Pecan vs Pine Nuts: All Nutritional Differences

Fact 1: There is More Calories in Pecan

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

Pecan has 691 kcal per 100g and Pine nuts 673 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 3%.

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

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

Fact 2: Pecan And Pine nuts Nutrition Difference

• Calories: pecan - 3% more than Pine nuts
• Carbohydrates: pecan - 6% more than Pine nuts
• Fat: pecan - 5% more than Pine nuts
• Dietary fiber: pecan - 159% more than Pine nuts
• Protein: Pine nuts - 49% more than pecan

Less protein in pecan

It is aslo easy to see see that in pecan is less protein than in Pine nuts.

There is 13.69g per 100g of Pine nuts and 9.17g per 100g of pecan so using simple math we can see that difference is about 49%.

More carbohydrates in pecan

In pecan is more carbohydrates than in Pine nuts.

There is 13.08g/100g of carbohydrates in Pine nuts and 13.86g/100g in pecan so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 6%.

More fat in pecan

In pecan is more fats than in Pine nuts.

The tables above show us that there is 68.37g/100g of fats in Pine nuts and 71.9g/100g in pecan. In this case difference is about 5%.

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