Honey vs sugar
In short
One serving each: 61 calories in honey (1 tablespoon, 20 g), 16 calories in sugar (1 tsp, 4.2 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in honey: carbohydrates (3.9×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
1 tablespoon (20 g) · 0.06 g protein · 16.5 g carbs (16.4 g sugars) · 0 g fat
1 tsp (4.2 g) · 0 g protein · 4.2 g carbs (4.2 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.
- Carbohydrates16.5 g · 4.2 g6%2%
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.
- Protein0.06 g · 0 g<1%·0%
- Total fat0 g · 0 g0%·0%
- Saturated fatlimit0 g · 0 g0%·0%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Fiber0.04 g · 0 g<1%·0%
- Sodiumlimit0.8 mg · 0.042 mg<1%·<1%
- Potassium10.4 mg · 0.084 mg<1%·<1%
- Calcium1.2 mg · 0.042 mg<1%·<1%
- Iron0.084 mg · 0.002 mg<1%·<1%
- Magnesium0.4 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
- Phosphorus0.8 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
- Zinc0.044 mg · 0. mg<1%·<1%
- Copper0.007 mg · 0. mg1%·<1%
- Selenium0.16 µg · 0.025 µg<1%·<1%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin C0.1 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
- 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)0.008 mg · 0.001 mg1%·<1%
- Niacin (B3)0.024 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
- Vitamin B60.005 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
- Folate0.4 µg · 0 µg<1%·0%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Choline0.44 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: manganese, pantothenic acid (B5).
From USDA FoodData Central: Honey (Survey (FNDDS) 2710281), Granulated sugar (SR Legacy 169655). 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.