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Fireweed vs. Dates — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Important differences between fireweed and dates

  • Dates have less manganese, vitamin A, calcium, vitamin B6, magnesium, folate, zinc, vitamin B3, iron, and vitamin B5.
  • Fireweed's daily need coverage for manganese is 280% more.
  • Fireweed has 360 times more vitamin A than dates. Fireweed has 3598IU of vitamin A, while dates have 10IU.

The food varieties used in the comparison are Fireweed, leaves, raw and Dates, deglet noor.

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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 111% 129% 44% 90% 107% 73% 46% 4.4% 874% 4.9%
Dates
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Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 31% 12% 58% 38% 69% 7.9% 27% 0.26% 34% 16%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +262.8%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +1000%
Contains more IronIron +135.3%
Contains more CopperCopper +55.3%
Contains more ZincZinc +817.2%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +74.2%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +2458.8%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +32.8%
Contains less SodiumSodium -94.1%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +233.3%

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 7.3% 60% 0% 0% 8.3% 32% 88% 81% 146% 0% 0% 84% 0%
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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 1.3% 0% 1% 0% 13% 15% 24% 35% 38% 0% 6.8% 14% 3.4%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +450%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +107.6%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +266.9%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +130.2%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +283%
Contains more FolateFolate +489.5%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +57.6%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Fireweed Dates DV% diff.
Manganese 6.704mg 0.262mg 280%
Calcium 429mg 39mg 39%
Vitamin B6 0.632mg 0.165mg 36%
Magnesium 156mg 43mg 27%
Fructose 19.56g 24%
Folate 112µg 19µg 23%
Zinc 2.66mg 0.29mg 22%
Vitamin B3 4.674mg 1.274mg 21%
Vitamin A 180µg 0µg 20%
Carbs 19.22g 75.03g 19%
Iron 2.4mg 1.02mg 17%
Vitamin B5 1.356mg 0.589mg 15%
Copper 0.32mg 0.206mg 13%
Fiber 10.6g 8g 10%
Calories 103kcal 282kcal 9%
Phosphorus 108mg 62mg 7%
Protein 4.71g 2.45g 5%
Vitamin B2 0.137mg 0.066mg 5%
Potassium 494mg 656mg 5%
Selenium 0.9µg 3µg 4%
Fats 2.75g 0.39g 4%
Vitamin B1 0.033mg 0.052mg 2%
Vitamin K 2.7µg 2%
Vitamin C 2.2mg 0.4mg 2%
Choline 6.3mg 1%
Sodium 34mg 2mg 1%
Net carbs 8.62g 67.03g N/A
Sugar 63.35g N/A
Vitamin E 0.05mg 0%
Saturated fat 0.032g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.036g 0%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.019g 0%
Tryptophan 0.012mg 0%
Threonine 0.043mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.049mg 0%
Leucine 0.084mg 0%
Lysine 0.066mg 0%
Methionine 0.022mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.05mg 0%
Valine 0.071mg 0%
Histidine 0.032mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
5% 3% 19% 71% 3%
Protein: 4.71 g
Fats: 2.75 g
Carbs: 19.22 g
Water: 70.78 g
Other: 2.54 g
Dates
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2% 75% 21%
Protein: 2.45 g
Fats: 0.39 g
Carbs: 75.03 g
Water: 20.53 g
Other: 1.6 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +92.2%
Contains more FatsFats +605.1%
Contains more WaterWater +244.8%
Contains more OtherOther +58.8%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +290.4%

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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. Fireweed - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169399/nutrients
  2. Dates - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/171726/nutrients

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

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