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Spearmint vs. Table salt — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Important differences between spearmint and table salt

  • Table salt has less iron, vitamin A, manganese, fiber, folate, copper, calcium, vitamin C, and magnesium.
  • Table salt's daily need coverage for sodium is 1684% more.
  • Spearmint is lower in sodium.

The food varieties used in the comparison are Spearmint, fresh and Salt, table.

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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 45% 60% 40% 445% 80% 30% 26% 3.9% 146% 0%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 0.71% 7.2% 0.71% 12% 10% 2.7% 0% 5055% 13% 0.55%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +6200%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +729.2%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +5625%
Contains more IronIron +3497%
Contains more CopperCopper +700%
Contains more ZincZinc +990%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +∞%
Contains less SodiumSodium -99.9%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +1018%

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 44% 68% 0% 0% 20% 40% 18% 15% 36% 0% 0% 79% 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% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +∞%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +∞%
Contains more FolateFolate +∞%
~equal in Vitamin E ~0mg
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin K ~0µg
~equal in Choline ~0mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Spearmint Table salt DV% diff.
Sodium 30mg 38758mg 1684%
Iron 11.87mg 0.33mg 144%
Manganese 1.118mg 0.1mg 44%
Fiber 6.8g 0g 27%
Folate 105µg 0µg 26%
Copper 0.24mg 0.03mg 23%
Vitamin A 203µg 0µg 23%
Calcium 199mg 24mg 18%
Vitamin C 13.3mg 0mg 15%
Magnesium 63mg 1mg 15%
Vitamin B2 0.175mg 0mg 13%
Potassium 458mg 8mg 13%
Vitamin B6 0.158mg 0mg 12%
Zinc 1.09mg 0.1mg 9%
Phosphorus 60mg 0mg 9%
Protein 3.29g 0g 7%
Vitamin B1 0.078mg 0mg 7%
Vitamin B3 0.948mg 0mg 6%
Vitamin B5 0.25mg 0mg 5%
Carbs 8.41g 0g 3%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.394g 0g 3%
Calories 44kcal 0kcal 2%
Saturated fat 0.191g 0g 1%
Fats 0.73g 0g 1%
Net carbs 1.61g 0g N/A
Selenium 0.1µg 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.025g 0g 0%
Tryptophan 0.05mg 0mg 0%
Threonine 0.135mg 0mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.135mg 0mg 0%
Leucine 0.247mg 0mg 0%
Lysine 0.141mg 0mg 0%
Methionine 0.046mg 0mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.168mg 0mg 0%
Valine 0.164mg 0mg 0%
Histidine 0.066mg 0mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
3% 8% 86% 2%
Protein: 3.29 g
Fats: 0.73 g
Carbs: 8.41 g
Water: 85.55 g
Other: 2.02 g
100%
Protein: 0 g
Fats: 0 g
Carbs: 0 g
Water: 0.2 g
Other: 99.8 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +∞%
Contains more FatsFats +∞%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +∞%
Contains more WaterWater +42675%
Contains more OtherOther +4840.6%

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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. Spearmint - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/173475/nutrients
  2. Table salt - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/173468/nutrients

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

Data provided by FoodStruct.com should be considered and used as information only. Please consult your physician before beginning any diet.