Summer squash vs. Toffee — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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The main differences between summer squash and toffee

Summer squash has more vitamin C, vitamin B6, manganese, folate, potassium, and vitamin B2; however, toffee has more vitamin A.
Daily need coverage for saturated fat for toffee is 103% higher.
Toffee has 88 times less manganese than summer squash. Summer squash has 0.175mg of manganese, while toffee has 0.002mg.
Summer squash is lower in sodium.
Toffee has a higher glycemic index than summer squash.

Food types used in this article are Squash, summer, all varieties, raw and Candies, toffee, prepared-from-recipe.

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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.

Summer squash

Toffee

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+325%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+413.7%
Contains more IronIron	+1066.7%
Contains more CopperCopper	+1600%
Contains more ZincZinc	+141.7%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+18.8%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-98.5%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+8650%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+126.7%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+300%

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.

Summer squash

Toffee

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+8400%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+500%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+108.8%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+1579.3%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+15.7%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+2322.2%
Contains more FolateFolate	+1350%
Contains more CholineCholine	+∞%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+3090%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+683.3%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+∞%

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin K ~2.8µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Saturated fat	0.044g	20.565g	93%
Fats	0.18g	32.75g	50%
Cholesterol	0mg	104mg	35%
Vitamin A	10µg	319µg	34%
Calories	16kcal	560kcal	27%
Monounsaturated fat	0.016g	8.964g	22%
Carbs	3.35g	64.72g	20%
Vitamin C	17mg	0.2mg	19%
Vitamin B6	0.218mg	0.009mg	16%
Manganese	0.175mg	0.002mg	8%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.089g	1.222g	8%
Folate	29µg	2µg	7%
Vitamin B2	0.142mg	0.068mg	6%
Potassium	262mg	51mg	6%
Sodium	2mg	135mg	6%
Copper	0.051mg	0.003mg	5%
Vitamin B12	0µg	0.11µg	5%
Vitamin E	0.12mg	0.94mg	5%
Fiber	1.1g	0g	4%
Iron	0.35mg	0.03mg	4%
Vitamin B3	0.487mg	0.029mg	3%
Vitamin B1	0.048mg	0.008mg	3%
Magnesium	17mg	4mg	3%
Zinc	0.29mg	0.12mg	2%
Calcium	15mg	34mg	2%
Choline	6.7mg		1%
Fructose	0.95g		1%
Phosphorus	38mg	32mg	1%
Selenium	0.2µg	0.8µg	1%
Protein	1.21g	1.07g	0%
Net carbs	2.25g	64.72g	N/A
Sugar	2.2g	63.47g	N/A
Vitamin B5	0.155mg	0.134mg	0%
Vitamin K	3µg	2.8µg	0%
Trans fat	0g	0.674g	N/A
Tryptophan	0.011mg		0%
Threonine	0.028mg		0%
Isoleucine	0.042mg		0%
Leucine	0.069mg		0%
Lysine	0.065mg		0%
Methionine	0.017mg		0%
Phenylalanine	0.041mg		0%
Valine	0.053mg		0%
Histidine	0.025mg		0%
Omega-3 - ALA		0.065g	N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid		0.445g	N/A