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Olive vs. Sugar — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are olive and sugar different?

  • Olive is higher than sugar in iron, copper, fiber, vitamin E, calcium, vitamin A, and monounsaturated fat.
  • Olive covers your daily need for iron, 41% more than sugar.
  • Sugar is lower in saturated fat.

Olives, ripe, canned (small-extra large) and Sugars, granulated 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.
Olive
9
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 2.9% 26% 0.71% 124% 84% 6% 1.3% 96% 2.6% 4.9%
Sugar
1
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 0% 0.3% 0.18% 1.9% 2.3% 0.27% 0% 0.13% 0.52% 3.3%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +∞%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +8700%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +300%
Contains more IronIron +6500%
Contains more CopperCopper +3485.7%
Contains more ZincZinc +2100%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +∞%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +400%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +50%
Contains less SodiumSodium -99.9%

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.
Olive
9
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 3% 6.7% 33% 0% 0.75% 0% 0.69% 0.9% 2.1% 0% 3.5% 0% 5.6%
Sugar
1
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% 0% 0% 4.4% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +∞%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +∞%
Contains more CholineCholine +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +∞%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg
~equal in Folate ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Olive Sugar DV% diff.
Iron 3.3mg 0.05mg 41%
Sodium 735mg 1mg 32%
Carbs 6.26g 99.98g 31%
Copper 0.251mg 0.007mg 27%
Monounsaturated fat 7.888g 0g 20%
Fats 10.68g 0g 16%
Calories 115kcal 387kcal 14%
Fiber 3.2g 0g 13%
Vitamin E 1.65mg 0mg 11%
Calcium 88mg 1mg 9%
Saturated fat 1.415g 0g 6%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.911g 0g 6%
Choline 10.3mg 0mg 2%
Protein 0.84g 0g 2%
Zinc 0.22mg 0.01mg 2%
Vitamin A 20µg 0µg 2%
Vitamin K 1.4µg 0µg 1%
Vitamin B6 0.009mg 0mg 1%
Vitamin B2 0mg 0.019mg 1%
Selenium 0.9µg 0.6µg 1%
Vitamin C 0.9mg 0mg 1%
Magnesium 4mg 0mg 1%
Manganese 0.02mg 0.004mg 1%
Net carbs 3.06g 99.98g N/A
Potassium 8mg 2mg 0%
Sugar 0g 99.8g N/A
Phosphorus 3mg 0mg 0%
Vitamin B1 0.003mg 0mg 0%
Vitamin B3 0.037mg 0mg 0%
Vitamin B5 0.015mg 0mg 0%
Threonine 0.026mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.031mg 0%
Leucine 0.05mg 0%
Lysine 0.032mg 0%
Methionine 0.012mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.029mg 0%
Valine 0.038mg 0%
Histidine 0.023mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
Olive
4
11% 6% 80% 2%
Protein: 0.84 g
Fats: 10.68 g
Carbs: 6.26 g
Water: 79.99 g
Other: 2.23 g
Sugar
1
100%
Protein: 0 g
Fats: 0 g
Carbs: 99.98 g
Water: 0.02 g
Other: 0 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +∞%
Contains more FatsFats +∞%
Contains more WaterWater +399850%
Contains more OtherOther +∞%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +1497.1%

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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. Olive - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169094/nutrients
  2. Sugar - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169655/nutrients

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

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