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Goji berry vs. Dates — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between goji berries and dates?

  • Goji berries are richer than dates in iron, vitamin C, protein, fiber, and calcium.
  • Goji berries' daily need coverage for iron is 72% more.
  • Goji berries have 149 times more sodium than dates. While goji berries have 298mg of sodium, dates have only 2mg.

We used Goji berries, dried and Dates, deglet noor types in this article.

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Mineral Comparison

The mineral comparison score is based on which food has a more favorable amount of each mineral. The �coverage� charts below show how much of the daily mineral needs are covered by the selected amount of each food.
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 0% 57% 0% 255% 0% 0% 0% 39% 0% 0%
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 CalciumCalcium +387.2%
Contains more IronIron +566.7%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +∞%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +∞%
Contains more CopperCopper +∞%
Contains more ZincZinc +∞%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +∞%
Contains less SodiumSodium -99.3%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +∞%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +∞%

Vitamin Comparison

The vitamin comparison score is based on the number of vitamins in which one food is richer than the other. The �coverage� charts below show how much of the daily vitamin needs are covered by the selected amount of each food.
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 161% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Dates
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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 1.3% 0% 0% 1% 13% 15% 24% 35% 38% 0% 6.8% 14%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +12000%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +∞%
Contains more FolateFolate +∞%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Goji berry Dates DV% diff.
Iron 6.8mg 1.02mg 72%
Vitamin C 48.4mg 0.4mg 53%
Protein 14.26g 2.45g 24%
Fructose 19.56g 24%
Copper 0.206mg 23%
Fiber 13g 8g 20%
Potassium 656mg 19%
Calcium 190mg 39mg 15%
Sodium 298mg 2mg 13%
Vitamin B6 0.165mg 13%
Vitamin B5 0.589mg 12%
Manganese 0.262mg 11%
Magnesium 43mg 10%
Phosphorus 62mg 9%
Vitamin B3 1.274mg 8%
Selenium 3µg 5%
Vitamin B2 0.066mg 5%
Folate 19µg 5%
Vitamin B1 0.052mg 4%
Calories 349kcal 282kcal 3%
Zinc 0.29mg 3%
Vitamin K 2.7µg 2%
Carbs 77.06g 75.03g 1%
Choline 6.3mg 1%
Protein per 100 calories 4.1g 0.87g N/A
Calories per 10 g protein 245kcal 1151kcal N/A
Weight per 100 calories 29g 35g N/A
Fats 0.39g 0.39g 0%
Net carbs 64.06g 67.03g N/A
Sugar 45.61g 63.35g N/A
Vitamin E 0.05mg 0%
Saturated fat 0g 0.032g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.036g 0%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.019g 0%
Tryptophan 0.012mg 0%
Threonine 0.358mg 0.043mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.261mg 0.049mg 0%
Leucine 0.456mg 0.084mg 0%
Lysine 0.233mg 0.066mg 0%
Methionine 0.087mg 0.022mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.271mg 0.05mg 0%
Valine 0.316mg 0.071mg 0%
Histidine 0.157mg 0.032mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
14% 77% 8%
Protein: 14.26 g
Fats: 0.39 g
Carbs: 77.06 g
Water: 7.5 g
Other: 0.79 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 +482%
Contains more WaterWater +173.7%
~equal in Fats ~0.39g
~equal in Carbs ~75.03g

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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. Goji berry - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/173032/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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