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Garden cress vs. Longan — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on differences between garden cress and longan

  • Garden cress has more manganese, iron, potassium, vitamin B2, calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium; however, longan is higher in vitamin C.
  • Garden cress covers your daily manganese needs 22% more than longan.
  • Longan contains 81 times less calcium than garden cress. Garden cress contains 81mg of calcium, while longan contains 1mg.

Food varieties used in this article are Cress, garden, raw and Longans, 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 27% 24% 53% 49% 57% 6.3% 33% 1.8% 72% 4.9%
Longan
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Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 7.1% 0.3% 23% 4.9% 56% 1.4% 9% 0% 6.8% 0%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +280%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +8000%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +127.8%
Contains more IronIron +900%
Contains more ZincZinc +360%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +261.9%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +963.5%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +∞%
Contains less SodiumSodium -100%
~equal in Copper ~0.169mg

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 230% 115% 14% 0% 20% 60% 19% 15% 57% 0% 1355% 60% 11%
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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 280% 0% 0% 0% 7.8% 32% 5.6% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +158.1%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +85.7%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +233.3%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +∞%
Contains more FolateFolate +∞%
Contains more CholineCholine +∞%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +21.7%
~equal in Vitamin D ~µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Garden cress Longan DV% diff.
Vitamin K 541.9µg 452%
Vitamin A 346µg 38%
Manganese 0.553mg 0.052mg 22%
Folate 80µg 20%
Vitamin B6 0.247mg 19%
Vitamin C 69mg 84mg 17%
Iron 1.3mg 0.13mg 15%
Potassium 606mg 266mg 10%
Vitamin B2 0.26mg 0.14mg 9%
Calcium 81mg 1mg 8%
Phosphorus 76mg 21mg 8%
Magnesium 38mg 10mg 7%
Vitamin E 0.7mg 5%
Vitamin B5 0.242mg 5%
Vitamin B1 0.08mg 0.031mg 4%
Vitamin B3 1mg 0.3mg 4%
Choline 19.5mg 4%
Carbs 5.5g 15.14g 3%
Protein 2.6g 1.31g 3%
Zinc 0.23mg 0.05mg 2%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.228g 2%
Selenium 0.9µg 2%
Monounsaturated fat 0.239g 1%
Calories 32kcal 60kcal 1%
Fats 0.7g 0.1g 1%
Sodium 14mg 0mg 1%
Net carbs 4.4g 14.04g N/A
Sugar 4.4g N/A
Fiber 1.1g 1.1g 0%
Copper 0.17mg 0.169mg 0%
Saturated fat 0.023g 0%
Threonine 0.034mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.026mg 0%
Leucine 0.054mg 0%
Lysine 0.046mg 0%
Methionine 0.013mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.03mg 0%
Valine 0.058mg 0%
Histidine 0.012mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
3% 6% 89% 2%
Protein: 2.6 g
Fats: 0.7 g
Carbs: 5.5 g
Water: 89.4 g
Other: 1.8 g
Longan
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15% 83%
Protein: 1.31 g
Fats: 0.1 g
Carbs: 15.14 g
Water: 82.75 g
Other: 0.7 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +98.5%
Contains more FatsFats +600%
Contains more OtherOther +157.1%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +175.3%
~equal in Water ~82.75g

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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. Garden cress - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168407/nutrients
  2. Longan - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169089/nutrients

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

Data provided by FoodStruct.com should be considered and used as information only. Please consult your physician before beginning any diet.