Potato chips vs. Pretzel — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are potato chips and pretzel different?

Potato chips are richer in vitamin E, vitamin B6, vitamin C, and potassium, while pretzel is higher in iron, folate, manganese, and vitamin B1.
Potato chips cover your daily need for vitamin E, 58% more than pretzel.
Potato chips contain 28 times more saturated fat than pretzel. Potato chips contain 10.96g of saturated fat, while pretzel contains 0.391g.
Pretzel has a higher glycemic index (83) than potato chips (56).

Snacks, potato chips, plain, unsalted and Snacks, pretzels, hard, plain, salted 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.

Potato chips

Pretzel

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+131%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+471.7%
Contains more CopperCopper	+96.2%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+28.9%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-99.4%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+84.1%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+12.5%
Contains more IronIron	+181%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+130.7%

~equal in Zinc ~1.04mg

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.

Potato chips

Pretzel

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+1381%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+1838.3%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+24.8%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+791.9%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+689.3%
Contains more CholineCholine	+27.1%

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+153.9%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+68.5%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+37.7%
Contains more FolateFolate	+268.9%

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Polyunsaturated fat	12.17g	1.291g	73%
Vitamin E	9.11mg	0.47mg	58%
Sodium	8mg	1240mg	54%
Fats	34.6g	2.93g	49%
Saturated fat	10.96g	0.391g	48%
Vitamin B6	0.66mg	0.074mg	45%
Iron	1.63mg	4.58mg	37%
Vitamin C	31.1mg	2.1mg	32%
Potassium	1275mg	223mg	31%
Starch		72.58g	30%
Folate	45µg	166µg	30%
Manganese	0.44mg	1.015mg	25%
Monounsaturated fat	9.84g	0.727g	23%
Histidine	153mg	0.22mg	22%
Vitamin B1	0.167mg	0.424mg	21%
Copper	0.306mg	0.156mg	17%
Vitamin K	22.1µg	2.8µg	16%
Vitamin B2	0.197mg	0.332mg	10%
Magnesium	67mg	29mg	9%
Carbs	52.9g	80.39g	9%
Vitamin B3	3.827mg	5.27mg	9%
Calories	536kcal	384kcal	8%
Selenium	8.1µg	4.4µg	7%
Protein	7g	10.04g	6%
Fiber	4.8g	3.4g	6%
Phosphorus	165mg	128mg	5%
Vitamin B5	0.402mg	0.322mg	2%
Choline	37.5mg	29.5mg	1%
Net carbs	48.1g	76.99g	N/A
Calcium	24mg	27mg	0%
Sugar	0.22g	2.21g	N/A
Zinc	1.09mg	1.04mg	0%
Trans fat		0.004g	N/A
Tryptophan	0.108mg	0.097mg	0%
Threonine	0.253mg	0.25mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.283mg	0.407mg	0%
Leucine	0.419mg	0.757mg	0%
Lysine	0.424mg	0.257mg	0%
Methionine	0.11mg	0.177mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.31mg	0.52mg	0%
Valine	0.392mg	0.48mg	0%
Fructose		0.31g	0%
Omega-3 - ALA		0.063g	N/A
Omega-6 - Gamma-linoleic acid		0.001g	N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid		1.223g	N/A