Safflower oil vs. Coconut oil — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are safflower oil and coconut oil different?

Safflower oil is higher than coconut oil in vitamin E, vitamin K, polyunsaturated fat, and monounsaturated fat.
Coconut oil covers your daily need for saturated fat, 375% more than safflower oil.
Safflower oil contains 310 times more vitamin E than coconut oil. Safflower oil contains 34.1mg of vitamin E, while coconut oil contains 0.11mg.
Safflower oil is lower in saturated fat.

Oil, safflower, salad or cooking, high oleic (primary safflower oil of commerce) and Oil, coconut types were 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.

Safflower oil

Coconut oil

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+∞%
Contains more IronIron	+∞%
Contains more ZincZinc	+∞%

~equal in Magnesium ~0mg

~equal in Potassium ~0mg

~equal in Copper ~0mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~0mg

~equal in Sodium ~0mg

~equal in Manganese ~0mg

~equal in Selenium ~0µg

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.

Safflower oil

Coconut oil

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+30900%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+1083.3%

Contains more CholineCholine

+50%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

~equal in Folate ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Saturated fat	7.541g	82.475g	341%
Vitamin E	34.1mg	0.11mg	227%
Monounsaturated fat	75.221g	6.332g	172%
Polyunsaturated fat	12.82g	1.702g	74%
Vitamin K	7.1µg	0.6µg	5%
Fats	100g	99.06g	1%
Iron	0mg	0.05mg	1%
Calories	884kcal	892kcal	0%
Calcium	0mg	1mg	0%
Zinc	0mg	0.02mg	0%
Trans fat	0.096g	0.028g	N/A
Choline	0.2mg	0.3mg	0%
Omega-3 - ALA	0.096g	0.019g	N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid	12.724g	1.676g	N/A