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Currant vs. Java plum — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are currants and java plum different?

  • Currants have more vitamin C, iron, and potassium than java plum.
  • Daily need coverage for vitamin C for currants is 30% higher.
  • Currants contain 5 times more iron than java plum. While currants contain 1mg of iron, java plum contains only 0.19mg.

Currants, red, and white, raw and Java-plum, (jambolan), raw 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.
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 9.3% 9.9% 24% 38% 36% 6.3% 19% 0.13% 24% 3.3%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 11% 5.7% 7% 7.1% 0% 0% 7.3% 1.8% 0% 0%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +73.7%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +248.1%
Contains more IronIron +426.3%
Contains more CopperCopper +∞%
Contains more ZincZinc +∞%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +158.8%
Contains less SodiumSodium -92.9%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +∞%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +∞%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +15.4%

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.
Currant
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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 137% 0.67% 2% 0% 10% 12% 1.9% 3.8% 16% 0% 28% 6% 4.1%
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 48% 0% 0% 0% 1.5% 2.8% 4.9% 0% 8.8% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +186.7%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +566.7%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +316.7%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +84.2%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +∞%
Contains more FolateFolate +∞%
Contains more CholineCholine +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +160%
~equal in Vitamin D ~µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Currant Java plum DV% diff.
Vitamin C 41mg 14.3mg 30%
Fiber 4.3g 17%
Copper 0.107mg 12%
Iron 1mg 0.19mg 10%
Vitamin K 11µg 9%
Manganese 0.186mg 8%
Potassium 275mg 79mg 6%
Phosphorus 44mg 17mg 4%
Fructose 3.53g 4%
Vitamin B2 0.05mg 0.012mg 3%
Vitamin B1 0.04mg 0.006mg 3%
Folate 8µg 2%
Vitamin B6 0.07mg 0.038mg 2%
Zinc 0.23mg 2%
Calcium 33mg 19mg 1%
Carbs 13.8g 15.56g 1%
Choline 7.6mg 1%
Sodium 1mg 14mg 1%
Protein 1.4g 0.72g 1%
Vitamin E 0.1mg 1%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.088g 1%
Selenium 0.6µg 1%
Vitamin B3 0.1mg 0.26mg 1%
Vitamin B5 0.064mg 1%
Calories 56kcal 60kcal 0%
Fats 0.2g 0.23g 0%
Net carbs 9.5g 15.56g N/A
Magnesium 13mg 15mg 0%
Sugar 7.37g N/A
Vitamin A 2µg 0µg 0%
Saturated fat 0.017g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.028g 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
14% 84%
Protein: 1.4 g
Fats: 0.2 g
Carbs: 13.8 g
Water: 83.95 g
Other: 0.65 g
16% 83%
Protein: 0.72 g
Fats: 0.23 g
Carbs: 15.56 g
Water: 83.13 g
Other: 0.36 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +94.4%
Contains more OtherOther +80.6%
Contains more FatsFats +15%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +12.8%
~equal in Water ~83.13g

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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. Currant - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/173964/nutrients
  2. Java plum - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168150/nutrients

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

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