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Pico de gallo vs. Hot sauce — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on differences between pico de gallo and hot sauce

  • Hot sauce is higher than pico de gallo in vitamin C and iron.
  • Hot sauce covers your daily sodium needs 95% more than pico de gallo.
  • Pico de gallo contains 5 times more sugar than hot sauce. While pico de gallo contains 6.25g of sugar, hot sauce contains only 1.26g.

Food varieties used in this article are PACE, Pico De Gallo and Sauce, ready-to-serve, pepper or hot.

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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 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 61% 0% 0%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 3.6% 2.4% 13% 18% 9.3% 3% 4.7% 345% 6.4% 0%
Contains less SodiumSodium -82.3%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +∞%
Contains more IronIron +∞%
~equal in Selenium ~0µg

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 13% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 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 249% 2.7% 2.4% 0% 9% 19% 4.8% 6.6% 36% 0% 6% 4.5% 0%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +1868.4%
~equal in Vitamin D ~µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg
~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Pico de gallo Hot sauce DV% diff.
Sodium 469mg 2643mg 95%
Vitamin C 3.8mg 74.8mg 79%
Vitamin B6 0.157mg 12%
Vitamin B2 0.082mg 6%
Iron 0mg 0.48mg 6%
Potassium 144mg 4%
Copper 0.028mg 3%
Vitamin B1 0.036mg 3%
Carbs 9.38g 1.75g 3%
Manganese 0.049mg 2%
Vitamin K 2.4µg 2%
Vitamin B5 0.11mg 2%
Vitamin B3 0.254mg 2%
Folate 6µg 2%
Phosphorus 11mg 2%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.196g 1%
Protein 0g 0.51g 1%
Calories 31kcal 11kcal 1%
Vitamin E 0.12mg 1%
Calcium 0mg 8mg 1%
Vitamin A 8µg 1%
Magnesium 5mg 1%
Fats 0g 0.37g 1%
Fiber 0.3g 1%
Zinc 0.11mg 1%
Net carbs 9.38g 1.45g N/A
Sugar 6.25g 1.26g N/A
Saturated fat 0g 0.052g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.03g 0%
Tryptophan 0.007mg 0%
Threonine 0.019mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.017mg 0%
Leucine 0.027mg 0%
Lysine 0.023mg 0%
Methionine 0.006mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.016mg 0%
Valine 0.022mg 0%
Histidine 0.01mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
9% 88% 3%
Protein: 0 g
Fats: 0 g
Carbs: 9.38 g
Water: 88 g
Other: 2.62 g
2% 90% 7%
Protein: 0.51 g
Fats: 0.37 g
Carbs: 1.75 g
Water: 89.98 g
Other: 7.39 g
Contains more CarbsCarbs +436%
Contains more ProteinProtein +∞%
Contains more FatsFats +∞%
Contains more OtherOther +182.1%
~equal in Water ~89.98g

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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. Hot sauce - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/174527/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.