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Celery vs. Wakame — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Important differences between celery and wakame

  • Celery has more vitamin K; however, wakame has more manganese, folate, copper, iron, magnesium, vitamin B2, calcium, and vitamin B5.
  • Wakame's daily need coverage for manganese is 56% more.
  • Celery has 6 times more vitamin K than wakame. Celery has 29.3µg of vitamin K, while wakame has 5.3µg.
  • Celery is lower in sodium.

The food varieties used in the comparison are Celery, raw and Seaweed, wakame, 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.
Celery
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Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 7.9% 12% 23% 7.5% 12% 3.5% 10% 10% 13% 2.2%
Wakame
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Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 76% 45% 4.4% 82% 95% 10% 34% 114% 183% 3.8%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +420%
Contains less SodiumSodium -90.8%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +872.7%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +275%
Contains more IronIron +990%
Contains more CopperCopper +711.4%
Contains more ZincZinc +192.3%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +233.3%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +1259.2%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +75%

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.
Celery
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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 10% 7.3% 5.4% 0% 5.3% 13% 6% 15% 17% 0% 73% 27% 3.3%
Wakame
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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 10% 6% 20% 0% 15% 53% 30% 42% 0.46% 0% 13% 147% 7.6%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +22.2%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +3600%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +452.8%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +270.4%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +185.7%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +303.5%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +400%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +183.3%
Contains more FolateFolate +444.4%
Contains more CholineCholine +127.9%
~equal in Vitamin C ~3mg
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Celery Wakame DV% diff.
Manganese 0.103mg 1.4mg 56%
Folate 36µg 196µg 40%
Sodium 80mg 872mg 34%
Copper 0.035mg 0.284mg 28%
Iron 0.2mg 2.18mg 25%
Magnesium 11mg 107mg 23%
Vitamin K 29.3µg 5.3µg 20%
Vitamin B2 0.057mg 0.23mg 13%
Calcium 40mg 150mg 11%
Vitamin B5 0.246mg 0.697mg 9%
Vitamin B3 0.32mg 1.6mg 8%
Phosphorus 24mg 80mg 8%
Potassium 260mg 50mg 6%
Vitamin B6 0.074mg 0.002mg 6%
Vitamin E 0.27mg 1mg 5%
Protein 0.69g 3.03g 5%
Fiber 1.6g 0.5g 4%
Vitamin B1 0.021mg 0.06mg 3%
Zinc 0.13mg 0.38mg 2%
Carbs 2.97g 9.14g 2%
Choline 6.1mg 13.9mg 1%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.079g 0.218g 1%
Calories 16kcal 45kcal 1%
Selenium 0.4µg 0.7µg 1%
Fats 0.17g 0.64g 1%
Vitamin C 3.1mg 3mg 0%
Net carbs 1.37g 8.64g N/A
Sugar 1.34g 0.65g N/A
Vitamin A 22µg 18µg 0%
Saturated fat 0.042g 0.13g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.032g 0.058g 0%
Tryptophan 0.009mg 0.035mg 0%
Threonine 0.02mg 0.165mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.021mg 0.087mg 0%
Leucine 0.032mg 0.257mg 0%
Lysine 0.027mg 0.112mg 0%
Methionine 0.005mg 0.063mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.02mg 0.112mg 0%
Valine 0.027mg 0.209mg 0%
Histidine 0.012mg 0.015mg 0%
Fructose 0.37g 0%
Omega-3 - EPA 0g 0.186g N/A

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
Celery
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3% 95%
Protein: 0.69 g
Fats: 0.17 g
Carbs: 2.97 g
Water: 95.43 g
Other: 0.74 g
Wakame
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3% 9% 80% 7%
Protein: 3.03 g
Fats: 0.64 g
Carbs: 9.14 g
Water: 79.99 g
Other: 7.2 g
Contains more WaterWater +19.3%
Contains more ProteinProtein +339.1%
Contains more FatsFats +276.5%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +207.7%
Contains more OtherOther +873%

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
Celery
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27% 21% 52%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.042 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.032 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.079 g
Wakame
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32% 14% 54%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.13 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.058 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.218 g
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -67.7%
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +81.3%
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +175.9%

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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. Celery - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169988/nutrients
  2. Wakame - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170496/nutrients

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

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