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Chives vs. Butterbur — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Important differences between chives and butterbur

  • Chives have more vitamin C, vitamin A, folate, iron, vitamin B2, protein, magnesium, phosphorus, and copper; however, butterbur has more potassium.
  • Chives' daily need coverage for vitamin C is 30% more.
  • Chives have 73 times more vitamin A than butterbur. Chives have 218µg of vitamin A, while butterbur has 3µg.

The food varieties used in the comparison are Chives, raw and Butterbur, (fuki), raw.

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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.
Chives
7
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 30% 28% 26% 60% 52% 15% 25% 0.39% 49% 4.9%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 10% 31% 58% 3.8% 34% 4.4% 5.1% 0.91% 36% 4.9%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +200%
Contains more IronIron +1500%
Contains more CopperCopper +52.4%
Contains more ZincZinc +250%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +383.3%
Contains less SodiumSodium -57.1%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +36.1%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +12%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +121.3%
~equal in Selenium ~0.9µg

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.
Chives
10
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E 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 194% 0% 73% 4.2% 20% 27% 12% 19% 32% 0% 532% 79%
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E 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 105% 0% 1% 0% 5% 4.6% 3.8% 1.9% 22% 0% 0% 7.5%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +84.4%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +7166.7%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +290%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +475%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +223.5%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +912.5%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +43.8%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +∞%
Contains more FolateFolate +950%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Chives Butterbur DV% diff.
Vitamin K 212.7µg 177%
Vitamin C 58.1mg 31.5mg 30%
Vitamin A 218µg 3µg 24%
Folate 105µg 10µg 24%
Iron 1.6mg 0.1mg 19%
Potassium 296mg 655mg 11%
Fiber 2.5g 10%
Magnesium 42mg 14mg 7%
Phosphorus 58mg 12mg 7%
Vitamin B2 0.115mg 0.02mg 7%
Protein 3.27g 0.39g 6%
Copper 0.157mg 0.103mg 6%
Vitamin B5 0.324mg 0.032mg 6%
Vitamin B1 0.078mg 0.02mg 5%
Zinc 0.56mg 0.16mg 4%
Manganese 0.373mg 0.274mg 4%
Vitamin B3 0.647mg 0.2mg 3%
Vitamin B6 0.138mg 0.096mg 3%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.267g 2%
Calories 30kcal 14kcal 1%
Fats 0.73g 0.04g 1%
Calcium 92mg 103mg 1%
Vitamin E 0.21mg 1%
Choline 5.2mg 1%
Saturated fat 0.146g 1%
Protein per 100 calories 11g 2.8g N/A
Calories per 10 g protein 92kcal 359kcal N/A
Weight per 100 calories 333g 714g N/A
Net carbs 1.85g 3.61g N/A
Carbs 4.35g 3.61g 0%
Sugar 1.85g N/A
Sodium 3mg 7mg 0%
Selenium 0.9µg 0.9µg 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.095g 0%
Tryptophan 0.037mg 0%
Threonine 0.128mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.139mg 0%
Leucine 0.195mg 0%
Lysine 0.163mg 0%
Methionine 0.036mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.105mg 0%
Valine 0.145mg 0%
Histidine 0.057mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
Chives
3
3% 4% 91%
Protein: 3.27 g
Fats: 0.73 g
Carbs: 4.35 g
Water: 90.65 g
Other: 1 g
4% 95%
Protein: 0.39 g
Fats: 0.04 g
Carbs: 3.61 g
Water: 94.5 g
Other: 1.46 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +738.5%
Contains more FatsFats +1725%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +20.5%
~equal in Water ~94.5g

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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. Chives - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169994/nutrients
  2. Butterbur - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170385/nutrients

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

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