Sesame Seeds vs Tahini (Sesame Butter): All Nutritional Differences

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Less Calories in Sesame

At first glance, you can see that in sesame is just a little less calories than in tahini.

Sesame has 573 kcal per 100g and tahini 595 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 4%.

In sesame and in tahini most calories came from fat.

See tables below to compare sesame with tahini in details.

Sesame And Tahini Nutrition Difference

• Calories:
  tahini - 4% more than sesame
• Carbohydrates:
  sesame - 11% more than tahini
• Fat:
  tahini - 8% more than sesame
• Dietary fiber:
  sesame - 27% more than tahini
• Protein:
  sesame - 4% more than tahini

More protein in sesame

It is aslo easy to see see that in sesame is more protein than in tahini.

There is 17g per 100g of tahini and 17.73g per 100g of sesame so using simple math we can see that difference is about 4%.

More carbohydrates in sesame

In sesame is more carbohydrates than in tahini.

There is 21.19g/100g of carbohydrates in tahini and 23.45g/100g in sesame so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 11%.

Less fat in sesame

In sesame is less fats than in tahini.

The tables above show us that there is 53.76g/100g of fats in tahini and 49.67g/100g in sesame. In this case difference is about 8%.