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Parsley vs. Sugar — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Important differences between parsley and sugar

  • Sugar has less vitamin K, vitamin A, vitamin C, iron, folate, potassium, copper, calcium, fiber, and magnesium.
  • Parsley's daily need coverage for vitamin K is 1367% more.
  • Sugar has a higher glycemic index than parsley.

The food varieties used in the comparison are Parsley, fresh and Sugars, granulated.

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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 36% 41% 49% 233% 50% 29% 25% 7.3% 21% 0.55%
Sugar
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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 +13700%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +27600%
Contains more IronIron +12300%
Contains more CopperCopper +2028.6%
Contains more ZincZinc +10600%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +∞%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +3900%
Contains less SodiumSodium -98.2%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +500%

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.
Parsley
11
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 443% 140% 15% 0% 22% 23% 25% 24% 21% 0% 4100% 114% 7%
Sugar
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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% 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 B2Vitamin B2 +415.8%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +∞%
Contains more FolateFolate +∞%
Contains more CholineCholine +∞%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Parsley Sugar DV% diff.
Vitamin K 1640µg 0µg 1367%
Vitamin C 133mg 0mg 148%
Iron 6.2mg 0.05mg 77%
Vitamin A 421µg 0µg 47%
Folate 152µg 0µg 38%
Carbs 6.33g 99.98g 31%
Calories 36kcal 387kcal 18%
Copper 0.149mg 0.007mg 16%
Potassium 554mg 2mg 16%
Calcium 138mg 1mg 14%
Fiber 3.3g 0g 13%
Magnesium 50mg 0mg 12%
Zinc 1.07mg 0.01mg 10%
Vitamin B3 1.313mg 0mg 8%
Phosphorus 58mg 0mg 8%
Vitamin B5 0.4mg 0mg 8%
Vitamin B6 0.09mg 0mg 7%
Vitamin B1 0.086mg 0mg 7%
Manganese 0.16mg 0.004mg 7%
Protein 2.97g 0g 6%
Vitamin B2 0.098mg 0.019mg 6%
Vitamin E 0.75mg 0mg 5%
Choline 12.8mg 0mg 2%
Sodium 56mg 1mg 2%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.124g 0g 1%
Selenium 0.1µg 0.6µg 1%
Saturated fat 0.132g 0g 1%
Monounsaturated fat 0.295g 0g 1%
Fats 0.79g 0g 1%
Net carbs 3.03g 99.98g N/A
Sugar 0.85g 99.8g N/A
Tryptophan 0.045mg 0%
Threonine 0.122mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.118mg 0%
Leucine 0.204mg 0%
Lysine 0.181mg 0%
Methionine 0.042mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.145mg 0%
Valine 0.172mg 0%
Histidine 0.061mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
3% 6% 88% 2%
Protein: 2.97 g
Fats: 0.79 g
Carbs: 6.33 g
Water: 87.71 g
Other: 2.2 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 +438450%
Contains more OtherOther +∞%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +1479.5%

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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. Parsley - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170416/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.

Data provided by FoodStruct.com should be considered and used as information only. Please consult your physician before beginning any diet.