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Lemongrass vs. Flour — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Summary of differences between lemongrass and flour

  • Lemongrass has more manganese, iron, potassium, zinc, and copper, while flour has more selenium, vitamin B1, vitamin B3, vitamin B2, and folate.
  • Lemongrass covers your daily need for manganese, 197% more than flour.
  • Lemongrass contains 7 times more potassium than flour. While lemongrass contains 723mg of potassium, flour contains only 107mg.

These are the specific foods used in this comparison Lemon grass (citronella), raw and Wheat flour, white, all-purpose, enriched, bleached.

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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%
Flour
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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% 4.5% 9.4% 174% 48% 19% 46% 0.26% 89% 185%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +172.7%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +333.3%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +575.7%
Contains more IronIron +76.1%
Contains more CopperCopper +84.7%
Contains more ZincZinc +218.6%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +666%
Contains less SodiumSodium -66.7%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +4742.9%
~equal in Phosphorus ~108mg

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%
Flour
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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 0% 0% 1.2% 0% 196% 114% 111% 26% 10% 0% 0.75% 137% 5.7%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +81.8%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +1107.7%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +265.9%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +436.2%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +776%
Contains more FolateFolate +144%
~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Lemongrass Flour DV% diff.
Manganese 5.224mg 0.682mg 197%
Vitamin B1 0.065mg 0.785mg 60%
Selenium 0.7µg 33.9µg 60%
Iron 8.17mg 4.64mg 44%
Vitamin B3 1.101mg 5.904mg 30%
Vitamin B2 0.135mg 0.494mg 28%
Folate 75µg 183µg 27%
Potassium 723mg 107mg 18%
Carbs 25.31g 76.31g 17%
Protein 1.82g 10.33g 17%
Copper 0.266mg 0.144mg 14%
Zinc 2.23mg 0.7mg 14%
Calories 99kcal 364kcal 13%
Fiber 2.7g 11%
Magnesium 60mg 22mg 9%
Vitamin B5 0.05mg 0.438mg 8%
Calcium 65mg 15mg 5%
Vitamin C 2.6mg 0mg 3%
Vitamin B6 0.08mg 0.044mg 3%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.17g 0.413g 2%
Choline 10.4mg 2%
Fats 0.49g 0.98g 1%
Phosphorus 101mg 108mg 1%
Net carbs 25.31g 73.61g N/A
Sugar 0.27g N/A
Sodium 6mg 2mg 0%
Vitamin E 0.06mg 0%
Vitamin K 0.3µg 0%
Saturated fat 0.119g 0.155g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.054g 0.087g 0%
Tryptophan 0.127mg 0%
Threonine 0.281mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.357mg 0%
Leucine 0.71mg 0%
Lysine 0.228mg 0%
Methionine 0.183mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.52mg 0%
Valine 0.415mg 0%
Histidine 0.23mg 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
Flour
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10% 76% 12%
Protein: 10.33 g
Fats: 0.98 g
Carbs: 76.31 g
Water: 11.92 g
Other: 0.46 g
Contains more WaterWater +492.1%
Contains more OtherOther +291.3%
Contains more ProteinProtein +467.6%
Contains more FatsFats +100%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +201.5%

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
35% 16% 50%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.119 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.054 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.17 g
Flour
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24% 13% 63%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.155 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.087 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.413 g
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -23.2%
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +61.1%
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +142.9%

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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. Flour - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168894/nutrients

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

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