Butter (60% Fat) vs Lard: Make Healthy Choices

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Butter (60% fat) - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Butter (60% fat) - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Lard vs Butter 60% fat: Nutrition Comparison

per 100gButter (60% fat)Lard
Calories499 898
Fat55.1 g99.5 g
Protein3.3 g0.07 g
Water42.1 g0.25 g
Calcium48 mg1 mg
Iron1.09 mg0.13 mg
Phosphorus4.8 mg11 mg
Potassium71 mg15 mg
Sodium450 mg27 mg
Zink4.8 mg11 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.01 mg0.004 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.07 mg0.015 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)0.02 mg0.725 mg
Vitaminium B60.01 mg0.005 mg

Less Calories in Butter 60% fat

At first glance, you can see that in butter 60% fat is much less calories than in lard.

Butter 60% fat has 499 kcal per 100g and lard 898 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 80%.

In butter 60% fat and in lard most calories came from fat.

See tables below to compare butter 60% fat with lard in details.

Butter 60% fat And Lard Nutrition Difference

  • Calories:
    lard - 80% more than butter 60% fat
  • Fat:
    lard - 81% more than butter 60% fat
  • Protein:
    butter 60% fat - 4614% more than lard
  • Water:
    butter 60% fat - 16740% more than lard

More protein in butter 60% fat

It is aslo easy to see see that in butter 60% fat is more protein than in lard.

There is 0.07g per 100g of lard and 3.3g per 100g of butter 60% fat so using simple math we can see that difference is about 4614%.

Less fat in butter 60% fat

In butter 60% fat is less fats than in lard.

The tables above show us that there is 99.5g/100g of fats in lard and 55.1g/100g in butter 60% fat. In this case difference is about 81%.

Butter (60% fat)

499kcal
  • Calories499
  • Fat55.1 g
  • Protein3.3 g
  • Water42.1 g
Butter (60% fat) calories per:
100g
| ounce | tablespoon | teaspoon | slice | cup | half cup

Calories source

  • 0% CARBS.
  • 3% PROTEIN
  • 97% FAT

Lard

898kcal
  • Calories898
  • Fat99.5 g
  • Protein0.07 g
  • Water0.25 g
Lard calories per:
100g
| ounce | tablespoon | teaspoon | slice | cup | half cup

Calories source

  • 0% CARBS
  • 0% PROTEIN
  • 100% FAT

Vitamins: lard vs butter 60% fat

  • Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine):
    butter 60% fat - 150% more than lard
  • Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin):
    butter 60% fat - 367% more than lard
  • Vitaminium B3 (Niacin):
    lard - 3525% more than butter 60% fat
  • Vitaminium B6:
    butter 60% fat - 100% more than lard

Minerals: butter 60% fat vs lard

  • Calcium:
    butter 60% fat - 4700% more than lard
  • Iron:
    butter 60% fat - 738% more than lard
  • Phosphorus:
    lard - 129% more than butter 60% fat
  • Potassium:
    butter 60% fat - 373% more than lard
  • Sodium:
    butter 60% fat - 1567% more than lard
  • Zink:
    lard - 129% more than butter 60% fat
Marcin Piotrowicz
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Marcin Piotrowicz

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All information about nutrition on this website was created with help of information from the official United States Department of Agriculture database.

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