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Falafel vs. Pickled cucumber — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are falafel and pickled cucumber different?

  • Falafel has more iron, manganese, phosphorus, folate, copper, magnesium, potassium, zinc, and vitamin B1 than pickled cucumber.
  • Daily need coverage for sodium for pickled cucumber is 40% higher.
  • Falafel has less sodium.

Falafel, home-prepared and Pickles, cucumber, sour 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.
Falafel
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Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 59% 16% 52% 128% 86% 41% 82% 38% 90% 5.5%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 2.9% 0% 2% 15% 28% 0.55% 6% 158% 1.4% 0%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +1950%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +∞%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +2443.5%
Contains more IronIron +755%
Contains more CopperCopper +203.5%
Contains more ZincZinc +7400%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +1271.4%
Contains less SodiumSodium -75.7%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +6181.8%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +∞%

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 5.3% 0.33% 0% 0% 37% 38% 20% 18% 29% 0% 0% 70% 0%
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 3.3% 3.3% 1.8% 0% 0% 2.3% 0% 2.3% 2.1% 0% 118% 0.75% 2%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +60%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +1560%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +668.4%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +1288.9%
Contains more FolateFolate +9200%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +900%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Falafel Pickled cucumber DV% diff.
Sodium 294mg 1208mg 40%
Vitamin K 47µg 39%
Iron 3.42mg 0.4mg 38%
Manganese 0.691mg 0.011mg 30%
Fats 17.8g 0.2g 27%
Polyunsaturated fat 4.16g 0.081g 27%
Protein 13.31g 0.33g 26%
Monounsaturated fat 10.171g 0.003g 25%
Phosphorus 192mg 14mg 25%
Folate 93µg 1µg 23%
Magnesium 82mg 4mg 19%
Copper 0.258mg 0.085mg 19%
Potassium 585mg 23mg 17%
Calories 333kcal 11kcal 16%
Zinc 1.5mg 0.02mg 13%
Vitamin B2 0.166mg 0.01mg 12%
Vitamin B1 0.146mg 0mg 12%
Saturated fat 2.383g 0.052g 11%
Carbs 31.84g 2.26g 10%
Vitamin B6 0.125mg 0.009mg 9%
Vitamin B3 1.044mg 0mg 7%
Fiber 1.2g 5%
Vitamin B5 0.292mg 0.038mg 5%
Calcium 54mg 0mg 5%
Selenium 1µg 0µg 2%
Vitamin A 1µg 10µg 1%
Vitamin C 1.6mg 1mg 1%
Vitamin E 0.09mg 1%
Choline 3.6mg 1%
Net carbs 31.84g 1.06g N/A
Sugar 1.06g N/A
Tryptophan 0.134mg 0.003mg 0%
Threonine 0.492mg 0.009mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.567mg 0.01mg 0%
Leucine 0.944mg 0.014mg 0%
Lysine 0.856mg 0.014mg 0%
Methionine 0.187mg 0.003mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.707mg 0.009mg 0%
Valine 0.562mg 0.011mg 0%
Histidine 0.364mg 0.005mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
13% 18% 32% 35% 2%
Protein: 13.31 g
Fats: 17.8 g
Carbs: 31.84 g
Water: 34.62 g
Other: 2.43 g
2% 94% 3%
Protein: 0.33 g
Fats: 0.2 g
Carbs: 2.26 g
Water: 94.08 g
Other: 3.13 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +3933.3%
Contains more FatsFats +8800%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +1308.8%
Contains more WaterWater +171.8%
Contains more OtherOther +28.8%

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
14% 61% 25%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 2.383 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 10.171 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 4.16 g
38% 2% 60%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.052 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.003 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.081 g
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +338933.3%
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +5035.8%
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -97.8%

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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. Falafel - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/172455/nutrients
  2. Pickled cucumber - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169379/nutrients

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

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