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Chinese broccoli vs. Lentil — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are chinese broccoli and lentil different?

  • Chinese broccoli is higher in vitamin K, vitamin A, and vitamin C; however, lentil is richer in iron, fiber, copper, folate, phosphorus, manganese, and vitamin B5.
  • Daily need coverage for vitamin K for chinese broccoli is 69% higher.
  • Chinese broccoli contains 205 times more vitamin A than lentil. While chinese broccoli contains 1638IU of vitamin A, lentil contains only 8IU.

Broccoli, chinese, cooked and Lentils, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt are the varieties 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 13% 30% 23% 21% 20% 11% 18% 0.91% 34% 7.1%
Lentil
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Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 26% 5.7% 33% 125% 84% 35% 77% 0.26% 64% 15%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +426.3%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +100%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +41.4%
Contains more IronIron +494.6%
Contains more CopperCopper +311.5%
Contains more ZincZinc +225.6%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +339%
Contains less SodiumSodium -71.4%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +87.1%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +115.4%

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 94% 27% 9.6% 0% 24% 34% 8.2% 9.5% 16% 0% 212% 74% 14%
Lentil
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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 5% 0% 2.2% 0% 42% 17% 20% 38% 41% 0% 4.3% 136% 18%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +1780%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +336.4%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +100%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +4888.2%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +77.9%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +142.6%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +301.3%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +154.3%
Contains more FolateFolate +82.8%
Contains more CholineCholine +29.2%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Chinese broccoli Lentil DV% diff.
Vitamin K 84.8µg 1.7µg 69%
Iron 0.56mg 3.33mg 35%
Vitamin C 28.2mg 1.5mg 30%
Fiber 2.5g 7.9g 22%
Folate 99µg 181µg 21%
Copper 0.061mg 0.251mg 21%
Phosphorus 41mg 180mg 20%
Protein 1.14g 9.02g 16%
Vitamin B5 0.159mg 0.638mg 10%
Manganese 0.264mg 0.494mg 10%
Vitamin A 82µg 0µg 9%
Vitamin B6 0.07mg 0.178mg 8%
Calcium 100mg 19mg 8%
Zinc 0.39mg 1.27mg 8%
Vitamin B1 0.095mg 0.169mg 6%
Vitamin B2 0.146mg 0.073mg 6%
Calories 22kcal 116kcal 5%
Carbs 3.81g 20.13g 5%
Magnesium 18mg 36mg 4%
Vitamin B3 0.437mg 1.06mg 4%
Selenium 1.3µg 2.8µg 3%
Potassium 261mg 369mg 3%
Vitamin E 0.48mg 0.11mg 2%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.33g 0.175g 1%
Fats 0.72g 0.38g 1%
Choline 25.3mg 32.7mg 1%
Net carbs 1.31g 12.23g N/A
Sugar 0.84g 1.8g N/A
Sodium 7mg 2mg 0%
Saturated fat 0.11g 0.053g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.05g 0.064g 0%
Tryptophan 0.081mg 0%
Threonine 0.323mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.39mg 0%
Leucine 0.654mg 0%
Lysine 0.63mg 0%
Methionine 0.077mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.445mg 0%
Valine 0.448mg 0%
Histidine 0.254mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
4% 94%
Protein: 1.14 g
Fats: 0.72 g
Carbs: 3.81 g
Water: 93.54 g
Other: 0.79 g
Lentil
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9% 20% 70%
Protein: 9.02 g
Fats: 0.38 g
Carbs: 20.13 g
Water: 69.64 g
Other: 0.83 g
Contains more FatsFats +89.5%
Contains more WaterWater +34.3%
Contains more ProteinProtein +691.2%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +428.3%
~equal in Other ~0.83g

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
22% 10% 67%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.11 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.05 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.33 g
Lentil
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18% 22% 60%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.053 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.064 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.175 g
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +88.6%
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -51.8%
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +28%

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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. Chinese broccoli - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169392/nutrients
  2. Lentil - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/172421/nutrients

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

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