Plantain vs. Rambutan — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are plantains and rambutan different?

Plantains have more vitamin A, vitamin B6, potassium, vitamin C, magnesium, and fiber than rambutan.
Daily need coverage for vitamin A for plantains is 18% higher.
Plantains contain 12 times more vitamin B6 than rambutan. While plantains contain 0.24mg of vitamin B6, rambutan contains only 0.02mg.
Plantains have a lower glycemic index (37) than rambutan (59).

Plantains, cooked and Rambutan, canned, syrup pack 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.

Plantain

Rambutan

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+357.1%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+1007.1%
Contains more IronIron	+65.7%
Contains more ZincZinc	+62.5%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+211.1%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-54.5%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+∞%

Contains more CalciumCalcium

+1000%

~equal in Copper ~0.066mg

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.

Plantain

Rambutan

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+122.4%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+253.8%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+136.4%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+1194.4%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+1100%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+∞%
Contains more FolateFolate	+225%

Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3

+78.8%

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B6	0.24mg	0.02mg	17%
Manganese		0.343mg	15%
Potassium	465mg	42mg	12%
Vitamin C	10.9mg	4.9mg	7%
Magnesium	32mg	7mg	6%
Fiber	2.3g	0.9g	6%
Vitamin A	45µg	0µg	5%
Folate	26µg	8µg	5%
Vitamin B3	0.756mg	1.352mg	4%
Vitamin B5	0.233mg	0.018mg	4%
Carbs	31.15g	20.87g	3%
Iron	0.58mg	0.35mg	3%
Phosphorus	28mg	9mg	3%
Selenium	1.4µg		3%
Vitamin B1	0.046mg	0.013mg	3%
Calories	116kcal	82kcal	2%
Calcium	2mg	22mg	2%
Vitamin B2	0.052mg	0.022mg	2%
Choline	12.7mg		2%
Vitamin E	0.13mg		1%
Vitamin K	0.7µg		1%
Protein	0.79g	0.65g	0%
Weight per 100 calories	86g	122g	N/A
Fats	0.18g	0.21g	0%
Net carbs	28.85g	19.97g	N/A
Sugar	14g		N/A
Copper	0.066mg	0.066mg	0%
Zinc	0.13mg	0.08mg	0%
Sodium	5mg	11mg	0%
Saturated fat	0.069g		0%
Monounsaturated fat	0.015g		0%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.033g		0%
Tryptophan	0.009mg		0%
Threonine	0.021mg		0%
Isoleucine	0.022mg		0%
Leucine	0.036mg		0%
Lysine	0.037mg		0%
Methionine	0.01mg		0%
Phenylalanine	0.027mg		0%
Valine	0.028mg		0%
Histidine	0.039mg		0%