Corn oil vs. Wheat germ oil — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the main differences between corn oil and wheat germ oil?

Corn oil is richer in monounsaturated fat, while wheat germ oil is higher in vitamin E, vitamin K, and polyunsaturated fat.
Wheat germ oil's daily need coverage for vitamin E is 901% higher.
Wheat germ oil has 2 times less monounsaturated fat than corn oil. Corn oil has 27.576g of monounsaturated fat, while wheat germ oil has 15.1g.
Corn oil is lower in saturated fat.

We used Oil, corn, industrial, and retail, all purpose salad or cooking and Oil, wheat germ types in this comparison.

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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.

Corn oil

Wheat germ oil

~equal in Magnesium ~0mg

~equal in Calcium ~0mg

~equal in Potassium ~0mg

~equal in Iron ~0mg

~equal in Copper ~0mg

~equal in Zinc ~0mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~0mg

~equal in Sodium ~0mg

~equal in Manganese ~mg

~equal in Selenium ~0µg

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.

Corn oil

Wheat germ oil

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+944.8%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+1200%
Contains more CholineCholine	+9900%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

~equal in Folate ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin E	14.3mg	149.4mg	901%
Polyunsaturated fat	54.677g	61.7g	47%
Monounsaturated fat	27.576g	15.1g	31%
Saturated fat	12.948g	18.8g	27%
Vitamin K	1.9µg	24.7µg	19%
Choline	0.2mg	20mg	4%
Calories	900kcal	884kcal	1%
Fats	100g	100g	0%
Omega-3 - ALA	1.161g		N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid	53.23g		N/A