Agar vs. Vegetable — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between agar and vegetable?

Agar is higher in iron, magnesium, manganese, folate, calcium, copper, vitamin B5, zinc, and vitamin E, yet vegetable is higher in vitamin A.
Agar's daily need coverage for iron is 257% more.
Agar has 35 times more magnesium than vegetable. While agar has 770mg of magnesium, vegetable has only 22mg.

We used Seaweed, agar, dried and Vegetables, mixed, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt types 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

Vegetable

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+3400%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+2400%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+565.7%
Contains more IronIron	+2509.8%
Contains more CopperCopper	+634.9%
Contains more ZincZinc	+1083.7%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+1034.6%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+2366.7%

Contains less SodiumSodium

-65.7%

~equal in Phosphorus ~51mg

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

Vegetable

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+1215.8%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+85%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+1898.7%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+309.5%
Contains more FolateFolate	+2952.6%

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+610%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+321.3%

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin K ~23.5µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Iron	21.4mg	0.82mg	257%
Magnesium	770mg	22mg	178%
Manganese	4.3mg	0.379mg	170%
Folate	580µg	19µg	140%
Calcium	625mg	25mg	60%
Copper	0.61mg	0.083mg	59%
Vitamin B5	3.018mg	0.151mg	57%
Zinc	5.8mg	0.49mg	48%
Vitamin E	5mg	0.38mg	31%
Potassium	1125mg	169mg	28%
Vitamin A	0µg	214µg	24%
Carbs	80.88g	13.09g	23%
Vitamin B6	0.303mg	0.074mg	18%
Fiber	7.7g	4.4g	13%
Selenium	7.4µg	0.3µg	13%
Calories	306kcal	65kcal	12%
Vitamin B2	0.222mg	0.12mg	8%
Protein	6.21g	2.86g	7%
Choline	63.3mg	24.1mg	7%
Vitamin B1	0.01mg	0.071mg	5%
Vitamin C	0mg	3.2mg	4%
Vitamin B3	0.202mg	0.851mg	4%
Sodium	102mg	35mg	3%
Vitamin K	24.4µg	23.5µg	1%
Protein per 100 calories	2g	4.4g	N/A
Calories per 10 g protein	493kcal	227kcal	N/A
Weight per 100 calories	33g	154g	N/A
Fats	0.3g	0.15g	0%
Net carbs	73.18g	8.69g	N/A
Sugar	2.97g	3.12g	N/A
Phosphorus	52mg	51mg	0%
Saturated fat	0.061g	0.031g	0%
Monounsaturated fat	0.027g	0.01g	0%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.102g	0.072g	0%
Tryptophan		0.029mg	0%
Threonine		0.115mg	0%
Isoleucine		0.139mg	0%
Leucine		0.19mg	0%
Lysine		0.17mg	0%
Methionine		0.034mg	0%
Phenylalanine		0.12mg	0%
Valine		0.149mg	0%
Histidine		0.073mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.087g	0g	N/A