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Shiitake vs. Garden cress — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Differences between shiitake and garden cress

  • Shiitake has more vitamin B5, vitamin B3, selenium, zinc, and fiber, while garden cress has more folate, manganese, iron, potassium, and calcium.
  • Shiitake's daily need coverage for vitamin B5 is 25% higher.
  • Garden cress contains 6 times less selenium than shiitake. Shiitake contains 5.7µg of selenium, while garden cress contains 0.9µg.

The food types used in this comparison are Mushrooms, shiitake, raw and Cress, garden, 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.
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 14% 0.6% 27% 15% 47% 28% 48% 1.2% 30% 31%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 27% 24% 53% 49% 57% 6.3% 33% 1.8% 72% 4.9%
Contains more ZincZinc +347.8%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +47.4%
Contains less SodiumSodium -35.7%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +533.3%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +90%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +3950%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +99.3%
Contains more IronIron +217.1%
Contains more CopperCopper +19.7%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +140.4%

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 0% 0% 0% 6% 3.8% 50% 73% 90% 68% 0% 0% 9.8% 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 230% 115% 14% 0% 20% 60% 19% 15% 57% 0% 1355% 60% 11%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +287.7%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +519.8%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +18.6%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +433.3%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +19.8%
Contains more FolateFolate +515.4%
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Shiitake Garden cress DV% diff.
Vitamin K 541.9µg 452%
Vitamin C 69mg 77%
Vitamin A 346µg 38%
Vitamin B5 1.5mg 0.242mg 25%
Vitamin B3 3.877mg 1mg 18%
Folate 13µg 80µg 17%
Manganese 0.23mg 0.553mg 14%
Iron 0.41mg 1.3mg 11%
Selenium 5.7µg 0.9µg 9%
Potassium 304mg 606mg 9%
Calcium 2mg 81mg 8%
Zinc 1.03mg 0.23mg 7%
Fiber 2.5g 1.1g 6%
Vitamin B1 0.015mg 0.08mg 5%
Vitamin E 0.7mg 5%
Phosphorus 112mg 76mg 5%
Choline 19.5mg 4%
Vitamin B6 0.293mg 0.247mg 4%
Magnesium 20mg 38mg 4%
Vitamin B2 0.217mg 0.26mg 3%
Copper 0.142mg 0.17mg 3%
Vitamin D 18IU 0IU 2%
Vitamin D 0.4µg 0µg 2%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.228g 2%
Monounsaturated fat 0.239g 1%
Protein 2.24g 2.6g 1%
Calories 34kcal 32kcal 0%
Fats 0.49g 0.7g 0%
Carbs 6.79g 5.5g 0%
Net carbs 4.29g 4.4g N/A
Sugar 2.38g 4.4g N/A
Sodium 9mg 14mg 0%
Saturated fat 0.023g 0%
Tryptophan 0.011mg 0%
Threonine 0.134mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.111mg 0%
Leucine 0.189mg 0%
Lysine 0.134mg 0%
Methionine 0.033mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.111mg 0%
Valine 0.145mg 0%
Histidine 0.056mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
2% 7% 90%
Protein: 2.24 g
Fats: 0.49 g
Carbs: 6.79 g
Water: 89.74 g
Other: 0.74 g
3% 6% 89% 2%
Protein: 2.6 g
Fats: 0.7 g
Carbs: 5.5 g
Water: 89.4 g
Other: 1.8 g
Contains more CarbsCarbs +23.5%
Contains more ProteinProtein +16.1%
Contains more FatsFats +42.9%
Contains more OtherOther +143.2%
~equal in Water ~89.4g

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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. Shiitake - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169242/nutrients
  2. Garden cress - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168407/nutrients

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

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