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Taro leaves vs. Butterbur — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the main differences between taro leaves and butterbur?

  • Butterbur has less vitamin A, vitamin B2, folate, iron, vitamin C, manganese, copper, vitamin B1, vitamin B3, and magnesium than taro leaves.
  • Taro leaves' daily need coverage for vitamin A is 96% higher.
  • Taro leaves have 23 times more vitamin B2 than butterbur. Taro leaves have 0.456mg of vitamin B2, while butterbur has 0.02mg.

We used Taro leaves, raw and Butterbur, (fuki), raw types in this comparison.

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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 32% 32% 57% 84% 90% 11% 26% 0.39% 93% 4.9%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 10% 31% 58% 3.8% 34% 4.4% 5.1% 0.91% 36% 4.9%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +221.4%
Contains more IronIron +2150%
Contains more CopperCopper +162.1%
Contains more ZincZinc +156.3%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +400%
Contains less SodiumSodium -57.1%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +160.6%
~equal in Calcium ~103mg
~equal in Potassium ~655mg
~equal in Selenium ~0.9µg

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 173% 80% 40% 0% 52% 105% 28% 5% 34% 0% 272% 95% 7%
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 105% 1% 0% 0% 5% 4.6% 3.8% 1.9% 22% 0% 0% 7.5% 0%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +65.1%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +7933.3%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +945%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +2180%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +656.5%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +162.5%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +52.1%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +∞%
Contains more FolateFolate +1160%
Contains more CholineCholine +∞%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Taro leaves Butterbur DV% diff.
Vitamin K 108.6µg 91%
Vitamin B2 0.456mg 0.02mg 34%
Folate 126µg 10µg 29%
Iron 2.25mg 0.1mg 27%
Vitamin A 241µg 3µg 26%
Vitamin C 52mg 31.5mg 23%
Manganese 0.714mg 0.274mg 19%
Copper 0.27mg 0.103mg 19%
Vitamin B1 0.209mg 0.02mg 16%
Fiber 3.7g 15%
Vitamin E 2.02mg 13%
Protein 4.98g 0.39g 9%
Vitamin B3 1.513mg 0.2mg 8%
Magnesium 45mg 14mg 7%
Phosphorus 60mg 12mg 7%
Vitamin B6 0.146mg 0.096mg 4%
Zinc 0.41mg 0.16mg 2%
Choline 12.8mg 2%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.307g 2%
Vitamin B5 0.084mg 0.032mg 1%
Saturated fat 0.151g 1%
Calories 42kcal 14kcal 1%
Fats 0.74g 0.04g 1%
Carbs 6.7g 3.61g 1%
Net carbs 3g 3.61g N/A
Calcium 107mg 103mg 0%
Potassium 648mg 655mg 0%
Sugar 3.01g N/A
Sodium 3mg 7mg 0%
Selenium 0.9µg 0.9µg 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.06g 0%
Tryptophan 0.048mg 0%
Threonine 0.167mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.26mg 0%
Leucine 0.392mg 0%
Lysine 0.246mg 0%
Methionine 0.079mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.195mg 0%
Valine 0.256mg 0%
Histidine 0.114mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
5% 7% 86% 2%
Protein: 4.98 g
Fats: 0.74 g
Carbs: 6.7 g
Water: 85.66 g
Other: 1.92 g
4% 95%
Protein: 0.39 g
Fats: 0.04 g
Carbs: 3.61 g
Water: 94.5 g
Other: 1.46 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +1176.9%
Contains more FatsFats +1750%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +85.6%
Contains more OtherOther +31.5%
Contains more WaterWater +10.3%

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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. Taro leaves - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168487/nutrients
  2. Butterbur - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170385/nutrients

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

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