Brown sugar vs Honey
In short
One serving each: 17 calories in brown sugar (1 tsp packed, 4.6 g), 61 calories in honey (1 tablespoon, 20 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in honey: carbohydrates (3.7×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
1 tsp packed (4.6 g) · 0.006 g protein · 4.5 g carbs (4.5 g sugars) · 0 g fat
1 tablespoon (20 g) · 0.06 g protein · 16.5 g carbs (16.4 g sugars) · 0 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.
- Carbohydrates4.5 g · 16.5 g2%6%
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.
- Protein0.006 g · 0.06 g<1%·<1%
- Total fat0 g · 0 g0%·0%
- Saturated fatlimit0 g · 0 g0%·0%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Fiber0 g · 0.04 g0%·<1%
- Sodiumlimit1.3 mg · 0.8 mg<1%·<1%
- Potassium6.1 mg · 10.4 mg<1%·<1%
- Calcium3.8 mg · 1.2 mg<1%·<1%
- Iron0.033 mg · 0.084 mg<1%·<1%
- Magnesium0.41 mg · 0.4 mg<1%·<1%
- Phosphorus0.18 mg · 0.8 mg<1%·<1%
- Zinc0.001 mg · 0.044 mg<1%·<1%
- Copper0.002 mg · 0.007 mg<1%·1%
- Selenium0.055 µg · 0.16 µg<1%·<1%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0.1 mg0%·<1%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin E0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Vitamin K0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Thiamin (B1)0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Riboflavin (B2)0 mg · 0.008 mg0%·1%
- Niacin (B3)0.005 mg · 0.024 mg<1%·<1%
- Vitamin B60.002 mg · 0.005 mg<1%·<1%
- Folate0.046 µg · 0.4 µg<1%·<1%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Choline0.11 mg · 0.44 mg<1%·<1%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: manganese, pantothenic acid (B5).
From USDA FoodData Central: Brown sugar (SR Legacy 168833), Honey (Survey (FNDDS) 2710281). 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.