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Chives vs. Winter melon — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are chives and winter melon different?

  • Chives have more vitamin A, vitamin C, folate, iron, copper, manganese, potassium, vitamin B6, magnesium, and calcium than winter melon.
  • Daily need coverage for vitamin A for chives is 87% higher.
  • Chives contain 49 times more potassium than winter melon. While chives contain 296mg of potassium, winter melon contains only 6mg.

Chives, raw and Waxgourd, (chinese preserving melon), raw 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.
Chives
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%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 7.1% 5.7% 0.53% 15% 7.7% 17% 8.1% 14% 7.6% 1.1%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +320%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +384.2%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +4833.3%
Contains more IronIron +300%
Contains more CopperCopper +582.6%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +205.3%
Contains less SodiumSodium -97.3%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +543.1%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +350%
~equal in Zinc ~0.61mg

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
Chives
10
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%
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 43% 0% 0% 0% 10% 25% 7.5% 8% 8.1% 0% 0% 3.8% 0%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +346.9%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +95%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +61.8%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +143.6%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +294.3%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +∞%
Contains more FolateFolate +2000%
Contains more CholineCholine +∞%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.11mg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Chives Winter melon DV% diff.
Vitamin K 212.7µg 177%
Vitamin C 58.1mg 13mg 50%
Folate 105µg 5µg 25%
Vitamin A 218µg 0µg 24%
Copper 0.157mg 0.023mg 15%
Iron 1.6mg 0.4mg 15%
Manganese 0.373mg 0.058mg 14%
Potassium 296mg 6mg 9%
Vitamin B6 0.138mg 0.035mg 8%
Magnesium 42mg 10mg 8%
Calcium 92mg 19mg 7%
Phosphorus 58mg 19mg 6%
Protein 3.27g 0.4g 6%
Sodium 3mg 111mg 5%
Vitamin B5 0.324mg 0.133mg 4%
Vitamin B1 0.078mg 0.04mg 3%
Fiber 2.5g 2.9g 2%
Vitamin B3 0.647mg 0.4mg 2%
Choline 5.2mg 1%
Saturated fat 0.146g 0.016g 1%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.267g 0.087g 1%
Calories 30kcal 13kcal 1%
Selenium 0.9µg 0.2µg 1%
Vitamin E 0.21mg 1%
Fats 0.73g 0.2g 1%
Carbs 4.35g 3g 0%
Net carbs 1.85g 0.1g N/A
Sugar 1.85g N/A
Zinc 0.56mg 0.61mg 0%
Vitamin B2 0.115mg 0.11mg 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.095g 0.037g 0%
Tryptophan 0.037mg 0.002mg 0%
Threonine 0.128mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.139mg 0%
Leucine 0.195mg 0%
Lysine 0.163mg 0.009mg 0%
Methionine 0.036mg 0.003mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.105mg 0%
Valine 0.145mg 0%
Histidine 0.057mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
Chives
Chives
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3% 4% 91%
Protein: 3.27 g
Fats: 0.73 g
Carbs: 4.35 g
Water: 90.65 g
Other: 1 g
3% 96%
Protein: 0.4 g
Fats: 0.2 g
Carbs: 3 g
Water: 96.1 g
Other: 0.3 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +717.5%
Contains more FatsFats +265%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +45%
Contains more OtherOther +233.3%
~equal in Water ~96.1g

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
Chives
Chives
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29% 19% 53%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.146 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.095 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.267 g
11% 26% 62%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.016 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.037 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.087 g
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +156.8%
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +206.9%
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -89%

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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. Winter melon - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170069/nutrients

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

Data provided by FoodStruct.com should be considered and used as information only. Please consult your physician before beginning any diet.