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Lemongrass vs. Honey — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are lemongrass and honey different?

  • Lemongrass is higher than honey in manganese, iron, copper, potassium, zinc, folate, phosphorus, magnesium, vitamin B2, and vitamin B3.
  • Lemongrass covers your daily need for manganese, 224% more than honey.
  • Lemongrass contains 38 times more folate than honey. Lemongrass contains 75µg of folate, while honey contains 2µg.

Lemon grass (citronella), raw and Honey types were 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 43% 20% 64% 306% 89% 61% 43% 0.78% 681% 3.8%
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Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 1.4% 1.8% 4.6% 16% 12% 6% 1.7% 0.52% 10% 4.4%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +2900%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +983.3%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +1290.4%
Contains more IronIron +1845.2%
Contains more CopperCopper +638.9%
Contains more ZincZinc +913.6%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +2425%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +6430%
Contains less SodiumSodium -33.3%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +14.3%

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 8.7% 0% 0% 0% 16% 31% 21% 3% 18% 0% 0% 56% 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 1.7% 0% 0% 0% 0% 8.8% 2.3% 4.1% 5.5% 0% 0% 1.5% 1.2%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +420%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +255.3%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +809.9%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +233.3%
Contains more FolateFolate +3650%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +36%
~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin E ~0mg
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin K ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Lemongrass Honey DV% diff.
Manganese 5.224mg 0.08mg 224%
Iron 8.17mg 0.42mg 97%
Fructose 40.94g 51%
Copper 0.266mg 0.036mg 26%
Potassium 723mg 52mg 20%
Carbs 25.31g 82.4g 19%
Folate 75µg 2µg 18%
Zinc 2.23mg 0.22mg 18%
Phosphorus 101mg 4mg 14%
Magnesium 60mg 2mg 14%
Calories 99kcal 304kcal 10%
Vitamin B2 0.135mg 0.038mg 7%
Calcium 65mg 6mg 6%
Vitamin B3 1.101mg 0.121mg 6%
Vitamin B1 0.065mg 0mg 5%
Vitamin B6 0.08mg 0.024mg 4%
Protein 1.82g 0.3g 3%
Vitamin C 2.6mg 0.5mg 2%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.17g 0g 1%
Saturated fat 0.119g 0g 1%
Fats 0.49g 0g 1%
Fiber 0.2g 1%
Net carbs 25.31g 82.2g N/A
Sugar 82.12g N/A
Sodium 6mg 4mg 0%
Selenium 0.7µg 0.8µg 0%
Vitamin B5 0.05mg 0.068mg 0%
Choline 2.2mg 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.054g 0g 0%
Tryptophan 0.004mg 0%
Threonine 0.004mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.008mg 0%
Leucine 0.01mg 0%
Lysine 0.008mg 0%
Methionine 0.001mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.011mg 0%
Valine 0.009mg 0%
Histidine 0.001mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
2% 25% 71% 2%
Protein: 1.82 g
Fats: 0.49 g
Carbs: 25.31 g
Water: 70.58 g
Other: 1.8 g
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82% 17%
Protein: 0.3 g
Fats: 0 g
Carbs: 82.4 g
Water: 17.1 g
Other: 0.2 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +506.7%
Contains more FatsFats +∞%
Contains more WaterWater +312.7%
Contains more OtherOther +800%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +225.6%

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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. Lemongrass - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168573/nutrients
  2. Honey - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169640/nutrients

All the Daily Values are presented for males aged 31-50, for 2000-calorie diets.

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