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Cocktail sauce vs. Taco salad — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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The main differences between cocktail sauce and taco salad

  • Cocktail sauce has more vitamin C; however, taco salad has more vitamin B12, vitamin B5, vitamin B2, zinc, calcium, and folate.
  • Daily need coverage for sodium for cocktail sauce is 26% higher.
  • Taco salad has 6 times less vitamin C than cocktail sauce. Cocktail sauce has 11.6mg of vitamin C, while taco salad has 1.8mg.
  • Taco salad is lower in sodium.

Food types used in this article are Sauce, cocktail, ready-to-serve and Fast foods, taco salad.

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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 19% 29% 19% 43% 38% 37% 31% 50% 22% 12%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +47.1%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +52.9%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +273.1%
Contains more IronIron +38.6%
Contains more ZincZinc +257.9%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +140%
Contains less SodiumSodium -60.8%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +12.8%
~equal in Copper ~0.113mg
~equal in Selenium ~2.2µg

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 6% 0% 0% 0% 13% 42% 23% 41% 25% 40% 0% 32% 13%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +544.4%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +∞%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +138.1%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +283%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +51.2%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +900%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +37.5%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12 +∞%
Contains more FolateFolate +147.1%
Contains more CholineCholine +111.8%
~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Cocktail sauce Taco salad DV% diff.
Sodium 983mg 385mg 26%
Saturated fat 0g 3.446g 16%
Vitamin B12 0µg 0.32µg 13%
Vitamin B5 0.068mg 0.68mg 12%
Vitamin C 11.6mg 1.8mg 11%
Protein 1.36g 6.68g 11%
Fats 1.05g 7.46g 10%
Vitamin B2 0.047mg 0.18mg 10%
Zinc 0.38mg 1.36mg 9%
Cholesterol 0mg 22mg 7%
Calcium 26mg 97mg 7%
Monounsaturated fat 0g 2.606g 7%
Fiber 1.8g 7%
Vitamin E 1.08mg 7%
Folate 17µg 42µg 6%
Phosphorus 30mg 72mg 6%
Polyunsaturated fat 0g 0.883g 6%
Carbs 28.22g 11.91g 5%
Vitamin K 4.4µg 4%
Iron 0.83mg 1.15mg 4%
Potassium 309mg 210mg 3%
Vitamin B3 0.82mg 1.24mg 3%
Vitamin A 18µg 2%
Choline 11mg 23.3mg 2%
Magnesium 17mg 26mg 2%
Vitamin B6 0.08mg 0.11mg 2%
Vitamin B1 0.021mg 0.05mg 2%
Calories 124kcal 141kcal 1%
Manganese 0.148mg 0.167mg 1%
Net carbs 26.42g 11.91g N/A
Sugar 11.83g N/A
Copper 0.111mg 0.113mg 0%
Selenium 2.2µg 2.2µg 0%
Tryptophan 0.075mg 0%
Threonine 0.254mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.311mg 0%
Leucine 0.549mg 0%
Lysine 0.486mg 0%
Methionine 0.145mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.277mg 0%
Valine 0.343mg 0%
Histidine 0.201mg 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
7% 7% 12% 72%
Protein: 6.68 g
Fats: 7.46 g
Carbs: 11.91 g
Water: 72.35 g
Other: 1.6 g
Contains more CarbsCarbs +136.9%
Contains more OtherOther +131.3%
Contains more ProteinProtein +391.2%
Contains more FatsFats +610.5%
Contains more WaterWater +10.2%

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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

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

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