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Hot sauce vs. Watercress — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are hot sauce and watercress different?

  • Hot sauce is higher in vitamin C; however, watercress is richer in vitamin K, vitamin A, calcium, manganese, phosphorus, vitamin E, potassium, and copper.
  • Daily need coverage for vitamin K for watercress is 206% higher.
  • Hot sauce contains 64 times more sodium than watercress. While hot sauce contains 2643mg of sodium, watercress contains only 41mg.

Sauce, ready-to-serve, pepper or hot and Watercress, 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 15% 36% 29% 7.5% 26% 3% 26% 5.3% 32% 4.9%
Contains more IronIron +140%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +320%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +1400%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +129.2%
Contains more CopperCopper +175%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +445.5%
Contains less SodiumSodium -98.4%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +398%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +∞%
~equal in Zinc ~0.11mg

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 143% 53% 20% 0% 23% 28% 3.8% 19% 30% 0% 625% 6.8% 4.9%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +74%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +27%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +21.7%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +1900%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +733.3%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +150%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +46.3%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +181.8%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +10316.7%
Contains more FolateFolate +50%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Hot sauce Watercress DV% diff.
Vitamin K 2.4µg 250µg 206%
Sodium 2643mg 41mg 113%
Vitamin C 74.8mg 43mg 35%
Vitamin A 8µg 160µg 17%
Calcium 8mg 120mg 11%
Manganese 0.049mg 0.244mg 8%
Phosphorus 11mg 60mg 7%
Vitamin E 0.12mg 1mg 6%
Vitamin B1 0.036mg 0.09mg 5%
Potassium 144mg 330mg 5%
Copper 0.028mg 0.077mg 5%
Protein 0.51g 2.3g 4%
Magnesium 5mg 21mg 4%
Iron 0.48mg 0.2mg 4%
Vitamin B5 0.11mg 0.31mg 4%
Vitamin B2 0.082mg 0.12mg 3%
Vitamin B6 0.157mg 0.129mg 2%
Choline 9mg 2%
Selenium 0µg 0.9µg 2%
Folate 6µg 9µg 1%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.196g 0.035g 1%
Fiber 0.3g 0.5g 1%
Calories 11kcal 11kcal 0%
Fats 0.37g 0.1g 0%
Carbs 1.75g 1.29g 0%
Net carbs 1.45g 0.79g N/A
Sugar 1.26g 0.2g N/A
Zinc 0.11mg 0.11mg 0%
Vitamin B3 0.254mg 0.2mg 0%
Saturated fat 0.052g 0.027g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.03g 0.008g 0%
Tryptophan 0.007mg 0.03mg 0%
Threonine 0.019mg 0.133mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.017mg 0.093mg 0%
Leucine 0.027mg 0.166mg 0%
Lysine 0.023mg 0.134mg 0%
Methionine 0.006mg 0.02mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.016mg 0.114mg 0%
Valine 0.022mg 0.137mg 0%
Histidine 0.01mg 0.04mg 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
2% 95%
Protein: 2.3 g
Fats: 0.1 g
Carbs: 1.29 g
Water: 95.11 g
Other: 1.2 g
Contains more FatsFats +270%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +35.7%
Contains more OtherOther +515.8%
Contains more ProteinProtein +351%
~equal in Water ~95.11g

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
39% 11% 50%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.027 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.008 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.035 g
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +275%
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +460%
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -48.1%

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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. Watercress - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170068/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.