Brown rice vs. Arborio rice — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Significant differences between brown rice and arborio rice

Brown rice has more manganese, phosphorus, magnesium, and vitamin B3; however, arborio rice is richer in folate and iron.
Brown rice covers your daily manganese needs 27% more than arborio rice.
Arborio rice has 5 times less magnesium than brown rice. Brown rice has 39mg of magnesium, while arborio rice has 8mg.

Specific food types used in this comparison are Rice, brown, long-grain, cooked and Rice, white, short-grain, enriched, cooked.

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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.

Brown rice

Arborio rice

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+387.5%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+200%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+230.8%
Contains more CopperCopper	+47.2%
Contains more ZincZinc	+77.5%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+212.1%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+172.8%

Contains more IronIron	+160.7%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-100%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+29.3%

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.

Brown rice

Arborio rice

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+331.3%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+71.5%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+108.5%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+∞%
Contains more CholineCholine	+∞%

Contains more FolateFolate

+555.6%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0.164mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0.397mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Manganese	0.974mg	0.357mg	27%
Folate	9µg	59µg	13%
Iron	0.56mg	1.46mg	11%
Phosphorus	103mg	33mg	10%
Starch	24.79g		10%
Vitamin B3	2.561mg	1.493mg	7%
Magnesium	39mg	8mg	7%
Fiber	1.6g		6%
Vitamin B6	0.123mg	0.059mg	5%
Vitamin B2	0.069mg	0.016mg	4%
Copper	0.106mg	0.072mg	4%
Selenium	5.8µg	7.5µg	3%
Zinc	0.71mg	0.4mg	3%
Potassium	86mg	26mg	2%
Choline	9.2mg		2%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.366g	0.05g	2%
Saturated fat	0.26g	0.051g	1%
Monounsaturated fat	0.369g	0.058g	1%
Carbs	25.58g	28.73g	1%
Vitamin E	0.17mg		1%
Vitamin B1	0.178mg	0.164mg	1%
Protein	2.74g	2.36g	1%
Fats	0.97g	0.19g	1%
Calories	123kcal	130kcal	0%
Net carbs	23.98g	28.73g	N/A
Calcium	3mg	1mg	0%
Sugar	0.24g		N/A
Sodium	4mg	0mg	0%
Vitamin B5	0.38mg	0.397mg	0%
Vitamin K	0.2µg		0%
Tryptophan	0.033mg	0.027mg	0%
Threonine	0.095mg	0.084mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.109mg	0.102mg	0%
Leucine	0.214mg	0.195mg	0%
Lysine	0.099mg	0.085mg	0%
Methionine	0.058mg	0.056mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.133mg	0.126mg	0%
Valine	0.151mg	0.144mg	0%
Histidine	0.066mg	0.056mg	0%
Omega-3 - ALA	0.011g		N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid	0.355g		N/A