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Red leaf lettuce vs. Cucumber — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Important differences between red leaf lettuce and cucumber

  • Cucumber has less vitamin A, vitamin K, iron, folate, and manganese.
  • Red leaf lettuce's daily need coverage for vitamin A is 148% more.
  • Red leaf lettuce has 9 times more vitamin K than cucumber. Red leaf lettuce has 140.3µg of vitamin K, while cucumber has 16.4µg.

The food varieties used in the comparison are Lettuce, red leaf, raw and Cucumber, with peel, 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 8.6% 9.9% 17% 45% 9.3% 5.5% 12% 3.3% 26% 8.2%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 9.3% 4.8% 13% 11% 14% 5.5% 10% 0.26% 10% 1.6%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +106.3%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +27.2%
Contains more IronIron +328.6%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +16.7%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +157%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +400%
Contains more CopperCopper +46.4%
Contains less SodiumSodium -92%
~equal in Magnesium ~13mg
~equal in Zinc ~0.2mg

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 12% 125% 3% 0% 16% 18% 6% 8.6% 23% 0% 351% 27% 6.4%
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 9.3% 1.7% 0.6% 0% 6.8% 7.6% 1.8% 16% 9.2% 0% 41% 5.3% 3.3%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +32.1%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +7400%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +400%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +137%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +133.3%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +227.6%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +150%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +755.5%
Contains more FolateFolate +414.3%
Contains more CholineCholine +96.7%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +79.9%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Red leaf lettuce Cucumber DV% diff.
Vitamin K 140.3µg 16.4µg 103%
Vitamin A 375µg 5µg 41%
Iron 1.2mg 0.28mg 12%
Folate 36µg 7µg 7%
Vitamin B6 0.1mg 0.04mg 5%
Manganese 0.203mg 0.079mg 5%
Vitamin B1 0.064mg 0.027mg 3%
Vitamin B2 0.077mg 0.033mg 3%
Vitamin B5 0.144mg 0.259mg 2%
Calcium 33mg 16mg 2%
Fiber 0.9g 0.5g 2%
Selenium 1.5µg 0.3µg 2%
Choline 11.8mg 6mg 1%
Vitamin B3 0.321mg 0.098mg 1%
Protein 1.33g 0.65g 1%
Vitamin E 0.15mg 0.03mg 1%
Fructose 0.28g 0.87g 1%
Sodium 25mg 2mg 1%
Potassium 187mg 147mg 1%
Phosphorus 28mg 24mg 1%
Vitamin C 3.7mg 2.8mg 1%
Copper 0.028mg 0.041mg 1%
Calories 16kcal 15kcal 0%
Fats 0.22g 0.11g 0%
Carbs 2.26g 3.63g 0%
Net carbs 1.36g 3.13g N/A
Magnesium 12mg 13mg 0%
Sugar 0.48g 1.67g N/A
Zinc 0.2mg 0.2mg 0%
Starch 0g 0.83g 0%
Saturated fat 0.017g 0.037g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.005g 0.005g 0%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.072g 0.032g 0%
Tryptophan 0.022mg 0.005mg 0%
Threonine 0.048mg 0.019mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.038mg 0.021mg 0%
Leucine 0.07mg 0.029mg 0%
Lysine 0.045mg 0.029mg 0%
Methionine 0.016mg 0.006mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.067mg 0.019mg 0%
Valine 0.048mg 0.022mg 0%
Histidine 0.019mg 0.01mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
2% 96%
Protein: 1.33 g
Fats: 0.22 g
Carbs: 2.26 g
Water: 95.64 g
Other: 0.55 g
4% 95%
Protein: 0.65 g
Fats: 0.11 g
Carbs: 3.63 g
Water: 95.23 g
Other: 0.38 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +104.6%
Contains more FatsFats +100%
Contains more OtherOther +44.7%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +60.6%
~equal in Water ~95.23g

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
18% 5% 77%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.017 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.005 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.072 g
50% 7% 43%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.037 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.005 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.032 g
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -54.1%
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +125%
~equal in Monounsaturated fat ~0.005g

Carbohydrate type comparison

Carbohydrate type breakdown side-by-side comparison
42% 58%
Starch: 0 g
Sucrose: 0 g
Glucose: 0.2 g
Fructose: 0.28 g
Lactose: 0 g
Maltose: 0 g
Galactose: 0 g
33% 30% 35%
Starch: 0.83 g
Sucrose: 0.03 g
Glucose: 0.76 g
Fructose: 0.87 g
Lactose: 0 g
Maltose: 0.01 g
Galactose: 0 g
Contains more StarchStarch +∞%
Contains more SucroseSucrose +∞%
Contains more GlucoseGlucose +280%
Contains more FructoseFructose +210.7%
Contains more MaltoseMaltose +∞%
~equal in Lactose ~0g
~equal in Galactose ~0g

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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. Red leaf lettuce - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168431/nutrients
  2. Cucumber - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168409/nutrients

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

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