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Hot sauce vs. Sweet potato — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on differences between hot sauce and sweet potato

  • Hot sauce is higher in vitamin C, yet sweet potato is higher in vitamin A, vitamin B5, copper, fiber, manganese, potassium, and phosphorus.
  • Sweet potato covers your daily vitamin A needs 280% more than hot sauce.
  • Hot sauce contains 48 times more sodium than sweet potato. While hot sauce contains 2643mg of sodium, sweet potato contains only 55mg.

Food varieties used in this article are Sauce, ready-to-serve, pepper or hot and Sweet potato, raw, unprepared.

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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 18% 9% 30% 23% 50% 8.2% 20% 7.2% 34% 3.3%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +400%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +275%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +134%
Contains more IronIron +27.1%
Contains more CopperCopper +439.3%
Contains more ZincZinc +172.7%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +327.3%
Contains less SodiumSodium -97.9%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +426.5%
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 8% 236% 5.2% 0% 20% 14% 10% 48% 48% 0% 4.5% 8.3% 6.7%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +3016.7%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +34.4%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +33.3%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +8762.5%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +116.7%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +116.7%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +119.3%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +627.3%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +33.1%
Contains more FolateFolate +83.3%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Hot sauce Sweet potato DV% diff.
Sodium 2643mg 55mg 113%
Vitamin C 74.8mg 2.4mg 80%
Vitamin A 8µg 709µg 78%
Vitamin B5 0.11mg 0.8mg 14%
Copper 0.028mg 0.151mg 14%
Fiber 0.3g 3g 11%
Manganese 0.049mg 0.258mg 9%
Carbs 1.75g 20.12g 6%
Potassium 144mg 337mg 6%
Starch 12.65g 5%
Magnesium 5mg 25mg 5%
Phosphorus 11mg 47mg 5%
Calories 11kcal 86kcal 4%
Vitamin B6 0.157mg 0.209mg 4%
Vitamin B1 0.036mg 0.078mg 4%
Zinc 0.11mg 0.3mg 2%
Protein 0.51g 1.57g 2%
Vitamin B3 0.254mg 0.557mg 2%
Vitamin B2 0.082mg 0.061mg 2%
Choline 12.3mg 2%
Calcium 8mg 30mg 2%
Iron 0.48mg 0.61mg 2%
Selenium 0µg 0.6µg 1%
Vitamin K 2.4µg 1.8µg 1%
Folate 6µg 11µg 1%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.196g 0.014g 1%
Vitamin E 0.12mg 0.26mg 1%
Fructose 0.7g 1%
Fats 0.37g 0.05g 0%
Net carbs 1.45g 17.12g N/A
Sugar 1.26g 4.18g N/A
Saturated fat 0.052g 0.018g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.03g 0.001g 0%
Tryptophan 0.007mg 0.031mg 0%
Threonine 0.019mg 0.083mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.017mg 0.055mg 0%
Leucine 0.027mg 0.092mg 0%
Lysine 0.023mg 0.066mg 0%
Methionine 0.006mg 0.029mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.016mg 0.089mg 0%
Valine 0.022mg 0.086mg 0%
Histidine 0.01mg 0.031mg 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
20% 77%
Protein: 1.57 g
Fats: 0.05 g
Carbs: 20.12 g
Water: 77.28 g
Other: 0.98 g
Contains more FatsFats +640%
Contains more WaterWater +16.4%
Contains more OtherOther +654.1%
Contains more ProteinProtein +207.8%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +1049.7%

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
55% 3% 42%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.018 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.001 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.014 g
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +2900%
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +1300%
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -65.4%

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. Sweet potato - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168482/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.