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Hot sauce vs. Potato — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Significant differences between hot sauce and potatoes

  • Hot sauce has more vitamin C; however, potatoes are richer in vitamin B6, copper, potassium, fiber, phosphorus, manganese, and vitamin B3.
  • Hot sauce covers your daily sodium needs 115% more than potatoes.
  • Potatoes have 4 times less vitamin C than hot sauce. Hot sauce has 74.8mg of vitamin C, while potatoes have 19.7mg.
  • Potatoes contain less sodium.

Specific food types used in this comparison are Sauce, ready-to-serve, pepper or hot and Potatoes, flesh, and skin, raw.

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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%
Potato
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Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 16% 3.6% 38% 30% 37% 8.2% 24% 0.78% 26% 2.2%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +360%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +50%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +195.1%
Contains more IronIron +68.8%
Contains more CopperCopper +292.9%
Contains more ZincZinc +172.7%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +418.2%
Contains less SodiumSodium -99.8%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +308.2%
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%
Potato
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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 66% 0% 0.2% 0% 20% 7.4% 20% 18% 69% 0% 5% 11% 6.6%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +279.7%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +1100%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +156.3%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +20%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +125%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +317.7%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +168.2%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +89.8%
Contains more FolateFolate +150%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Hot sauce Potato DV% diff.
Sodium 2643mg 6mg 115%
Vitamin C 74.8mg 19.7mg 61%
Vitamin B6 0.157mg 0.298mg 11%
Copper 0.028mg 0.11mg 9%
Potassium 144mg 425mg 8%
Fiber 0.3g 2.1g 7%
Manganese 0.049mg 0.2mg 7%
Phosphorus 11mg 57mg 7%
Starch 15.29g 6%
Carbs 1.75g 17.49g 5%
Vitamin B3 0.254mg 1.061mg 5%
Magnesium 5mg 23mg 4%
Iron 0.48mg 0.81mg 4%
Vitamin B2 0.082mg 0.032mg 4%
Vitamin B5 0.11mg 0.295mg 4%
Vitamin B1 0.036mg 0.081mg 4%
Protein 0.51g 2.05g 3%
Calories 11kcal 77kcal 3%
Zinc 0.11mg 0.3mg 2%
Folate 6µg 15µg 2%
Choline 12.1mg 2%
Vitamin E 0.12mg 0.01mg 1%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.196g 0.042g 1%
Selenium 0µg 0.4µg 1%
Vitamin A 8µg 0µg 1%
Fats 0.37g 0.09g 0%
Net carbs 1.45g 15.39g N/A
Calcium 8mg 12mg 0%
Sugar 1.26g 0.82g N/A
Vitamin K 2.4µg 2µg 0%
Saturated fat 0.052g 0.025g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.03g 0.002g 0%
Tryptophan 0.007mg 0.021mg 0%
Threonine 0.019mg 0.067mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.017mg 0.066mg 0%
Leucine 0.027mg 0.098mg 0%
Lysine 0.023mg 0.107mg 0%
Methionine 0.006mg 0.032mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.016mg 0.081mg 0%
Valine 0.022mg 0.103mg 0%
Histidine 0.01mg 0.035mg 0%
Fructose 0.26g 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
Potato
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2% 17% 79%
Protein: 2.05 g
Fats: 0.09 g
Carbs: 17.49 g
Water: 79.25 g
Other: 1.12 g
Contains more FatsFats +311.1%
Contains more WaterWater +13.5%
Contains more OtherOther +559.8%
Contains more ProteinProtein +302%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +899.4%

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
Potato
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36% 3% 61%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.025 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.002 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.042 g
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +1400%
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +366.7%
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -51.9%

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. Potato - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170026/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.