Cumin vs. Paprika — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Important differences between cumin and paprika

Cumin has more iron, manganese, calcium, and magnesium; however, paprika has more vitamin A, vitamin E, vitamin B6, fiber, vitamin B2, and vitamin K.
Paprika's daily need coverage for vitamin A is 960% more.
Cumin has 4 times more calcium than paprika. Cumin has 931mg of calcium, while paprika has 229mg.

The food varieties used in the comparison are Spices, cumin seed and Spices, paprika.

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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.

Cumin

Paprika

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+105.6%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+306.6%
Contains more IronIron	+213.9%
Contains more CopperCopper	+21.6%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+58.9%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+109.6%

Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+27.5%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-59.5%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+21.2%

~equal in Zinc ~4.33mg

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.

Cumin

Paprika

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+755.6%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+90.3%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+3748.4%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+773.9%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+276.1%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+119.7%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+392.2%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+1387%
Contains more FolateFolate	+390%

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Iron	66.36mg	21.14mg	565%
Vitamin A	64µg	2463µg	267%
Vitamin E	3.33mg	29.1mg	172%
Vitamin B6	0.435mg	2.141mg	131%
Fiber	10.5g	34.9g	98%
Manganese	3.333mg	1.59mg	76%
Calcium	931mg	229mg	70%
Vitamin B2	0.327mg	1.23mg	69%
Vitamin K	5.4µg	80.3µg	62%
Vitamin B5		2.51mg	50%
Magnesium	366mg	178mg	45%
Vitamin B3	4.579mg	10.06mg	34%
Monounsaturated fat	14.04g	1.695g	31%
Polyunsaturated fat	3.279g	7.766g	30%
Phosphorus	499mg	314mg	26%
Vitamin B1	0.628mg	0.33mg	25%
Copper	0.867mg	0.713mg	17%
Fats	22.27g	12.89g	14%
Potassium	1788mg	2280mg	14%
Folate	10µg	49µg	10%
Vitamin C	7.7mg	0.9mg	8%
Fructose		6.71g	8%
Protein	17.81g	14.14g	7%
Calories	375kcal	282kcal	5%
Choline	24.7mg	51.5mg	5%
Zinc	4.8mg	4.33mg	4%
Sodium	168mg	68mg	4%
Carbs	44.24g	53.99g	3%
Saturated fat	1.535g	2.14g	3%
Selenium	5.2µg	6.3µg	2%
Protein per 100 calories	4.7g	5g	N/A
Calories per 10 g protein	211kcal	199kcal	N/A
Weight per 100 calories	27g	35g	N/A
Unsaturated / Saturated Fat ratio	11	4.4	N/A
Net carbs	33.74g	19.09g	N/A
Sugar	2.25g	10.34g	N/A
Tryptophan		0.07mg	0%
Threonine		0.49mg	0%
Isoleucine		0.57mg	0%
Leucine		0.92mg	0%
Lysine		0.69mg	0%
Methionine		0.2mg	0%
Phenylalanine		0.61mg	0%
Valine		0.75mg	0%
Histidine		0.25mg	0%
Omega-3 - ALA		0.453g	N/A