Sesame seeds vs Amaranth: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Sesame seeds has 573 kcal and Amaranth has 409 kcal, so Amaranth has 29% fewer calories.

Sesame seeds has more fiber (11.8 g vs 6.7 g). Sesame seeds has more fat (49.7 g vs 8 g). Amaranth has more carbohydrates (67 g vs 23.5 g). Relative to calories, Amaranth is the better protein source (4.16 g vs 3.09 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Sesame seeds - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Sesame seeds - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Sesame
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.
Amaranth
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tablespoon (14g)teaspoon (5g)glass (200g)small glass (37g)cup (246g)half cup (123g)
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Calcium mg
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Iron mg
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Potassium mg
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.

Sesame vs Amaranth 100g Compare


per 100g Sesame seeds Amaranth
Calories 573 409
Carbohydrates 23.45 g 67 g
Fat 49.67 g 8 g
Dietary fiber 11.8 g 6.7 g
Protein 17.73 g 17 g
Calcium 975 mg 159 mg
Iron 14.55 mg 7.6 mg
Magnessium 351 mg 248 mg
Phosphorus 629 mg 557 mg
Potassium 468 mg 508 mg
Sodium 11 mg 0.01 mg
Zink 7.75 mg 2.9 mg
Vitaminium B6 0.79 mg 0.6 mg

More Calories in Sesame

At first glance, you can see that in sesame is more calories than in amaranth.

Sesame has 573 kcal per 100g and amaranth 409 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 40%.

In sesame and in amaranth most calories came from fat.

See tables below to compare sesame with amaranth in details.

Sesame seeds 100g

573kcal

Calories source

  • 15% CARBS.
  • 12% PROTEIN
  • 73% FAT

Amaranth 100g

409kcal

Calories source

  • 66% CARBS
  • 17% PROTEIN
  • 18% FAT

About the data

Nutrition values on this page are given per 100 g of the food and are based on the official United States Department of Agriculture FoodData Central database. The exact record used for each food is linked under the tables.

Marcin Piotrowicz – calories-info.com creator · Healthy diet and healthy lifestyle promoter. The information is for general purposes and is not medical or dietary advice.