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Arugula vs. Winter melon — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Important differences between arugula and winter melon

  • Arugula has more vitamin A, folate, calcium, iron, manganese, potassium, magnesium, vitamin B5, and copper; however, winter melon has more fiber.
  • Arugula's daily need coverage for vitamin A is 47% more.
  • Arugula has 62 times more potassium than winter melon. Arugula has 369mg of potassium, while winter melon has 6mg.

The food varieties used in the comparison are Arugula, raw and Waxgourd, (chinese preserving melon), raw.

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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.
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 34% 48% 33% 55% 25% 13% 22% 3.5% 42% 1.6%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 7.1% 5.7% 0.53% 15% 7.7% 17% 8.1% 14% 7.6% 1.1%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +370%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +742.1%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +6050%
Contains more IronIron +265%
Contains more CopperCopper +230.4%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +173.7%
Contains less SodiumSodium -75.7%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +453.4%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +50%
Contains more ZincZinc +29.8%

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.
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin D Vit. D 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 Choline Choline 50% 40% 8.6% 0% 11% 20% 5.7% 26% 17% 0% 272% 73% 8.3%
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin D Vit. D 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 Choline Choline 43% 0% 0% 0% 10% 25% 7.5% 8% 8.1% 0% 0% 3.8% 0%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +15.4%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +228.6%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +108.6%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +∞%
Contains more FolateFolate +1840%
Contains more CholineCholine +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +27.9%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +31.1%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0.04mg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Arugula Winter melon DV% diff.
Vitamin K 108.6µg 91%
Folate 97µg 5µg 23%
Calcium 160mg 19mg 14%
Iron 1.46mg 0.4mg 13%
Vitamin A 119µg 0µg 13%
Manganese 0.321mg 0.058mg 11%
Potassium 369mg 6mg 11%
Magnesium 47mg 10mg 9%
Vitamin B5 0.437mg 0.133mg 6%
Copper 0.076mg 0.023mg 6%
Phosphorus 52mg 19mg 5%
Fiber 1.6g 2.9g 5%
Protein 2.58g 0.4g 4%
Sodium 27mg 111mg 4%
Vitamin E 0.43mg 3%
Vitamin B6 0.073mg 0.035mg 3%
Choline 15.3mg 3%
Vitamin B2 0.086mg 0.11mg 2%
Vitamin C 15mg 13mg 2%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.319g 0.087g 2%
Vitamin B3 0.305mg 0.4mg 1%
Calories 25kcal 13kcal 1%
Fats 0.66g 0.2g 1%
Zinc 0.47mg 0.61mg 1%
Carbs 3.65g 3g 0%
Net carbs 2.05g 0.1g N/A
Sugar 2.05g N/A
Selenium 0.3µg 0.2µg 0%
Vitamin B1 0.044mg 0.04mg 0%
Saturated fat 0.086g 0.016g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.049g 0.037g 0%
Tryptophan 0.002mg 0%
Lysine 0.009mg 0%
Methionine 0.003mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
3% 4% 92%
Protein: 2.58 g
Fats: 0.66 g
Carbs: 3.65 g
Water: 91.71 g
Other: 1.4 g
3% 96%
Protein: 0.4 g
Fats: 0.2 g
Carbs: 3 g
Water: 96.1 g
Other: 0.3 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +545%
Contains more FatsFats +230%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +21.7%
Contains more OtherOther +366.7%
~equal in Water ~96.1g

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
19% 11% 70%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.086 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.049 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.319 g
11% 26% 62%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.016 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.037 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.087 g
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +32.4%
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +266.7%
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -81.4%

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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. Arugula - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169387/nutrients
  2. Winter melon - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170069/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.