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Garlic vs. Fireweed — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Significant differences between garlic and fireweed

  • Garlic has more vitamin B6, vitamin C, and selenium; however, fireweed is richer in manganese, vitamin A, fiber, magnesium, folate, vitamin B3, and calcium.
  • Fireweed covers your daily manganese needs 219% more than garlic.
  • Fireweed has 16 times less selenium than garlic. Garlic has 14.2µg of selenium, while fireweed has 0.9µg.

Specific food types used in this comparison are Garlic, raw and Fireweed, leaves, 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.
Garlic
Garlic
3
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 18% 54% 35% 64% 100% 32% 66% 2.2% 218% 77%
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%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +41.7%
Contains less SodiumSodium -50%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +1477.8%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +524%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +137%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +23.2%
Contains more IronIron +41.2%
Contains more ZincZinc +129.3%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +301%
~equal in Copper ~0.32mg

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.
Garlic
Garlic
5
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E 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 104% 0% 0% 1.6% 50% 25% 13% 36% 285% 0% 4.3% 2.3%
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E 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 7.3% 0% 60% 0% 8.3% 32% 88% 81% 146% 0% 0% 84%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +1318.2%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +506.1%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +95.4%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +∞%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +24.5%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +567.7%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +127.5%
Contains more FolateFolate +3633.3%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Garlic Fireweed DV% diff.
Manganese 1.672mg 6.704mg 219%
Vitamin B6 1.235mg 0.632mg 46%
Fiber 2.1g 10.6g 34%
Vitamin C 31.2mg 2.2mg 32%
Magnesium 25mg 156mg 31%
Folate 3µg 112µg 27%
Calcium 181mg 429mg 25%
Vitamin B3 0.7mg 4.674mg 25%
Selenium 14.2µg 0.9µg 24%
Vitamin A 0µg 180µg 20%
Vitamin B5 0.596mg 1.356mg 15%
Zinc 1.16mg 2.66mg 14%
Vitamin B1 0.2mg 0.033mg 14%
Iron 1.7mg 2.4mg 9%
Phosphorus 153mg 108mg 6%
Carbs 33.06g 19.22g 5%
Choline 23.2mg 4%
Protein 6.36g 4.71g 3%
Fats 0.5g 2.75g 3%
Potassium 401mg 494mg 3%
Calories 149kcal 103kcal 2%
Copper 0.299mg 0.32mg 2%
Vitamin B2 0.11mg 0.137mg 2%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.249g 2%
Sodium 17mg 34mg 1%
Vitamin E 0.08mg 1%
Vitamin K 1.7µg 1%
Protein per 100 calories 4.3g 4.6g N/A
Calories per 10 g protein 234kcal 219kcal N/A
Weight per 100 calories 67g 97g N/A
Unsaturated / Saturated Fat ratio 2.9 N/A
Net carbs 30.96g 8.62g N/A
Sugar 1g N/A
Saturated fat 0.089g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.011g 0%
Tryptophan 0.066mg 0%
Threonine 0.157mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.217mg 0%
Leucine 0.308mg 0%
Lysine 0.273mg 0%
Methionine 0.076mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.183mg 0%
Valine 0.291mg 0%
Histidine 0.113mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
Garlic
Garlic
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6% 33% 59%
Protein: 6.36 g
Fats: 0.5 g
Carbs: 33.06 g
Water: 58.58 g
Other: 1.5 g
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
Contains more ProteinProtein +35%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +72%
Contains more FatsFats +450%
Contains more WaterWater +20.8%
Contains more OtherOther +69.3%

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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. Garlic - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169230/nutrients
  2. Fireweed - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169399/nutrients

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

Data provided by FoodStruct.com should be considered and used as information only. Please consult your physician before beginning any diet.