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Shallot vs. Sugar — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Important differences between shallot and sugar

  • Sugar has less vitamin B6, iron, fiber, manganese, potassium, copper, vitamin C, phosphorus, folate, and vitamin B5.
  • Shallot's daily need coverage for vitamin B6 is 27% more.
  • Sugar has a higher glycemic index than shallot.

The food varieties used in the comparison are Shallots, raw and Sugars, granulated.

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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 15% 11% 29% 45% 29% 11% 26% 1.6% 38% 6.5%
Sugar
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Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 0% 0.3% 0.18% 1.9% 2.3% 0.27% 0% 0.13% 0.52% 3.3%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +∞%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +3600%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +16600%
Contains more IronIron +2300%
Contains more CopperCopper +1157.1%
Contains more ZincZinc +3900%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +∞%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +7200%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +100%
Contains less SodiumSodium -91.7%

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 27% 0% 0.8% 0% 15% 4.6% 3.8% 17% 80% 0% 2% 26% 6.2%
Sugar
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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 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 4.4% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +∞%
Contains more FolateFolate +∞%
Contains more CholineCholine +∞%
~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.019mg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Shallot Sugar DV% diff.
Carbs 16.8g 99.98g 28%
Vitamin B6 0.345mg 0mg 27%
Calories 72kcal 387kcal 16%
Iron 1.2mg 0.05mg 14%
Manganese 0.292mg 0.004mg 13%
Fiber 3.2g 0g 13%
Potassium 334mg 2mg 10%
Phosphorus 60mg 0mg 9%
Folate 34µg 0µg 9%
Vitamin C 8mg 0mg 9%
Copper 0.088mg 0.007mg 9%
Vitamin B5 0.29mg 0mg 6%
Protein 2.5g 0g 5%
Vitamin B1 0.06mg 0mg 5%
Magnesium 21mg 0mg 5%
Zinc 0.4mg 0.01mg 4%
Calcium 37mg 1mg 4%
Choline 11.3mg 0mg 2%
Selenium 1.2µg 0.6µg 1%
Vitamin B3 0.2mg 0mg 1%
Vitamin K 0.8µg 0µg 1%
Fats 0.1g 0g 0%
Net carbs 13.6g 99.98g N/A
Sugar 7.87g 99.8g N/A
Sodium 12mg 1mg 0%
Vitamin E 0.04mg 0mg 0%
Vitamin B2 0.02mg 0.019mg 0%
Saturated fat 0.017g 0g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.014g 0g 0%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.039g 0g 0%
Tryptophan 0.028mg 0%
Threonine 0.098mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.106mg 0%
Leucine 0.149mg 0%
Lysine 0.125mg 0%
Methionine 0.027mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.081mg 0%
Valine 0.11mg 0%
Histidine 0.043mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
3% 17% 80%
Protein: 2.5 g
Fats: 0.1 g
Carbs: 16.8 g
Water: 79.8 g
Other: 0.8 g
Sugar
1
100%
Protein: 0 g
Fats: 0 g
Carbs: 99.98 g
Water: 0.02 g
Other: 0 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +∞%
Contains more FatsFats +∞%
Contains more WaterWater +398900%
Contains more OtherOther +∞%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +495.1%

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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. Shallot - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170499/nutrients
  2. Sugar - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169655/nutrients

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

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