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Pumpkin leaves vs. Vine spinach (basella) — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on differences between pumpkin leaves and vine spinach (basella)

  • Pumpkin leaves are higher in iron and phosphorus, yet vine spinach (basella) is higher in vitamin A, vitamin C, folate, manganese, calcium, and magnesium.
  • Vine spinach (basella) covers your daily vitamin A needs 121% more than pumpkin leaves.
  • Pumpkin leaves contain 2 times more phosphorus than vine spinach (basella). While pumpkin leaves contain 104mg of phosphorus, vine spinach (basella) contains only 52mg.

Food varieties used in this article are Pumpkin leaves, raw and Vinespinach, (basella), 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 27% 12% 38% 83% 44% 5.5% 45% 1.4% 46% 4.9%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 46% 33% 45% 45% 36% 12% 22% 3.1% 96% 4.4%
Contains more IronIron +85%
Contains more CopperCopper +24.3%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +100%
Contains less SodiumSodium -54.2%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +12.5%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +71.1%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +179.5%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +17%
Contains more ZincZinc +115%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +107%

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 37% 32% 0% 0% 24% 30% 17% 2.5% 48% 0% 0% 27% 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 340% 133% 0% 0% 13% 36% 9.4% 3.2% 55% 0% 0% 105% 0%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +88%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +84%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +827.3%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +312.4%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +21.1%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +26.2%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +15.9%
Contains more FolateFolate +288.9%
~equal in Vitamin E ~mg
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin K ~µg
~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Pumpkin leaves Vine spinach (basella) DV% diff.
Vitamin C 11mg 102mg 101%
Vitamin A 97µg 400µg 34%
Folate 36µg 140µg 26%
Manganese 0.355mg 0.735mg 17%
Iron 2.22mg 1.2mg 13%
Phosphorus 104mg 52mg 7%
Calcium 39mg 109mg 7%
Magnesium 38mg 65mg 6%
Vitamin B1 0.094mg 0.05mg 4%
Copper 0.133mg 0.107mg 3%
Vitamin B6 0.207mg 0.24mg 3%
Vitamin B3 0.92mg 0.5mg 3%
Protein 3.15g 1.8g 3%
Vitamin B2 0.128mg 0.155mg 2%
Zinc 0.2mg 0.43mg 2%
Potassium 436mg 510mg 2%
Sodium 11mg 24mg 1%
Saturated fat 0.207g 1%
Calories 19kcal 19kcal 0%
Fats 0.4g 0.3g 0%
Carbs 2.33g 3.4g 0%
Net carbs 2.33g 3.4g N/A
Selenium 0.9µg 0.8µg 0%
Vitamin B5 0.042mg 0.053mg 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.052g 0%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.022g 0%
Tryptophan 0.041mg 0.028mg 0%
Threonine 0.156mg 0.055mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.156mg 0.053mg 0%
Leucine 0.318mg 0.101mg 0%
Lysine 0.2mg 0.086mg 0%
Methionine 0.054mg 0.019mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.171mg 0.085mg 0%
Valine 0.181mg 0.065mg 0%
Histidine 0.05mg 0.039mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
3% 2% 93%
Protein: 3.15 g
Fats: 0.4 g
Carbs: 2.33 g
Water: 92.88 g
Other: 1.24 g
2% 3% 93%
Protein: 1.8 g
Fats: 0.3 g
Carbs: 3.4 g
Water: 93.1 g
Other: 1.4 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +75%
Contains more FatsFats +33.3%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +45.9%
Contains more OtherOther +12.9%
~equal in Water ~93.1g

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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. Pumpkin leaves - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169272/nutrients
  2. Vine spinach (basella) - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170474/nutrients

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

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