Powerade vs. V8 juice — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are powerade and v8 juice different?

V8 juice has more vitamin C, vitamin A, and potassium than powerade.
Daily need coverage for vitamin C for v8 juice is 33% higher.
Powerade contains 2 times more sugar than v8 juice. While powerade contains 6.11g of sugar, v8 juice contains only 3.29g.
V8 juice has a lower glycemic index (43) than powerade (65).

Beverages, COCA-COLA, POWERADE, lemon-lime flavored, ready-to-drink and CAMPBELL'S, V8 100% Vegetable Juice are the varieties 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.

Powerade

V8 juice

Contains more ZincZinc	+∞%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+∞%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-75.7%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+1500%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+972.2%
Contains more IronIron	+233.3%

~equal in Magnesium ~mg

~equal in Copper ~mg

~equal in Manganese ~mg

~equal in Selenium ~µg

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.

Powerade

V8 juice

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+∞%

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C

+∞%

~equal in Vitamin A ~µg

~equal in Vitamin E ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~mg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

~equal in Folate ~µg

~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B6	153mg		11769%
Vitamin B12	0.91µg		38%
Vitamin C	0mg	29.6mg	33%
Vitamin B3	1.565mg		10%
Sodium	42mg	173mg	6%
Potassium	18mg	193mg	5%
Fructose	3.22g		4%
Iron	0.09mg	0.3mg	3%
Fiber	0g	0.8g	3%
Calcium	1mg	16mg	2%
Protein	0g	0.82g	2%
Vitamin B1	0.011mg		1%
Calories	32kcal	21kcal	1%
Carbs	7.84g	4.12g	1%
Fats	0.05g	0g	0%
Net carbs	7.84g	3.32g	N/A
Sugar	6.11g	3.29g	N/A
Zinc	0.01mg		0%
Phosphorus	1mg		0%
Saturated fat	0.008g	0g	0%
Monounsaturated fat	0.011g	0g	0%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.028g	0g	0%