Brazil Nuts vs Pecan: Choose Wisely

Less Calories in Brazil nuts

At first glance, you can see that in brazil nuts is just a little less calories than in pecan.

Brazil nuts has 659 kcal per 100g and pecan 691 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 5%.

In brazil nuts and in pecan most calories came from fat.

See tables below to compare brazil nuts with pecan in details.

Brazil nuts And Pecan Nutrition Difference

• Calories:
  pecan - 5% more than brazil nuts
• Carbohydrates:
  pecan - 18% more than brazil nuts
• Fat:
  pecan - 7% more than brazil nuts
• Dietary fiber:
  pecan - 28% more than brazil nuts
• Protein:
  brazil nuts - 56% more than pecan

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More protein in brazil nuts

It is aslo easy to see see that in brazil nuts is more protein than in pecan.

There is 9.17g per 100g of pecan and 14.32g per 100g of brazil nuts so using simple math we can see that difference is about 56%.

Less carbohydrates in brazil nuts

In brazil nuts is less carbohydrates than in pecan.

There is 13.86g/100g of carbohydrates in pecan and 11.74g/100g in brazil nuts so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 18%.

Less fat in brazil nuts

In brazil nuts is less fats than in pecan.

The tables above show us that there is 71.9g/100g of fats in pecan and 67.1g/100g in brazil nuts. In this case difference is about 7%.