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Fish sauce vs. Beer — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Important differences between fish sauce and beer

  • Beer has less magnesium, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, selenium, vitamin B3, folate, manganese, iron, and potassium.
  • Fish sauce's daily need coverage for sodium is 341% more.
  • Fish sauce has 39 times more iron than beer. Fish sauce has 0.78mg of iron, while beer has 0.02mg.
  • Beer is lower in sodium.
  • Beer has a higher glycemic index than fish sauce.

The food varieties used in the comparison are Sauce, fish, ready-to-serve and Alcoholic beverage, beer, regular, all.

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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 125% 13% 25% 29% 17% 5.5% 3% 1024% 30% 50%
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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% 1.2% 2.4% 0.75% 1.7% 0.27% 6% 0.52% 1% 3.3%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +2816.7%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +975%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +966.7%
Contains more IronIron +3800%
Contains more CopperCopper +900%
Contains more ZincZinc +1900%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +2812.5%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +1416.7%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +100%
Contains less SodiumSodium -99.9%

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 1.7% 1.3% 0% 0% 3% 13% 43% 7.1% 91% 60% 0% 38% 7.2%
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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 0% 0% 0% 0% 1.3% 5.8% 9.6% 2.5% 11% 2.5% 0% 4.5% 5.5%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +∞%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +140%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +128%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +350.9%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +187.8%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +760.9%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12 +2300%
Contains more FolateFolate +750%
Contains more CholineCholine +30.7%
~equal in Vitamin E ~0mg
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin K ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Fish sauce Beer DV% diff.
Sodium 7851mg 4mg 341%
Magnesium 175mg 6mg 40%
Vitamin B6 0.396mg 0.046mg 27%
Vitamin B12 0.48µg 0.02µg 19%
Selenium 9.1µg 0.6µg 15%
Folate 51µg 6µg 11%
Vitamin B3 2.313mg 0.513mg 11%
Iron 0.78mg 0.02mg 10%
Manganese 0.233mg 0.008mg 10%
Protein 5.06g 0.46g 9%
Potassium 288mg 27mg 8%
Copper 0.05mg 0.005mg 5%
Calcium 43mg 4mg 4%
Vitamin B5 0.118mg 0.041mg 2%
Vitamin B2 0.057mg 0.025mg 2%
Zinc 0.2mg 0.01mg 2%
Phosphorus 7mg 14mg 1%
Choline 13.2mg 10.1mg 1%
Vitamin B1 0.012mg 0.005mg 1%
Vitamin C 0.5mg 0mg 1%
Calories 35kcal 43kcal 0%
Fats 0.01g 0g 0%
Carbs 3.64g 3.55g 0%
Net carbs 3.64g 3.55g N/A
Sugar 3.64g 0g N/A
Vitamin A 4µg 0µg 0%
Saturated fat 0.003g 0g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.002g 0g 0%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.003g 0g 0%
Omega-3 - EPA 0.001g 0g N/A
Omega-3 - DHA 0.002g 0g N/A

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
5% 4% 71% 20%
Protein: 5.06 g
Fats: 0.01 g
Carbs: 3.64 g
Water: 71.07 g
Other: 20.22 g
Beer
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4% 92% 4%
Protein: 0.46 g
Fats: 0 g
Carbs: 3.55 g
Water: 91.96 g
Other: 4.03 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +1000%
Contains more FatsFats +∞%
Contains more OtherOther +401.7%
Contains more WaterWater +29.4%
~equal in Carbs ~3.55g

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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. Fish sauce - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/174531/nutrients
  2. Beer - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168746/nutrients

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

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