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Chestnut vs. Longan — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Summary of differences between chestnut and longan

  • Chestnut has more manganese, copper, iron, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, and vitamin B1, while longan has more vitamin C.
  • Longan covers your daily need for vitamin C, 64% more than chestnut.
  • Chestnut contains 46 times more calcium than longan. While chestnut contains 46mg of calcium, longan contains only 1mg.

These are the specific foods used in this comparison Nuts, chestnuts, european, boiled, and steamed and Longans, 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 39% 14% 63% 65% 157% 6.8% 42% 3.5% 111% 0%
Longan
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Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 7.1% 0.3% 23% 4.9% 56% 1.4% 9% 0% 6.8% 0%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +440%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +4500%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +168.8%
Contains more IronIron +1230.8%
Contains more CopperCopper +179.3%
Contains more ZincZinc +400%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +371.4%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +1542.3%
Contains less SodiumSodium -100%
~equal in Selenium ~µg

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 89% 0.33% 0% 0% 37% 24% 14% 19% 54% 0% 0% 29% 0%
Longan
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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 280% 0% 0% 0% 7.8% 32% 5.6% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +377.4%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +143.7%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +∞%
Contains more FolateFolate +∞%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +214.6%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +34.6%
~equal in Vitamin E ~mg
~equal in Vitamin D ~µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin K ~µg
~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Chestnut Longan DV% diff.
Vitamin C 26.7mg 84mg 64%
Manganese 0.854mg 0.052mg 35%
Copper 0.472mg 0.169mg 34%
Iron 1.73mg 0.13mg 20%
Vitamin B6 0.233mg 18%
Potassium 715mg 266mg 13%
Phosphorus 99mg 21mg 11%
Vitamin B1 0.148mg 0.031mg 10%
Folate 38µg 10%
Magnesium 54mg 10mg 10%
Vitamin B5 0.316mg 6%
Calcium 46mg 1mg 5%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.545g 4%
Calories 131kcal 60kcal 4%
Fiber 1.1g 4%
Carbs 27.76g 15.14g 4%
Vitamin B2 0.104mg 0.14mg 3%
Vitamin B3 0.731mg 0.3mg 3%
Zinc 0.25mg 0.05mg 2%
Fats 1.38g 0.1g 2%
Sodium 27mg 0mg 1%
Saturated fat 0.26g 1%
Monounsaturated fat 0.476g 1%
Protein 2g 1.31g 1%
Net carbs 27.76g 14.04g N/A
Vitamin A 1µg 0%
Tryptophan 0.022mg 0%
Threonine 0.071mg 0.034mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.079mg 0.026mg 0%
Leucine 0.118mg 0.054mg 0%
Lysine 0.118mg 0.046mg 0%
Methionine 0.047mg 0.013mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.084mg 0.03mg 0%
Valine 0.112mg 0.058mg 0%
Histidine 0.055mg 0.012mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
2% 28% 68%
Protein: 2 g
Fats: 1.38 g
Carbs: 27.76 g
Water: 68.15 g
Other: 0.71 g
Longan
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15% 83%
Protein: 1.31 g
Fats: 0.1 g
Carbs: 15.14 g
Water: 82.75 g
Other: 0.7 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +52.7%
Contains more FatsFats +1280%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +83.4%
Contains more WaterWater +21.4%
~equal in Other ~0.7g

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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. Chestnut - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170168/nutrients
  2. Longan - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169089/nutrients

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

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