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Cocktail sauce vs. Asparagus — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Important differences between cocktail sauce and asparagus

  • Cocktail sauce has more vitamin C; however, asparagus is richer in vitamin K, iron, vitamin B1, folate, copper, vitamin A, and vitamin B2.
  • Cocktail sauce's daily need coverage for sodium is 43% more.
  • Cocktail sauce contains 2 times more vitamin C than asparagus. Cocktail sauce contains 11.6mg of vitamin C, while asparagus contains 5.6mg.
  • Asparagus contains less sodium.

The food varieties used in the comparison are Sauce, cocktail, ready-to-serve and Asparagus, 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 12% 7.8% 27% 31% 37% 10% 13% 128% 19% 12%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 10% 7.2% 18% 80% 63% 15% 22% 0.26% 21% 13%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +21.4%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +53%
Contains more IronIron +157.8%
Contains more CopperCopper +70.3%
Contains more ZincZinc +42.1%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +73.3%
Contains less SodiumSodium -99.8%
~equal in Calcium ~24mg
~equal in Manganese ~0.158mg
~equal in Selenium ~2.3µg

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 39% 6% 22% 0% 5.3% 11% 15% 4.1% 18% 0% 11% 13% 6%
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 19% 13% 23% 0% 36% 33% 18% 16% 21% 0% 104% 39% 8.7%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +107.1%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +111.1%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +581%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +200%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +19.3%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +302.9%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +13.8%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +845.5%
Contains more FolateFolate +205.9%
Contains more CholineCholine +45.5%
~equal in Vitamin E ~1.13mg
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Cocktail sauce Asparagus DV% diff.
Sodium 983mg 2mg 43%
Vitamin K 4.4µg 41.6µg 31%
Iron 0.83mg 2.14mg 16%
Vitamin B1 0.021mg 0.143mg 10%
Folate 17µg 52µg 9%
Copper 0.111mg 0.189mg 9%
Carbs 28.22g 3.88g 8%
Vitamin C 11.6mg 5.6mg 7%
Vitamin B2 0.047mg 0.141mg 7%
Calories 124kcal 20kcal 5%
Vitamin B5 0.068mg 0.274mg 4%
Potassium 309mg 202mg 3%
Phosphorus 30mg 52mg 3%
Vitamin A 18µg 38µg 2%
Protein 1.36g 2.2g 2%
Fructose 1g 1%
Zinc 0.38mg 0.54mg 1%
Choline 11mg 16mg 1%
Fats 1.05g 0.12g 1%
Fiber 1.8g 2.1g 1%
Vitamin B6 0.08mg 0.091mg 1%
Magnesium 17mg 14mg 1%
Vitamin B3 0.82mg 0.978mg 1%
Net carbs 26.42g 1.78g N/A
Calcium 26mg 24mg 0%
Sugar 11.83g 1.88g N/A
Vitamin E 1.08mg 1.13mg 0%
Selenium 2.2µg 2.3µg 0%
Manganese 0.148mg 0.158mg 0%
Saturated fat 0g 0.04g 0%
Polyunsaturated fat 0g 0.05g 0%
Tryptophan 0.027mg 0%
Threonine 0.084mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.075mg 0%
Leucine 0.128mg 0%
Lysine 0.104mg 0%
Methionine 0.031mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.075mg 0%
Valine 0.115mg 0%
Histidine 0.049mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
28% 66% 4%
Protein: 1.36 g
Fats: 1.05 g
Carbs: 28.22 g
Water: 65.67 g
Other: 3.7 g
2% 4% 93%
Protein: 2.2 g
Fats: 0.12 g
Carbs: 3.88 g
Water: 93.22 g
Other: 0.58 g
Contains more FatsFats +775%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +627.3%
Contains more OtherOther +537.9%
Contains more ProteinProtein +61.8%
Contains more WaterWater +42%

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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. Cocktail sauce - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/174067/nutrients
  2. Asparagus - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168389/nutrients

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

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