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Gourd vs. Chili Pepper — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are gourd and chili Pepper different?

  • Chili Pepper are higher than gourd in vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin B6, copper, iron, manganese, potassium, vitamin B2, and vitamin B1.
  • Chili Pepper cover your daily need for vitamin C, 258% more than gourd.

Gourd, white-flowered (calabash), raw and Peppers, hot chili, green, raw types were 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.
Gourd
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Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 7.9% 7.8% 13% 7.5% 8.7% 19% 5.6% 0.26% 8.6% 1.1%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 18% 5.4% 30% 45% 58% 8.2% 20% 0.91% 31% 2.7%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +44.4%
Contains more ZincZinc +133.3%
Contains less SodiumSodium -71.4%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +127.3%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +126.7%
Contains more IronIron +500%
Contains more CopperCopper +569.2%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +253.8%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +259.1%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +150%

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.
Gourd
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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 34% 0% 0% 0% 7.3% 5.1% 6% 9.1% 9.2% 0% 0% 4.5% 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 808% 20% 14% 0% 23% 21% 18% 3.7% 64% 0% 36% 17% 6.1%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +149.2%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +2301%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +210.3%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +309.1%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +196.9%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +595%
Contains more FolateFolate +283.3%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Gourd Chili Pepper DV% diff.
Vitamin C 10.1mg 242.5mg 258%
Vitamin B6 0.04mg 0.278mg 18%
Copper 0.026mg 0.174mg 16%
Iron 0.2mg 1.2mg 13%
Vitamin K 14.3µg 12%
Manganese 0.066mg 0.237mg 7%
Vitamin A 59µg 7%
Potassium 150mg 340mg 6%
Vitamin B1 0.029mg 0.09mg 5%
Vitamin E 0.69mg 5%
Phosphorus 13mg 46mg 5%
Vitamin B2 0.022mg 0.09mg 5%
Vitamin B3 0.32mg 0.95mg 4%
Zinc 0.7mg 0.3mg 4%
Folate 6µg 23µg 4%
Fiber 0.5g 1.5g 4%
Magnesium 11mg 25mg 3%
Protein 0.62g 2g 3%
Carbs 3.39g 9.46g 2%
Choline 11.1mg 2%
Vitamin B5 0.152mg 0.061mg 2%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.009g 0.109g 1%
Calories 14kcal 40kcal 1%
Selenium 0.2µg 0.5µg 1%
Calcium 26mg 18mg 1%
Fats 0.02g 0.2g 0%
Net carbs 2.89g 7.96g N/A
Sugar 5.1g N/A
Sodium 2mg 7mg 0%
Saturated fat 0.002g 0.021g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.004g 0.011g 0%
Tryptophan 0.003mg 0.026mg 0%
Threonine 0.018mg 0.074mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.033mg 0.065mg 0%
Leucine 0.036mg 0.105mg 0%
Lysine 0.021mg 0.089mg 0%
Methionine 0.004mg 0.024mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.015mg 0.062mg 0%
Valine 0.027mg 0.084mg 0%
Histidine 0.004mg 0.041mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
Gourd
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3% 96%
Protein: 0.62 g
Fats: 0.02 g
Carbs: 3.39 g
Water: 95.54 g
Other: 0.43 g
2% 9% 88%
Protein: 2 g
Fats: 0.2 g
Carbs: 9.46 g
Water: 87.74 g
Other: 0.6 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +222.6%
Contains more FatsFats +900%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +179.1%
Contains more OtherOther +39.5%
~equal in Water ~87.74g

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
Gourd
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13% 27% 60%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.002 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.004 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.009 g
15% 8% 77%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.021 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.011 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.109 g
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -90.5%
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +175%
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +1111.1%

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. Gourd - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169232/nutrients
  2. Chili Pepper - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170497/nutrients

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

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