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Brunost vs. Table salt — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are brunost and table salt different?

  • Brunost is higher than table salt in vitamin B2, vitamin B12, vitamin B5, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, and vitamin B1.
  • Table salt covers your daily need for sodium, 1659% more than brunost.
  • Table salt is lower in saturated fat.
  • Brunost has a higher glycemic index (27) than table salt (0).

Cheese, gjetost and Salt, table 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.
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 50% 120% 124% 20% 27% 31% 190% 78% 5.2% 79%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 0.71% 7.2% 0.71% 12% 10% 2.7% 0% 5055% 13% 0.55%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +6900%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +1566.7%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +17512.5%
Contains more IronIron +57.6%
Contains more CopperCopper +166.7%
Contains more ZincZinc +1040%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +∞%
Contains less SodiumSodium -98.5%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +14400%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +150%

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 0% 111% 0% 0% 79% 319% 15% 201% 63% 303% 0% 3.8% 0%
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 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12 +∞%
Contains more FolateFolate +∞%
~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg
~equal in Vitamin E ~0mg
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin K ~0µg
~equal in Choline ~0mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Brunost Table salt DV% diff.
Sodium 600mg 38758mg 1659%
Vitamin B2 1.382mg 0mg 106%
Vitamin B12 2.42µg 0µg 101%
Saturated fat 19.16g 0g 87%
Vitamin B5 3.351mg 0mg 67%
Phosphorus 444mg 0mg 63%
Fats 29.51g 0g 45%
Potassium 1409mg 8mg 41%
Calcium 400mg 24mg 38%
Vitamin A 334µg 0µg 37%
Cholesterol 94mg 0mg 31%
Vitamin B1 0.315mg 0mg 26%
Selenium 14.5µg 0.1µg 26%
Calories 466kcal 0kcal 23%
Vitamin B6 0.271mg 0mg 21%
Monounsaturated fat 7.879g 0g 20%
Protein 9.65g 0g 19%
Magnesium 70mg 1mg 16%
Carbs 42.65g 0g 14%
Zinc 1.14mg 0.1mg 9%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.938g 0g 6%
Copper 0.08mg 0.03mg 6%
Vitamin B3 0.813mg 0mg 5%
Manganese 0.04mg 0.1mg 3%
Iron 0.52mg 0.33mg 2%
Folate 5µg 0µg 1%
Net carbs 42.65g 0g N/A
Tryptophan 0.135mg 0mg 0%
Threonine 0.393mg 0mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.519mg 0mg 0%
Leucine 0.992mg 0mg 0%
Lysine 0.814mg 0mg 0%
Methionine 0.318mg 0mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.54mg 0mg 0%
Valine 0.765mg 0mg 0%
Histidine 0.293mg 0mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
10% 30% 43% 13% 5%
Protein: 9.65 g
Fats: 29.51 g
Carbs: 42.65 g
Water: 13.44 g
Other: 4.75 g
100%
Protein: 0 g
Fats: 0 g
Carbs: 0 g
Water: 0.2 g
Other: 99.8 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +∞%
Contains more FatsFats +∞%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +∞%
Contains more WaterWater +6620%
Contains more OtherOther +2001.1%

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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. Brunost - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/171240/nutrients
  2. Table salt - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/173468/nutrients

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

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