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Banana vs. Peruvian groundcherry — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are bananas and Peruvian groundcherry different?

  • Peruvian groundcherry is higher than bananas in vitamin B3, vitamin A, iron, and vitamin B1.
  • Peruvian groundcherry covers your daily need for vitamin B3, 13% more than bananas.
  • Bananas have a higher glycemic index (48) than Peruvian groundcherry (35).

Bananas, raw and Groundcherries, (cape-gooseberries or poha), 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.
Banana
6
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 19% 1.5% 32% 9.8% 26% 4.1% 9.4% 0.13% 35% 5.5%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 0% 2.7% 0% 38% 0% 0% 17% 0% 0% 0%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +∞%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +∞%
Contains more CopperCopper +∞%
Contains more ZincZinc +∞%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +∞%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +∞%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +80%
Contains more IronIron +284.6%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +81.8%

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.
Banana
7
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 29% 1% 2% 0% 7.8% 17% 12% 20% 85% 0% 1.3% 15% 5.3%
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 37% 12% 0% 0% 28% 9.2% 53% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +82.5%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +∞%
Contains more FolateFolate +∞%
Contains more CholineCholine +∞%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +26.4%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +1100%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +254.8%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +321.1%
~equal in Vitamin D ~µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Banana Peruvian groundcherry DV% diff.
Vitamin B6 0.367mg 28%
Vitamin B3 0.665mg 2.8mg 13%
Manganese 0.27mg 12%
Potassium 358mg 11%
Fiber 2.6g 10%
Iron 0.26mg 1mg 9%
Copper 0.078mg 9%
Vitamin B1 0.031mg 0.11mg 7%
Vitamin B5 0.334mg 7%
Fructose 4.85g 6%
Magnesium 27mg 6%
Folate 20µg 5%
Vitamin A 3µg 36µg 4%
Carbs 22.84g 11.2g 4%
Vitamin B2 0.073mg 0.04mg 3%
Phosphorus 22mg 40mg 3%
Vitamin C 8.7mg 11mg 3%
Starch 5.38g 2%
Choline 9.8mg 2%
Selenium 1µg 2%
Protein 1.09g 1.9g 2%
Calories 89kcal 53kcal 2%
Saturated fat 0.112g 1%
Zinc 0.15mg 1%
Vitamin E 0.1mg 1%
Fats 0.33g 0.7g 1%
Net carbs 20.24g 11.2g N/A
Calcium 5mg 9mg 0%
Sugar 12.23g N/A
Sodium 1mg 0%
Vitamin K 0.5µg 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.032g 0%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.073g 0%
Tryptophan 0.009mg 0%
Threonine 0.028mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.028mg 0%
Leucine 0.068mg 0%
Lysine 0.05mg 0%
Methionine 0.008mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.049mg 0%
Valine 0.047mg 0%
Histidine 0.077mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
Banana
2
23% 75%
Protein: 1.09 g
Fats: 0.33 g
Carbs: 22.84 g
Water: 74.91 g
Other: 0.83 g
2% 11% 85%
Protein: 1.9 g
Fats: 0.7 g
Carbs: 11.2 g
Water: 85.4 g
Other: 0.8 g
Contains more CarbsCarbs +103.9%
Contains more ProteinProtein +74.3%
Contains more FatsFats +112.1%
Contains more WaterWater +14%
~equal in Other ~0.8g

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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. Banana - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/173944/nutrients
  2. Peruvian groundcherry - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/173043/nutrients

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

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