Table salt vs. Wheat gluten — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are table salt and wheat gluten different?

Wheat gluten has more selenium, iron, phosphorus, copper, calcium, zinc, and magnesium than table salt.
Daily need coverage for sodium for table salt is 1684% higher.
Wheat gluten has less sodium.
Table salt has a lower glycemic index (0) than wheat gluten (64).

Salt, table and Vital wheat gluten are the varieties 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.

Table salt

Wheat gluten

Contains more ManganeseManganese

+∞%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+2400%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+491.7%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+1150%
Contains more IronIron	+1475.8%
Contains more CopperCopper	+506.7%
Contains more ZincZinc	+750%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+∞%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-99.9%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+39600%

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.

Table salt

Wheat gluten

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin E ~0mg

~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 Vitamin K ~0µg

~equal in Folate ~0µg

~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Sodium	38758mg	29mg	1684%
Protein	0g	75.16g	150%
Selenium	0.1µg	39.7µg	72%
Iron	0.33mg	5.2mg	61%
Phosphorus	0mg	260mg	37%
Calories	0kcal	370kcal	19%
Copper	0.03mg	0.182mg	17%
Calcium	24mg	142mg	12%
Zinc	0.1mg	0.85mg	7%
Magnesium	1mg	25mg	6%
Polyunsaturated fat	0g	0.81g	5%
Carbs	0g	13.79g	5%
Manganese	0.1mg		4%
Potassium	8mg	100mg	3%
Fats	0g	1.85g	3%
Fiber	0g	0.6g	2%
Saturated fat	0g	0.272g	1%
Net carbs	0g	13.19g	N/A
Monounsaturated fat	0g	0.156g	0%