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Tomato vs. Wakame — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are tomatoes and wakame different?

  • Tomatoes have more vitamin C; however, wakame is richer in manganese, folate, copper, iron, magnesium, vitamin B2, calcium, and vitamin B5.
  • Wakame covers your daily need for manganese, 56% more than tomatoes.
  • Tomatoes have 5 times more vitamin C than wakame. Tomatoes have 13.7mg of vitamin C, while wakame has 3mg.
  • Tomatoes contain less sodium.

Tomatoes, red, ripe, raw, year round average and Seaweed, wakame, raw types were 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.
Tomato
Tomato
2
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 7.9% 3% 21% 10% 20% 4.6% 10% 0.65% 15% 0%
Wakame
Wakame
8
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 76% 45% 4.4% 82% 95% 10% 34% 114% 183% 3.8%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +374%
Contains less SodiumSodium -99.4%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +872.7%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +1400%
Contains more IronIron +707.4%
Contains more CopperCopper +381.4%
Contains more ZincZinc +123.5%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +233.3%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +1128.1%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +∞%

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.
Tomato
Tomato
4
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E 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 46% 0% 14% 11% 9.3% 4.4% 11% 5.3% 18% 0% 20% 11%
Wakame
Wakame
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Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E 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 10% 0% 6% 20% 15% 53% 30% 42% 0.46% 0% 13% 147%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +356.7%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +133.3%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +3900%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +49.1%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +85.2%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +62.2%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +1110.5%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +169.4%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +683.1%
Contains more FolateFolate +1206.7%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Tomato Wakame DV% diff.
Manganese 0.114mg 1.4mg 56%
Folate 15µg 196µg 45%
Sodium 5mg 872mg 38%
Copper 0.059mg 0.284mg 25%
Iron 0.27mg 2.18mg 24%
Magnesium 11mg 107mg 23%
Vitamin B2 0.019mg 0.23mg 16%
Calcium 10mg 150mg 14%
Vitamin C 13.7mg 3mg 12%
Vitamin B5 0.089mg 0.697mg 12%
Phosphorus 24mg 80mg 8%
Potassium 237mg 50mg 6%
Vitamin B3 0.594mg 1.6mg 6%
Vitamin B6 0.08mg 0.002mg 6%
Protein 0.88g 3.03g 4%
Fiber 1.2g 0.5g 3%
Vitamin A 42µg 18µg 3%
Vitamin E 0.54mg 1mg 3%
Carbs 3.89g 9.14g 2%
Zinc 0.17mg 0.38mg 2%
Vitamin B1 0.037mg 0.06mg 2%
Vitamin K 7.9µg 5.3µg 2%
Fructose 1.37g 2%
Calories 18kcal 45kcal 1%
Fats 0.2g 0.64g 1%
Selenium 0µg 0.7µg 1%
Choline 6.7mg 13.9mg 1%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.083g 0.218g 1%
Protein per 100 calories 4.9g 6.7g N/A
Calories per 10 g protein 205kcal 149kcal N/A
Weight per 100 calories 556g 222g N/A
Net carbs 2.69g 8.64g N/A
Sugar 2.63g 0.65g N/A
Saturated fat 0.028g 0.13g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.031g 0.058g 0%
Tryptophan 0.006mg 0.035mg 0%
Threonine 0.027mg 0.165mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.018mg 0.087mg 0%
Leucine 0.025mg 0.257mg 0%
Lysine 0.027mg 0.112mg 0%
Methionine 0.006mg 0.063mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.027mg 0.112mg 0%
Valine 0.018mg 0.209mg 0%
Histidine 0.014mg 0.015mg 0%
Omega-3 - EPA 0g 0.186g N/A

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
Tomato
Tomato
1
4% 95%
Protein: 0.88 g
Fats: 0.2 g
Carbs: 3.89 g
Water: 94.52 g
Other: 0.51 g
Wakame
Wakame
4
3% 9% 80% 7%
Protein: 3.03 g
Fats: 0.64 g
Carbs: 9.14 g
Water: 79.99 g
Other: 7.2 g
Contains more WaterWater +18.2%
Contains more ProteinProtein +244.3%
Contains more FatsFats +220%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +135%
Contains more OtherOther +1311.8%

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
Tomato
Tomato
1
20% 22% 58%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.028 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.031 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.083 g
Wakame
Wakame
2
32% 14% 54%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.13 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.058 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.218 g
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -78.5%
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +87.1%
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +162.7%

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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. Tomato - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170457/nutrients
  2. Wakame - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170496/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.