiumlimit7 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
- Potassium485 mg · 326 mg10%·7%
- Calcium12 mg · 5 mg1%·<1%
- Iron0.55 mg · 0 mg3%·0%
- Magnesium29 mg · 28 mg7%·7%
- Phosphorus52 mg · 22 mg4%·2%
- Selenium0.4 µg · 0 µg1%·0%
- Vitamin A7 µg · 1 µg1%·<1%
- Vitamin C10 mg · 12 mg11%·13%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Thiamin (B1)0.067 mg · 0.054 mg6%·5%
- Vitamin B60.26 mg · 0.21 mg15%·12%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Choline14.2 mg · 9.8 mg3%·2%
From USDA FoodData Central: Avocado, raw (Survey (FNDDS) 2709223), Banana, raw (Survey (FNDDS) 2709224). 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.