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Carrots, frozen, unprepared vs. Potato — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Important differences between carrots, frozen, unprepared and potatoes

  • Carrots, frozen, unprepared has more vitamin A and vitamin K; however, potatoes are richer in vitamin C, vitamin B6, and potassium.
  • Carrots, frozen, unprepared's daily need coverage for vitamin A is 284% more.
  • Carrots, frozen, unprepared contains 57 times more vitamin E than potatoes. Carrots, frozen, unprepared contains 0.57mg of vitamin E, while potatoes contain 0.01mg.

The food varieties used in the comparison are Carrots, frozen, unprepared and Potatoes, flesh, and skin, 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 8.6% 11% 21% 17% 25% 9% 14% 8.9% 22% 3.8%
Potato
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Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 16% 3.6% 38% 30% 37% 8.2% 24% 0.78% 26% 2.2%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +200%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +75%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +91.7%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +80.9%
Contains more IronIron +84.1%
Contains more CopperCopper +48.6%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +72.7%
Contains less SodiumSodium -91.2%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +17%
~equal in Zinc ~0.3mg

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 8.3% 237% 11% 0% 11% 8.5% 8.7% 11% 22% 0% 44% 7.5% 4.1%
Potato
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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 66% 0% 0.2% 0% 20% 7.4% 20% 18% 69% 0% 5% 11% 6.6%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +5600%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +15.6%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +780%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +688%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +84.1%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +128.7%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +57.8%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +213.7%
Contains more FolateFolate +50%
Contains more CholineCholine +61.3%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Carrots, frozen, unprepared Potato DV% diff.
Vitamin A 710µg 0µg 79%
Vitamin C 2.5mg 19.7mg 19%
Vitamin B6 0.095mg 0.298mg 16%
Vitamin K 17.6µg 2µg 13%
Potassium 235mg 425mg 6%
Starch 0.26g 15.29g 6%
Fiber 3.3g 2.1g 5%
Iron 0.44mg 0.81mg 5%
Vitamin E 0.57mg 0.01mg 4%
Vitamin B3 0.464mg 1.061mg 4%
Copper 0.074mg 0.11mg 4%
Magnesium 12mg 23mg 3%
Protein 0.78g 2.05g 3%
Carbs 7.9g 17.49g 3%
Phosphorus 33mg 57mg 3%
Sodium 68mg 6mg 3%
Vitamin B1 0.044mg 0.081mg 3%
Vitamin B5 0.187mg 0.295mg 2%
Calories 36kcal 77kcal 2%
Calcium 36mg 12mg 2%
Manganese 0.171mg 0.2mg 1%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.263g 0.042g 1%
Fats 0.46g 0.09g 1%
Folate 10µg 15µg 1%
Choline 7.5mg 12.1mg 1%
Selenium 0.7µg 0.4µg 1%
Net carbs 4.6g 15.39g N/A
Sugar 4.76g 0.82g N/A
Zinc 0.33mg 0.3mg 0%
Vitamin B2 0.037mg 0.032mg 0%
Saturated fat 0.047g 0.025g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.014g 0.002g 0%
Tryptophan 0.011mg 0.021mg 0%
Threonine 0.04mg 0.067mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.043mg 0.066mg 0%
Leucine 0.045mg 0.098mg 0%
Lysine 0.042mg 0.107mg 0%
Methionine 0.007mg 0.032mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.034mg 0.081mg 0%
Valine 0.046mg 0.103mg 0%
Histidine 0.017mg 0.035mg 0%
Fructose 0.31g 0.26g 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
8% 90%
Protein: 0.78 g
Fats: 0.46 g
Carbs: 7.9 g
Water: 90.04 g
Other: 0.82 g
Potato
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2% 17% 79%
Protein: 2.05 g
Fats: 0.09 g
Carbs: 17.49 g
Water: 79.25 g
Other: 1.12 g
Contains more FatsFats +411.1%
Contains more WaterWater +13.6%
Contains more ProteinProtein +162.8%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +121.4%
Contains more OtherOther +36.6%

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
15% 4% 81%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.047 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.014 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.263 g
Potato
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36% 3% 61%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.025 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.002 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.042 g
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +600%
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +526.2%
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -46.8%

Carbohydrate type comparison

Carbohydrate type breakdown side-by-side comparison
5% 81% 8% 6%
Starch: 0.26 g
Sucrose: 4.05 g
Glucose: 0.4 g
Fructose: 0.31 g
Lactose: 0 g
Maltose: 0 g
Galactose: 0 g
Potato
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95% 2%
Starch: 15.29 g
Sucrose: 0.17 g
Glucose: 0.31 g
Fructose: 0.26 g
Lactose: 0 g
Maltose: 0 g
Galactose: 0 g
Contains more SucroseSucrose +2282.4%
Contains more GlucoseGlucose +29%
Contains more FructoseFructose +19.2%
Contains more StarchStarch +5780.8%
~equal in Lactose ~0g
~equal in Maltose ~0g
~equal in Galactose ~0g

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. Carrots, frozen, unprepared - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169983/nutrients
  2. Potato - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170026/nutrients

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

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