Salted butter vs Tub margarine
In short
For the same 100 calories you eat 14 g of salted butter or 19 g of tub margarine. Both get most of their calories from fat.
More in salted butter: saturated fat (3.2×) and cholesterol. More in tub margarine: vitamin B6, vitamin E (12×), vitamin K (19×) and vitamin A. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
13.9 g · 0.12 g protein · 0.008 g carbs (0.008 g sugars) · 11.3 g fat
18.8 g · 0.032 g protein · 0.16 g carbs (0 g sugars) · 11.2 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 calories 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 B60. mg · 0.7 mg<1%41%
- Saturated fatlimit7.2 g · 2.3 g36%11%
- Vitamin E0.32 mg · 4 mg2%26%
- Vitamin K0.98 µg · 19 µg1%16%
- Cholesterollimit30 mg · 0.19 mg10%<1%
- Vitamin A95.4 µg · 154 µg11%17%
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.
- Protein0.12 g · 0.032 g<1%·<1%
- Total fat11.3 g · 11.2 g15%·14%
- Carbohydrates0.008 g · 0.16 g<1%·<1%
- Fiber0 g · 0 g0%·0%
- Sodiumlimit89.7 mg · 126 mg4%·5%
- Potassium3.3 mg · 5.6 mg<1%·<1%
- Calcium3.3 mg · 3.9 mg<1%·<1%
- Iron0.003 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
- Magnesium0.28 mg · 0.38 mg<1%·<1%
- Phosphorus3.3 mg · 3 mg<1%·<1%
- Zinc0.013 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
- Copper0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Selenium0.14 µg · 0 µg<1%·0%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0.019 mg0%·<1%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0.69 µg0%·3%
- Thiamin (B1)0.001 mg · 0.001 mg<1%·<1%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.005 mg · 0.005 mg<1%·<1%
- Niacin (B3)0.006 mg · 0.003 mg<1%·<1%
- Folate0.42 µg · 0.19 µg<1%·<1%
- Vitamin B120.024 µg · 0 µg1%·0%
- Choline2.6 mg · 1.9 mg<1%·<1%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: manganese, pantothenic acid (B5).
From USDA FoodData Central: Salted butter (SR Legacy 173410), Tub margarine (Survey (FNDDS) 2710160). 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.