Cottonseed oil vs. Sunflower oil — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between cottonseed oil and sunflower oil?

Cottonseed oil is higher in vitamin K and polyunsaturated fat, yet sunflower oil is higher in vitamin E and monounsaturated fat.
Cottonseed oil's daily need coverage for saturated fat is 65% more.
Cottonseed oil has 5 times more vitamin K than sunflower oil. While cottonseed oil has 24.7µg of vitamin K, sunflower oil has only 5.4µg.
The amount of saturated fat in sunflower oil is lower.

We used Oil, cottonseed, salad or cooking and Oil, sunflower, linoleic, (partially hydrogenated) types 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.

Cottonseed oil

Sunflower 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

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~equal in Sodium ~0mg

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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.

Cottonseed oil

Sunflower oil

Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+357.4%
Contains more CholineCholine	+∞%

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E

+16.4%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~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

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All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Polyunsaturated fat	51.9g	36.4g	103%
Monounsaturated fat	17.8g	46.2g	71%
Saturated fat	25.9g	13g	59%
Vitamin E	35.3mg	41.08mg	39%
Vitamin K	24.7µg	5.4µg	16%
Calories	884kcal	884kcal	0%
Fats	100g	100g	0%
Choline	0.2mg		0%