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Salsa vs. Butterscotch — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are salsa and butterscotch different?

  • Salsa is higher than butterscotch in iron, vitamin B6, copper, vitamin A, potassium, vitamin B3, and fiber.
  • Salsa covers your daily need for iron, 28% more than butterscotch.
  • Salsa is lower in saturated fat.

USDA Commodity, salsa and Candies, butterscotch 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.
Salsa
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Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 11% 3.6% 24% 84% 32% 4.6% 13% 56% 0% 2.2%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 0% 1.2% 0.26% 0.38% 0.33% 2.5% 0.43% 51% 0.13% 3.3%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +∞%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +200%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +8900%
Contains more IronIron +22300%
Contains more CopperCopper +9500%
Contains more ZincZinc +88.9%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +2900%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +50%
~equal in Sodium ~391mg

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.
Salsa
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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 13% 9.3% 0% 0% 13% 6.9% 20% 0% 34% 0% 0% 14% 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 0% 9.3% 1.8% 0% 3% 3.7% 0.04% 0.24% 0% 0% 0.75% 0% 0.44%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +316.7%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +87.5%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +53900%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +∞%
Contains more FolateFolate +∞%
~equal in Vitamin A ~28µg
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Salsa Butterscotch DV% diff.
Iron 2.24mg 0.01mg 28%
Carbs 7g 90.4g 28%
Calories 36kcal 391kcal 18%
Vitamin B6 0.149mg 0mg 11%
Copper 0.096mg 0.001mg 11%
Saturated fat 0.029g 2.065g 9%
Potassium 270mg 3mg 8%
Vitamin B3 1.08mg 0.002mg 7%
Fiber 1.4g 0g 6%
Folate 19µg 0µg 5%
Fats 0.2g 3.3g 5%
Magnesium 16mg 0mg 4%
Vitamin C 4mg 0mg 4%
Phosphorus 30mg 1mg 4%
Cholesterol 0mg 9mg 3%
Vitamin B1 0.05mg 0.012mg 3%
Protein 1.5g 0.03g 3%
Monounsaturated fat 0.016g 0.845g 2%
Sodium 430mg 391mg 2%
Vitamin E 0.09mg 1%
Vitamin B2 0.03mg 0.016mg 1%
Zinc 0.17mg 0.09mg 1%
Calcium 12mg 4mg 1%
Net carbs 5.6g 90.4g N/A
Sugar 80.46g N/A
Vitamin A 28µg 28µg 0%
Manganese 0.001mg 0%
Selenium 0.4µg 0.6µg 0%
Vitamin B5 0.004mg 0%
Vitamin K 0.3µg 0%
Choline 0.8mg 0%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.107g 0.122g 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
Salsa
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7% 90%
Protein: 1.5 g
Fats: 0.2 g
Carbs: 7 g
Water: 89.7 g
Other: 1.6 g
3% 90% 5%
Protein: 0.03 g
Fats: 3.3 g
Carbs: 90.4 g
Water: 5.25 g
Other: 1.02 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +4900%
Contains more WaterWater +1608.6%
Contains more OtherOther +56.9%
Contains more FatsFats +1550%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +1191.4%

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
Salsa
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19% 11% 70%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.029 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.016 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.107 g
68% 28% 4%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 2.065 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.845 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.122 g
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -98.6%
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +5181.3%
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +14%

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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. Butterscotch - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/167972/nutrients

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

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