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Currant vs. Lime — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Summary of differences between currants and lime

  • Lime has less vitamin C, vitamin K, manganese, fiber, and potassium than currants.
  • Currants cover your daily need for vitamin C, 13% more than lime.
  • Currants have 23 times more manganese than lime. While currants have 0.186mg of manganese, lime has only 0.008mg.
  • Lime has less sugar.

These are the specific foods used in this comparison Currants, red, and white, raw and Limes, 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 9.3% 9.9% 24% 38% 36% 6.3% 19% 0.13% 24% 3.3%
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Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 4.3% 9.9% 9% 23% 22% 3% 7.7% 0.26% 1% 2.2%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +116.7%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +169.6%
Contains more IronIron +66.7%
Contains more CopperCopper +64.6%
Contains more ZincZinc +109.1%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +144.4%
Contains less SodiumSodium -50%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +2225%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +50%
~equal in Calcium ~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.
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%
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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 97% 0.67% 4.4% 0% 7.5% 4.6% 3.8% 13% 9.9% 0% 1.5% 6% 2.8%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +40.9%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +33.3%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +150%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +62.8%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +1733.3%
Contains more CholineCholine +49%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +120%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +100%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +239.1%
~equal in Vitamin A ~2µg
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg
~equal in Folate ~8µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Currant Lime DV% diff.
Vitamin C 41mg 29.1mg 13%
Vitamin K 11µg 0.6µg 9%
Manganese 0.186mg 0.008mg 8%
Fiber 4.3g 2.8g 6%
Potassium 275mg 102mg 5%
Iron 1mg 0.6mg 5%
Copper 0.107mg 0.065mg 5%
Fructose 3.53g 4%
Phosphorus 44mg 18mg 4%
Vitamin B5 0.064mg 0.217mg 3%
Vitamin B6 0.07mg 0.043mg 2%
Magnesium 13mg 6mg 2%
Vitamin B2 0.05mg 0.02mg 2%
Protein 1.4g 0.7g 1%
Vitamin B3 0.1mg 0.2mg 1%
Vitamin B1 0.04mg 0.03mg 1%
Calories 56kcal 30kcal 1%
Vitamin E 0.1mg 0.22mg 1%
Zinc 0.23mg 0.11mg 1%
Carbs 13.8g 10.54g 1%
Fats 0.2g 0.2g 0%
Net carbs 9.5g 7.74g N/A
Calcium 33mg 33mg 0%
Sugar 7.37g 1.69g N/A
Sodium 1mg 2mg 0%
Vitamin A 2µg 2µg 0%
Selenium 0.6µg 0.4µg 0%
Folate 8µg 8µg 0%
Choline 7.6mg 5.1mg 0%
Saturated fat 0.017g 0.022g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.028g 0.019g 0%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.088g 0.055g 0%
Tryptophan 0.003mg 0%
Lysine 0.014mg 0%
Methionine 0.002mg 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
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11% 88%
Protein: 0.7 g
Fats: 0.2 g
Carbs: 10.54 g
Water: 88.26 g
Other: 0.3 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +100%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +30.9%
Contains more OtherOther +116.7%
~equal in Fats ~0.2g
~equal in Water ~88.26g

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
13% 21% 66%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.017 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.028 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.088 g
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23% 20% 57%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.022 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.019 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.055 g
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -22.7%
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +47.4%
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +60%

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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. Lime - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168155/nutrients

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

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