Buckwheat vs. Hoisin sauce — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on differences between buckwheat and hoisin sauce

Buckwheat has more manganese, magnesium, and vitamin B5; however, hoisin sauce is higher in vitamin B2 and polyunsaturated fat.
Hoisin sauce covers your daily sodium needs 70% more than buckwheat.
Hoisin sauce contains 5 times less vitamin B5 than buckwheat. Buckwheat contains 0.359mg of vitamin B5, while hoisin sauce contains 0.068mg.
Buckwheat has less sugar.

Food varieties used in this article are Buckwheat groats, roasted, cooked and Sauce, hoisin, ready-to-serve.

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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.

Buckwheat

Hoisin sauce

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+112.5%
Contains more CopperCopper	+14.1%
Contains more ZincZinc	+90.6%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+84.2%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-99.8%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+58.7%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+22.2%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+357.1%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+35.2%
Contains more IronIron	+26.3%

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.

Buckwheat

Hoisin sauce

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+900%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+427.9%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+24.2%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+280%
Contains more CholineCholine	+151.3%

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+211.1%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+456.4%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+24.5%
Contains more FolateFolate	+64.3%

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Sodium	4mg	1615mg	70%
Vitamin B2	0.039mg	0.217mg	14%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.188g	1.698g	10%
Carbs	19.94g	44.08g	8%
Calories	92kcal	220kcal	6%
Vitamin B5	0.359mg	0.068mg	6%
Magnesium	51mg	24mg	6%
Manganese	0.403mg	0.254mg	6%
Phosphorus	70mg	38mg	5%
Fats	0.62g	3.39g	4%
Zinc	0.61mg	0.32mg	3%
Vitamin B1	0.04mg	0.004mg	3%
Calcium	7mg	32mg	3%
Iron	0.8mg	1.01mg	3%
Folate	14µg	23µg	2%
Saturated fat	0.134g	0.568g	2%
Choline	20.1mg	8mg	2%
Copper	0.146mg	0.128mg	2%
Monounsaturated fat	0.188g	0.963g	2%
Selenium	2.2µg	1.8µg	1%
Vitamin B3	0.94mg	1.17mg	1%
Vitamin B6	0.077mg	0.062mg	1%
Vitamin K	1.9µg	0.5µg	1%
Vitamin E	0.09mg	0.28mg	1%
Potassium	88mg	119mg	1%
Cholesterol	0mg	3mg	1%
Protein	3.38g	3.31g	0%
Vitamin C	0mg	0.4mg	0%
Net carbs	17.24g	41.28g	N/A
Sugar	0.9g	27.26g	N/A
Fiber	2.7g	2.8g	0%
Tryptophan	0.049mg		0%
Threonine	0.129mg		0%
Isoleucine	0.127mg		0%
Leucine	0.212mg		0%
Lysine	0.172mg		0%
Methionine	0.044mg		0%
Phenylalanine	0.133mg		0%
Valine	0.173mg		0%
Histidine	0.079mg		0%
Fructose	0.1g		0%