Minestrone vs. Summer squash — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Differences between minestrone and summer squash

Minestrone is higher in vitamin A; however, summer squash is richer in vitamin C, vitamin B6, and vitamin B2.
Summer squash's daily need coverage for vitamin C is 18% higher.
Minestrone has 127 times more sodium than summer squash. While minestrone has 254mg of sodium, summer squash has only 2mg.
Summer squash has a lower glycemic index (13) than minestrone (47).

The food types used in this comparison are Soup, minestrone, canned, prepared with equal volume water and Squash, summer, all varieties, raw.

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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.

Minestrone

Summer squash

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+466.7%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+101.5%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+65.2%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-99.2%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+15.1%

~equal in Calcium ~15mg

~equal in Iron ~0.35mg

~equal in Copper ~0.051mg

~equal in Zinc ~0.29mg

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.

Minestrone

Summer squash

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A

+390%

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+3300%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+118.2%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+688.9%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+24.6%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+10.7%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+431.7%
Contains more FolateFolate	+93.3%

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin C	0.5mg	17mg	18%
Vitamin B6	0.041mg	0.218mg	14%
Sodium	254mg	2mg	11%
Vitamin B2	0.018mg	0.142mg	10%
Vitamin A	49µg	10µg	4%
Folate	15µg	29µg	4%
Potassium	130mg	262mg	4%
Magnesium	3mg	17mg	3%
Vitamin K		3µg	3%
Fiber	0.4g	1.1g	3%
Phosphorus	23mg	38mg	2%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.46g	0.089g	2%
Vitamin B1	0.022mg	0.048mg	2%
Choline		6.7mg	1%
Protein	1.77g	1.21g	1%
Saturated fat	0.23g	0.044g	1%
Vitamin B3	0.391mg	0.487mg	1%
Monounsaturated fat	0.29g	0.016g	1%
Calories	34kcal	16kcal	1%
Manganese	0.152mg	0.175mg	1%
Fats	1.04g	0.18g	1%
Fructose		0.95g	1%
Vitamin E		0.12mg	1%
Net carbs	4.26g	2.25g	N/A
Carbs	4.66g	3.35g	0%
Cholesterol	1mg	0mg	0%
Calcium	14mg	15mg	0%
Iron	0.38mg	0.35mg	0%
Sugar		2.2g	N/A
Copper	0.051mg	0.051mg	0%
Zinc	0.31mg	0.29mg	0%
Selenium		0.2µg	0%
Vitamin B5	0.14mg	0.155mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.013mg	0.011mg	0%
Threonine	0.043mg	0.028mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.054mg	0.042mg	0%
Leucine	0.098mg	0.069mg	0%
Lysine	0.076mg	0.065mg	0%
Methionine	0.018mg	0.017mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.064mg	0.041mg	0%
Valine	0.074mg	0.053mg	0%
Histidine	0.03mg	0.025mg	0%