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Chives vs. Sugar — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Differences between chives and sugar

  • Sugar contains less vitamin K, vitamin A, vitamin C, folate, iron, copper, manganese, vitamin B6, magnesium, and fiber than chives.
  • Chives' daily need coverage for vitamin K is 177% higher.
  • Chives have a lower glycemic index. The glycemic index of chives is 45, while the glycemic index of sugar is 65.

The food types used in this comparison are Chives, raw and Sugars, granulated.

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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.
Chives
9
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%
Sugar
1
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 0% 0.3% 0.18% 1.9% 2.3% 0.27% 0% 0.13% 0.52% 3.3%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +∞%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +9100%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +14700%
Contains more IronIron +3100%
Contains more CopperCopper +2142.9%
Contains more ZincZinc +5500%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +∞%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +9225%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +50%
Contains less SodiumSodium -66.7%

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.
Chives
11
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 194% 73% 4.2% 0% 20% 27% 12% 19% 32% 0% 532% 79% 2.8%
Sugar
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% 4.4% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +∞%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +505.3%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +∞%
Contains more FolateFolate +∞%
Contains more CholineCholine +∞%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Chives Sugar DV% diff.
Vitamin K 212.7µg 0µg 177%
Vitamin C 58.1mg 0mg 65%
Carbs 4.35g 99.98g 32%
Folate 105µg 0µg 26%
Vitamin A 218µg 0µg 24%
Iron 1.6mg 0.05mg 19%
Calories 30kcal 387kcal 18%
Copper 0.157mg 0.007mg 17%
Manganese 0.373mg 0.004mg 16%
Vitamin B6 0.138mg 0mg 11%
Magnesium 42mg 0mg 10%
Fiber 2.5g 0g 10%
Calcium 92mg 1mg 9%
Potassium 296mg 2mg 9%
Phosphorus 58mg 0mg 8%
Vitamin B2 0.115mg 0.019mg 7%
Protein 3.27g 0g 7%
Vitamin B1 0.078mg 0mg 7%
Vitamin B5 0.324mg 0mg 6%
Zinc 0.56mg 0.01mg 5%
Vitamin B3 0.647mg 0mg 4%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.267g 0g 2%
Vitamin E 0.21mg 0mg 1%
Fats 0.73g 0g 1%
Choline 5.2mg 0mg 1%
Saturated fat 0.146g 0g 1%
Selenium 0.9µg 0.6µg 1%
Net carbs 1.85g 99.98g N/A
Sugar 1.85g 99.8g N/A
Sodium 3mg 1mg 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.095g 0g 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
4
3% 4% 91%
Protein: 3.27 g
Fats: 0.73 g
Carbs: 4.35 g
Water: 90.65 g
Other: 1 g
Sugar
1
100%
Protein: 0 g
Fats: 0 g
Carbs: 99.98 g
Water: 0.02 g
Other: 0 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +∞%
Contains more FatsFats +∞%
Contains more WaterWater +453150%
Contains more OtherOther +∞%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +2198.4%

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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. Sugar - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169655/nutrients

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

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