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Horned melon vs. Hot sauce — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are horned melon and hot sauce different?

  • Horned melon is higher in magnesium and iron; however, hot sauce is richer in vitamin C, vitamin B6, and vitamin B2.
  • Daily need coverage for sodium for hot sauce is 115% higher.
  • Horned melon contains 8 times more magnesium than hot sauce. While horned melon contains 40mg of magnesium, hot sauce contains only 5mg.
  • Horned melon has less sodium.

Horned melon (Kiwano) and Sauce, ready-to-serve, pepper or hot are the varieties 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.
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 29% 3.9% 11% 42% 6.7% 13% 16% 0.26% 5.1% 0%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 3.6% 2.4% 13% 18% 9.3% 3% 4.7% 345% 6.4% 0%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +700%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +62.5%
Contains more IronIron +135.4%
Contains more ZincZinc +336.4%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +236.4%
Contains less SodiumSodium -99.9%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +17.1%
Contains more CopperCopper +40%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +25.6%
~equal in Selenium ~0µg

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 18% 2.3% 0% 0% 6.3% 3.5% 11% 11% 15% 0% 0% 2.3% 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 249% 2.7% 2.4% 0% 9% 19% 4.8% 6.6% 36% 0% 6% 4.5% 0%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +122.4%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +66.4%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +1311.3%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +14.3%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +44%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +446.7%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +149.2%
Contains more FolateFolate +100%
~equal in Vitamin D ~µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg
~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Horned melon Hot sauce DV% diff.
Sodium 2mg 2643mg 115%
Vitamin C 5.3mg 74.8mg 77%
Magnesium 40mg 5mg 8%
Iron 1.13mg 0.48mg 8%
Vitamin B6 0.063mg 0.157mg 7%
Vitamin B2 0.015mg 0.082mg 5%
Phosphorus 37mg 11mg 4%
Protein 1.78g 0.51g 3%
Zinc 0.48mg 0.11mg 3%
Calories 44kcal 11kcal 2%
Carbs 7.56g 1.75g 2%
Vitamin K 2.4µg 2%
Vitamin B3 0.565mg 0.254mg 2%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.196g 1%
Folate 3µg 6µg 1%
Vitamin B5 0.183mg 0.11mg 1%
Vitamin B1 0.025mg 0.036mg 1%
Vitamin E 0.12mg 1%
Fats 1.26g 0.37g 1%
Copper 0.02mg 0.028mg 1%
Fiber 0.3g 1%
Potassium 123mg 144mg 1%
Calcium 13mg 8mg 1%
Net carbs 7.56g 1.45g N/A
Sugar 1.26g N/A
Vitamin A 7µg 8µg 0%
Manganese 0.039mg 0.049mg 0%
Saturated fat 0.052g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.03g 0%
Tryptophan 0.007mg 0%
Threonine 0.019mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.017mg 0%
Leucine 0.027mg 0%
Lysine 0.023mg 0%
Methionine 0.006mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.016mg 0%
Valine 0.022mg 0%
Histidine 0.01mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
2% 8% 89%
Protein: 1.78 g
Fats: 1.26 g
Carbs: 7.56 g
Water: 88.97 g
Other: 0.43 g
2% 90% 7%
Protein: 0.51 g
Fats: 0.37 g
Carbs: 1.75 g
Water: 89.98 g
Other: 7.39 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +249%
Contains more FatsFats +240.5%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +332%
Contains more OtherOther +1618.6%
~equal in Water ~89.98g

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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. Horned melon - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/167791/nutrients
  2. Hot sauce - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/174527/nutrients

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

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