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Pickled cucumber vs. Potato — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Summary of differences between pickled cucumber and potatoes

  • Pickled cucumber has more vitamin K, while potatoes have more vitamin B6, vitamin C, potassium, manganese, vitamin B1, vitamin B3, phosphorus, and vitamin B5.
  • Pickled cucumber covers your daily need for sodium, 52% more than potatoes.
  • Pickled cucumber contains 24 times more vitamin K than potatoes. While pickled cucumber contains 47µg of vitamin K, potatoes contain only 2µg.
  • The amount of sodium in potatoes is lower.
  • Pickled cucumber has a lower glycemic index. The glycemic index of pickled cucumber is 32, while the glycemic index of potatoes is 86.

These are the specific foods used in this comparison Pickles, cucumber, sour and Potatoes, flesh, and skin, 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 2.9% 0% 2% 15% 28% 0.55% 6% 158% 1.4% 0%
Potato
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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% 3.6% 38% 30% 37% 8.2% 24% 0.78% 26% 2.2%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +475%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +∞%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +1747.8%
Contains more IronIron +102.5%
Contains more CopperCopper +29.4%
Contains more ZincZinc +1400%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +307.1%
Contains less SodiumSodium -99.5%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +1718.2%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +∞%

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 3.3% 3.3% 1.8% 0% 0% 2.3% 0% 2.3% 2.1% 0% 118% 0.75% 2%
Potato
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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 66% 0% 0.2% 0% 20% 7.4% 20% 18% 69% 0% 5% 11% 6.6%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +800%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +2250%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +1870%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +220%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +676.3%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +3211.1%
Contains more FolateFolate +1400%
Contains more CholineCholine +236.1%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Pickled cucumber Potato DV% diff.
Sodium 1208mg 6mg 52%
Vitamin K 47µg 2µg 38%
Vitamin B6 0.009mg 0.298mg 22%
Vitamin C 1mg 19.7mg 21%
Potassium 23mg 425mg 12%
Manganese 0.011mg 0.2mg 8%
Vitamin B3 0mg 1.061mg 7%
Vitamin B1 0mg 0.081mg 7%
Starch 15.29g 6%
Phosphorus 14mg 57mg 6%
Carbs 2.26g 17.49g 5%
Magnesium 4mg 23mg 5%
Iron 0.4mg 0.81mg 5%
Vitamin B5 0.038mg 0.295mg 5%
Folate 1µg 15µg 4%
Fiber 1.2g 2.1g 4%
Protein 0.33g 2.05g 3%
Calories 11kcal 77kcal 3%
Zinc 0.02mg 0.3mg 3%
Copper 0.085mg 0.11mg 3%
Vitamin B2 0.01mg 0.032mg 2%
Choline 3.6mg 12.1mg 2%
Vitamin E 0.09mg 0.01mg 1%
Vitamin A 10µg 0µg 1%
Selenium 0µg 0.4µg 1%
Calcium 0mg 12mg 1%
Fats 0.2g 0.09g 0%
Net carbs 1.06g 15.39g N/A
Sugar 1.06g 0.82g N/A
Saturated fat 0.052g 0.025g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.003g 0.002g 0%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.081g 0.042g 0%
Tryptophan 0.003mg 0.021mg 0%
Threonine 0.009mg 0.067mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.01mg 0.066mg 0%
Leucine 0.014mg 0.098mg 0%
Lysine 0.014mg 0.107mg 0%
Methionine 0.003mg 0.032mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.009mg 0.081mg 0%
Valine 0.011mg 0.103mg 0%
Histidine 0.005mg 0.035mg 0%
Fructose 0.26g 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
2% 94% 3%
Protein: 0.33 g
Fats: 0.2 g
Carbs: 2.26 g
Water: 94.08 g
Other: 3.13 g
Potato
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2% 17% 79%
Protein: 2.05 g
Fats: 0.09 g
Carbs: 17.49 g
Water: 79.25 g
Other: 1.12 g
Contains more FatsFats +122.2%
Contains more WaterWater +18.7%
Contains more OtherOther +179.5%
Contains more ProteinProtein +521.2%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +673.9%

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
38% 2% 60%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.052 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.003 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.081 g
Potato
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36% 3% 61%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.025 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.002 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.042 g
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +50%
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +92.9%
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -51.9%

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. Pickled cucumber - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169379/nutrients
  2. Potato - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170026/nutrients

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

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