Cheese popcorn vs. Spanish rice — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between cheese popcorn and spanish rice?

Cheese popcorn is richer than spanish rice in phosphorus, fats, fiber, vitamin E, vitamin B12, magnesium, protein, and manganese.
Cheese popcorn's daily need coverage for phosphorus is 43% more.
Cheese popcorn has 8 times more fiber than spanish rice. While cheese popcorn has 9.9g of fiber, spanish rice has only 1.2g.
The amount of saturated fat in spanish rice is lower.

We used Snacks, popcorn, cheese-flavor and Restaurant, Mexican, spanish rice types in this article.

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Mineral Comparison

The mineral comparison score is based on which food has a more favorable amount of each mineral. The �coverage� charts below show how much of the daily mineral needs are covered by the selected amount of each food.

Cheese popcorn

Spanish rice

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+600%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+465%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+125%
Contains more IronIron	+94.8%
Contains more CopperCopper	+115.4%
Contains more ZincZinc	+318.8%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+533.3%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+82.8%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+62.2%

Contains less SodiumSodium

-40.6%

Vitamin Comparison

The vitamin comparison score is based on the number of vitamins in which one food is richer than the other. The �coverage� charts below show how much of the daily vitamin needs are covered by the selected amount of each food.

Cheese popcorn

Spanish rice

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+400%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+33.3%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+536.7%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+225.7%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+186.6%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+562.5%

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+47.6%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+63.7%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+58.5%
Contains more FolateFolate	+354.5%

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0.415mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Polyunsaturated fat	15.37g	2.317g	87%
Fats	33.2g	5.29g	43%
Phosphorus	361mg	57mg	43%
Fiber	9.9g	1.2g	35%
Saturated fat	6.41g	1.005g	25%
Vitamin E	3.82mg	0.6mg	21%
Monounsaturated fat	9.7g	1.511g	20%
Magnesium	91mg	13mg	19%
Vitamin B12	0.53µg	0.08µg	19%
Calories	526kcal	185kcal	17%
Sodium	889mg	528mg	16%
Omega-3 (ALA)		0.238g	15%
Iron	2.24mg	1.15mg	14%
Zinc	2.01mg	0.48mg	14%
Manganese	0.713mg	0.39mg	14%
Vitamin B2	0.241mg	0.074mg	13%
Protein	9.3g	3.28g	12%
Vitamin B6	0.235mg	0.082mg	12%
Omega-6 (Linoleic acid)		2.052g	12%
Starch		27.55g	11%
Folate	11µg	50µg	10%
Calcium	113mg	20mg	9%
Phenylalanine	0.405mg	153mg	9%
Copper	0.14mg	0.065mg	8%
Selenium	12µg	7.4µg	8%
Carbs	51.6g	31.16g	7%
Vitamin B3	1.453mg	2.378mg	6%
Vitamin B1	0.124mg	0.183mg	5%
Cholesterol	11mg	0mg	4%
Potassium	261mg	116mg	4%
Vitamin K	8.2µg	13µg	4%
Vitamin B5	0.461mg	0.415mg	1%
Choline	15.3mg	9.1mg	1%
Fructose		0.42g	1%
Protein per 100 calories	1.8g	1.8g	N/A
Calories per 10 g protein	566kcal	564kcal	N/A
Weight per 100 calories	19g	54g	N/A
Unsaturated / Saturated Fat ratio	3.9	3.8	N/A
Vitamin C	0.5mg	0.1mg	0%
Net carbs	41.7g	29.96g	N/A
Sugar	0.79g	1.3g	N/A
Vitamin A	8µg	6µg	0%
Trans fat		0.07g	N/A
Tryptophan	0.094mg	0.044mg	0%
Threonine	0.417mg	0.098mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.402mg	0.109mg	0%
Leucine	1.024mg	0.24mg	0%
Lysine	0.443mg	0.131mg	0%
Methionine	0.191mg	0.071mg	0%
Valine	0.489mg	0.137mg	0%
Histidine	0.252mg	0.071mg	0%
Omega-6 (Gamma-linolenic acid)		0.011g	N/A
Omega-6 (Eicosadienoic acid)		0.002g	N/A