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Hot sauce vs. Cocktail sauce — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are hot sauce and cocktail sauce different?

  • Hot sauce is higher in vitamin C and vitamin B6; however, cocktail sauce is richer in copper, vitamin E, and fiber.
  • Daily need coverage for sodium for hot sauce is 72% higher.
  • Hot sauce contains 6 times more vitamin C than cocktail sauce. While hot sauce contains 74.8mg of vitamin C, cocktail sauce contains only 11.6mg.
  • Cocktail sauce has less sodium.

Sauce, ready-to-serve, pepper or hot and Sauce, cocktail, ready-to-serve 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 3.6% 2.4% 13% 18% 9.3% 3% 4.7% 345% 6.4% 0%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 12% 7.8% 27% 31% 37% 10% 13% 128% 19% 12%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +240%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +225%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +114.6%
Contains more IronIron +72.9%
Contains more CopperCopper +296.4%
Contains more ZincZinc +245.5%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +172.7%
Contains less SodiumSodium -62.8%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +202%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +∞%

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 249% 2.7% 2.4% 0% 9% 19% 4.8% 6.6% 36% 0% 6% 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 39% 6% 22% 0% 5.3% 11% 15% 4.1% 18% 0% 11% 13% 6%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +544.8%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +71.4%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +74.5%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +61.8%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +96.3%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +125%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +800%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +222.8%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +83.3%
Contains more FolateFolate +183.3%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Hot sauce Cocktail sauce DV% diff.
Sodium 2643mg 983mg 72%
Vitamin C 74.8mg 11.6mg 70%
Carbs 1.75g 28.22g 9%
Copper 0.028mg 0.111mg 9%
Calories 11kcal 124kcal 6%
Vitamin B6 0.157mg 0.08mg 6%
Vitamin E 0.12mg 1.08mg 6%
Fiber 0.3g 1.8g 6%
Potassium 144mg 309mg 5%
Iron 0.48mg 0.83mg 4%
Manganese 0.049mg 0.148mg 4%
Selenium 0µg 2.2µg 4%
Vitamin B3 0.254mg 0.82mg 4%
Folate 6µg 17µg 3%
Magnesium 5mg 17mg 3%
Phosphorus 11mg 30mg 3%
Vitamin B2 0.082mg 0.047mg 3%
Calcium 8mg 26mg 2%
Zinc 0.11mg 0.38mg 2%
Choline 11mg 2%
Vitamin K 2.4µg 4.4µg 2%
Protein 0.51g 1.36g 2%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.196g 0g 1%
Vitamin B1 0.036mg 0.021mg 1%
Vitamin B5 0.11mg 0.068mg 1%
Vitamin A 8µg 18µg 1%
Fats 0.37g 1.05g 1%
Net carbs 1.45g 26.42g N/A
Sugar 1.26g 11.83g N/A
Saturated fat 0.052g 0g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.03g 0g 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% 90% 7%
Protein: 0.51 g
Fats: 0.37 g
Carbs: 1.75 g
Water: 89.98 g
Other: 7.39 g
28% 66% 4%
Protein: 1.36 g
Fats: 1.05 g
Carbs: 28.22 g
Water: 65.67 g
Other: 3.7 g
Contains more WaterWater +37%
Contains more OtherOther +99.7%
Contains more ProteinProtein +166.7%
Contains more FatsFats +183.8%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +1512.6%

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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. Hot sauce - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/174527/nutrients
  2. Cocktail sauce - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/174067/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.