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Hot sauce vs. Summer squash — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are hot sauce and summer squash different?

  • Hot sauce is higher in vitamin C; however, summer squash is richer in folate and manganese.
  • Daily need coverage for sodium for hot sauce is 115% higher.
  • Hot sauce contains 4 times more vitamin C than summer squash. While hot sauce contains 74.8mg of vitamin C, summer squash contains only 17mg.
  • Summer squash has less sodium.

Sauce, ready-to-serve, pepper or hot and Squash, summer, all varieties, raw 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% 4.5% 23% 13% 17% 7.9% 16% 0.26% 23% 1.1%
Contains more IronIron +37.1%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +240%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +87.5%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +81.9%
Contains more CopperCopper +82.1%
Contains more ZincZinc +163.6%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +245.5%
Contains less SodiumSodium -99.9%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +257.1%
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 57% 3.3% 2.4% 0% 12% 33% 9.1% 9.3% 50% 0% 7.5% 22% 3.7%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +340%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +25%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +33.3%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +73.2%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +91.7%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +40.9%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +38.9%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +25%
Contains more FolateFolate +383.3%
~equal in Vitamin E ~0.12mg
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Hot sauce Summer squash DV% diff.
Sodium 2643mg 2mg 115%
Vitamin C 74.8mg 17mg 64%
Folate 6µg 29µg 6%
Manganese 0.049mg 0.175mg 5%
Vitamin B2 0.082mg 0.142mg 5%
Vitamin B6 0.157mg 0.218mg 5%
Phosphorus 11mg 38mg 4%
Copper 0.028mg 0.051mg 3%
Magnesium 5mg 17mg 3%
Potassium 144mg 262mg 3%
Fiber 0.3g 1.1g 3%
Zinc 0.11mg 0.29mg 2%
Iron 0.48mg 0.35mg 2%
Vitamin K 2.4µg 3µg 1%
Choline 6.7mg 1%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.196g 0.089g 1%
Vitamin B5 0.11mg 0.155mg 1%
Vitamin B3 0.254mg 0.487mg 1%
Fructose 0.95g 1%
Vitamin B1 0.036mg 0.048mg 1%
Protein 0.51g 1.21g 1%
Calcium 8mg 15mg 1%
Carbs 1.75g 3.35g 1%
Calories 11kcal 16kcal 0%
Fats 0.37g 0.18g 0%
Net carbs 1.45g 2.25g N/A
Sugar 1.26g 2.2g N/A
Vitamin E 0.12mg 0.12mg 0%
Vitamin A 8µg 10µg 0%
Selenium 0µg 0.2µg 0%
Saturated fat 0.052g 0.044g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.03g 0.016g 0%
Tryptophan 0.007mg 0.011mg 0%
Threonine 0.019mg 0.028mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.017mg 0.042mg 0%
Leucine 0.027mg 0.069mg 0%
Lysine 0.023mg 0.065mg 0%
Methionine 0.006mg 0.017mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.016mg 0.041mg 0%
Valine 0.022mg 0.053mg 0%
Histidine 0.01mg 0.025mg 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
3% 95%
Protein: 1.21 g
Fats: 0.18 g
Carbs: 3.35 g
Water: 94.64 g
Other: 0.62 g
Contains more FatsFats +105.6%
Contains more OtherOther +1091.9%
Contains more ProteinProtein +137.3%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +91.4%
~equal in Water ~94.64g

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
30% 11% 60%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.044 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.016 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.089 g
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +87.5%
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +120.2%
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -15.4%

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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. Summer squash - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170487/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.