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Purslane vs. Rapini — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Summary of differences between purslane and rapini

  • Purslane has more magnesium, potassium, and copper; however, rapini is higher in vitamin A, folate, vitamin B1, vitamin B6, vitamin B5, and zinc.
  • Rapini covers your daily need for vitamin A, 26% more than purslane.
  • Purslane has 3 times more magnesium than rapini. While purslane has 68mg of magnesium, rapini has only 22mg.

These are the specific foods used in this comparison Purslane, raw and Broccoli raab, 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 49% 20% 44% 75% 38% 4.6% 19% 5.9% 40% 4.9%
Rapini
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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% 32% 17% 80% 14% 21% 31% 4.3% 52% 5.5%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +209.1%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +152%
Contains more CopperCopper +169%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +66.2%
Contains more ZincZinc +352.9%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +65.9%
Contains less SodiumSodium -26.7%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +30.4%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +11.1%
~equal in Iron ~2.14mg

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 70% 0% 0% 0% 12% 26% 9% 2.2% 17% 0% 0% 9% 7%
Rapini
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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 67% 44% 32% 0% 41% 30% 23% 19% 39% 0% 560% 62% 10%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +244.7%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +15.2%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +154.4%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +794.4%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +134.2%
Contains more FolateFolate +591.7%
Contains more CholineCholine +43%
~equal in Vitamin C ~20.2mg
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Purslane Rapini DV% diff.
Vitamin K 224µg 187%
Folate 12µg 83µg 18%
Vitamin A 131µg 15%
Fiber 2.7g 11%
Magnesium 68mg 22mg 11%
Vitamin E 1.62mg 11%
Vitamin B1 0.047mg 0.162mg 10%
Potassium 494mg 196mg 9%
Copper 0.113mg 0.042mg 8%
Vitamin B6 0.073mg 0.171mg 8%
Vitamin B5 0.036mg 0.322mg 6%
Zinc 0.17mg 0.77mg 5%
Vitamin B3 0.48mg 1.221mg 5%
Calcium 65mg 108mg 4%
Phosphorus 44mg 73mg 4%
Manganese 0.303mg 0.395mg 4%
Iron 1.99mg 2.14mg 2%
Protein 2.03g 3.17g 2%
Choline 12.8mg 18.3mg 1%
Sodium 45mg 33mg 1%
Vitamin C 21mg 20.2mg 1%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.13g 1%
Vitamin B2 0.112mg 0.129mg 1%
Calories 20kcal 22kcal 0%
Fats 0.36g 0.49g 0%
Carbs 3.39g 2.85g 0%
Net carbs 3.39g 0.15g N/A
Sugar 0.38g N/A
Selenium 0.9µg 1µg 0%
Saturated fat 0.05g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.026g 0%
Tryptophan 0.043mg 0%
Threonine 0.106mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.104mg 0%
Leucine 0.17mg 0%
Lysine 0.198mg 0%
Methionine 0.048mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.128mg 0%
Valine 0.153mg 0%
Histidine 0.066mg 0%
Fructose 0.17g 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
2% 3% 93%
Protein: 2.03 g
Fats: 0.36 g
Carbs: 3.39 g
Water: 92.86 g
Other: 1.36 g
Rapini
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3% 3% 93%
Protein: 3.17 g
Fats: 0.49 g
Carbs: 2.85 g
Water: 92.55 g
Other: 0.94 g
Contains more CarbsCarbs +18.9%
Contains more OtherOther +44.7%
Contains more ProteinProtein +56.2%
Contains more FatsFats +36.1%
~equal in Water ~92.55g

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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. Purslane - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169274/nutrients
  2. Rapini - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170381/nutrients

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

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