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Agar vs. Garlic — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are agar and garlic different?

  • Agar is richer in iron, magnesium, folate, manganese, vitamin B5, calcium, zinc, and copper, while garlic is higher in vitamin B6 and vitamin C.
  • Agar covers your daily need for iron, 246% more than garlic.
  • Agar contains 193 times more folate than garlic. Agar contains 580µg of folate, while garlic contains 3µg.

Seaweed, agar, dried and Garlic, raw types were used in this article.

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Mineral Comparison

Mineral comparison score is based on the number of minerals by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.
Agar
Agar
7
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 550% 188% 99% 803% 203% 158% 22% 13% 561% 40%
Garlic
Garlic
3
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 18% 54% 35% 64% 100% 32% 66% 2.2% 218% 77%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +2980%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +245.3%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +180.5%
Contains more IronIron +1158.8%
Contains more CopperCopper +104%
Contains more ZincZinc +400%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +157.2%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +194.2%
Contains less SodiumSodium -83.3%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +91.9%

Vitamin Comparison

Vitamin comparison score is based on the number of vitamins by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.
Agar
Agar
5
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin B1 Vit. B1 Vitamin B2 Vit. B2 Vitamin B3 Vit. B3 Vitamin B5 Vit. B5 Vitamin B6 Vit. B6 Vitamin B12 Vit. B12 Vitamin K Vit. K Folate Folate 0% 0% 0% 100% 2.5% 51% 3.8% 181% 70% 0% 61% 435%
Garlic
Garlic
4
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin B1 Vit. B1 Vitamin B2 Vit. B2 Vitamin B3 Vit. B3 Vitamin B5 Vit. B5 Vitamin B6 Vit. B6 Vitamin B12 Vit. B12 Vitamin K Vit. K Folate Folate 104% 0% 0% 1.6% 50% 25% 13% 36% 285% 0% 4.3% 2.3%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +6150%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +101.8%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +406.4%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +1335.3%
Contains more FolateFolate +19233.3%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +1900%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +246.5%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +307.6%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Agar Garlic DV% diff.
Iron 21.4mg 1.7mg 246%
Magnesium 770mg 25mg 177%
Folate 580µg 3µg 144%
Manganese 4.3mg 1.672mg 114%
Vitamin B6 0.303mg 1.235mg 72%
Vitamin B5 3.018mg 0.596mg 48%
Calcium 625mg 181mg 44%
Zinc 5.8mg 1.16mg 42%
Vitamin C 0mg 31.2mg 35%
Copper 0.61mg 0.299mg 35%
Vitamin E 5mg 0.08mg 33%
Fiber 7.7g 2.1g 22%
Potassium 1125mg 401mg 21%
Vitamin K 24.4µg 1.7µg 19%
Carbs 80.88g 33.06g 16%
Vitamin B1 0.01mg 0.2mg 16%
Phosphorus 52mg 153mg 14%
Selenium 7.4µg 14.2µg 12%
Vitamin B2 0.222mg 0.11mg 9%
Calories 306kcal 149kcal 8%
Choline 63.3mg 23.2mg 7%
Sodium 102mg 17mg 4%
Vitamin B3 0.202mg 0.7mg 3%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.102g 0.249g 1%
Protein 6.21g 6.36g 0%
Protein per 100 calories 2g 4.3g N/A
Calories per 10 g protein 493kcal 234kcal N/A
Weight per 100 calories 33g 67g N/A
Fats 0.3g 0.5g 0%
Net carbs 73.18g 30.96g N/A
Sugar 2.97g 1g N/A
Saturated fat 0.061g 0.089g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.027g 0.011g 0%
Tryptophan 0.066mg 0%
Threonine 0.157mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.217mg 0%
Leucine 0.308mg 0%
Lysine 0.273mg 0%
Methionine 0.076mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.183mg 0%
Valine 0.291mg 0%
Histidine 0.113mg 0%
Omega-3 - EPA 0.087g 0g N/A

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
Agar
Agar
2
6% 81% 9% 4%
Protein: 6.21 g
Fats: 0.3 g
Carbs: 80.88 g
Water: 8.68 g
Other: 3.93 g
Garlic
Garlic
3
6% 33% 59%
Protein: 6.36 g
Fats: 0.5 g
Carbs: 33.06 g
Water: 58.58 g
Other: 1.5 g
Contains more CarbsCarbs +144.6%
Contains more OtherOther +162%
Contains more FatsFats +66.7%
Contains more WaterWater +574.9%
~equal in Protein ~6.36g

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
Agar
Agar
2
32% 14% 54%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.061 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.027 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.102 g
Garlic
Garlic
1
26% 3% 71%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.089 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.011 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.249 g
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -31.5%
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +145.5%
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +144.1%

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References

All the values for which the sources are not specified explicitly are taken from FDA’s Food Central. The exact link to the food presented on this page can be found below.

  1. Agar - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170090/nutrients
  2. Garlic - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169230/nutrients

All the Daily Values are presented for males aged 31-50, for 2000-calorie diets.

Data provided by FoodStruct.com should be considered and used as information only. Please consult your physician before beginning any diet.