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Hot sauce vs. Dates — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on differences between hot sauce and dates

  • Hot sauce is higher in vitamin C, yet dates are higher in fiber, copper, potassium, vitamin B5, manganese, magnesium, phosphorus, and iron.
  • Hot sauce covers your daily sodium needs 115% more than dates.
  • Hot sauce contains 187 times more vitamin C than dates. While hot sauce contains 74.8mg of vitamin C, dates contain only 0.4mg.
  • The amount of sodium in dates is lower.

Food varieties used in this article are Sauce, ready-to-serve, pepper or hot and Dates, deglet noor.

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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%
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 MagnesiumMagnesium +760%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +387.5%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +355.6%
Contains more IronIron +112.5%
Contains more CopperCopper +635.7%
Contains more ZincZinc +163.6%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +463.6%
Contains less SodiumSodium -99.9%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +434.7%
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%
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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 1.3% 0% 1% 0% 13% 15% 24% 35% 38% 0% 6.8% 14% 3.4%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +18600%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +140%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +24.2%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +44.4%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +401.6%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +435.5%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +12.5%
Contains more FolateFolate +216.7%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0.165mg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Hot sauce Dates DV% diff.
Sodium 2643mg 2mg 115%
Vitamin C 74.8mg 0.4mg 83%
Fiber 0.3g 8g 31%
Fructose 19.56g 24%
Carbs 1.75g 75.03g 24%
Copper 0.028mg 0.206mg 20%
Potassium 144mg 656mg 15%
Calories 11kcal 282kcal 14%
Vitamin B5 0.11mg 0.589mg 10%
Magnesium 5mg 43mg 9%
Manganese 0.049mg 0.262mg 9%
Phosphorus 11mg 62mg 7%
Iron 0.48mg 1.02mg 7%
Vitamin B3 0.254mg 1.274mg 6%
Selenium 0µg 3µg 5%
Protein 0.51g 2.45g 4%
Calcium 8mg 39mg 3%
Folate 6µg 19µg 3%
Zinc 0.11mg 0.29mg 2%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.196g 0.019g 1%
Choline 6.3mg 1%
Vitamin B6 0.157mg 0.165mg 1%
Vitamin B2 0.082mg 0.066mg 1%
Vitamin B1 0.036mg 0.052mg 1%
Vitamin A 8µg 0µg 1%
Fats 0.37g 0.39g 0%
Net carbs 1.45g 67.03g N/A
Sugar 1.26g 63.35g N/A
Vitamin E 0.12mg 0.05mg 0%
Vitamin K 2.4µg 2.7µg 0%
Saturated fat 0.052g 0.032g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.03g 0.036g 0%
Tryptophan 0.007mg 0.012mg 0%
Threonine 0.019mg 0.043mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.017mg 0.049mg 0%
Leucine 0.027mg 0.084mg 0%
Lysine 0.023mg 0.066mg 0%
Methionine 0.006mg 0.022mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.016mg 0.05mg 0%
Valine 0.022mg 0.071mg 0%
Histidine 0.01mg 0.032mg 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
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 WaterWater +338.3%
Contains more OtherOther +361.9%
Contains more ProteinProtein +380.4%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +4187.4%
~equal in Fats ~0.39g

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
19% 11% 71%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.052 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.03 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.196 g
Dates
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37% 41% 22%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.032 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.036 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.019 g
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +931.6%
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -38.5%
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +20%

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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. 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.

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