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Turnip greens vs. Cabbage — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are turnip greens and cabbage different?

  • Turnip greens has more vitamin K, vitamin A, copper, folate, vitamin E, calcium, and manganese; however, cabbage is richer in vitamin C.
  • Turnip greens covers your daily need for vitamin K, 243% more than cabbage.
  • Turnip greens has 78 times more vitamin A than cabbage. Turnip greens has 7625IU of vitamin A, while cabbage has 98IU.

Turnip greens, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt and Cabbage, 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.
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 16% 41% 18% 30% 84% 3.8% 12% 3.8% 44% 4.9%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 8.6% 12% 15% 18% 6.3% 4.9% 11% 2.3% 21% 1.6%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +83.3%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +242.5%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +19.4%
Contains more IronIron +70.2%
Contains more CopperCopper +1231.6%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +11.5%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +110.6%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +200%
Contains more ZincZinc +28.6%
Contains less SodiumSodium -37.9%

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 91% 127% 38% 0% 11% 17% 7.7% 16% 42% 0% 919% 89% 0.16%
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 122% 1.7% 3% 0% 15% 9.2% 4.4% 13% 29% 0% 190% 32% 5.8%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +7520%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +1153.3%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +80%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +75.6%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +29.2%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +45.2%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +383.7%
Contains more FolateFolate +174.4%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +33.6%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +35.6%
Contains more CholineCholine +3466.7%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Turnip greens Cabbage DV% diff.
Vitamin K 367.6µg 76µg 243%
Vitamin A 381µg 5µg 42%
Copper 0.253mg 0.019mg 26%
Folate 118µg 43µg 19%
Vitamin E 1.88mg 0.15mg 12%
Vitamin C 27.4mg 36.6mg 10%
Calcium 137mg 40mg 10%
Manganese 0.337mg 0.16mg 8%
Fiber 3.5g 2.5g 4%
Iron 0.8mg 0.47mg 4%
Vitamin B6 0.18mg 0.124mg 4%
Magnesium 22mg 12mg 2%
Vitamin B2 0.072mg 0.04mg 2%
Choline 0.3mg 10.7mg 2%
Fructose 1.45g 2%
Vitamin B5 0.274mg 0.212mg 1%
Vitamin B3 0.411mg 0.234mg 1%
Selenium 0.9µg 0.3µg 1%
Vitamin B1 0.045mg 0.061mg 1%
Potassium 203mg 170mg 1%
Calories 20kcal 25kcal 0%
Protein 1.14g 1.28g 0%
Fats 0.23g 0.1g 0%
Carbs 4.36g 5.8g 0%
Net carbs 0.86g 3.3g N/A
Sugar 0.53g 3.2g N/A
Zinc 0.14mg 0.18mg 0%
Phosphorus 29mg 26mg 0%
Sodium 29mg 18mg 0%
Saturated fat 0.053g 0.034g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.015g 0.017g 0%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.091g 0.017g 0%
Tryptophan 0.02mg 0.011mg 0%
Threonine 0.063mg 0.035mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.059mg 0.03mg 0%
Leucine 0.105mg 0.041mg 0%
Lysine 0.074mg 0.044mg 0%
Methionine 0.026mg 0.012mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.07mg 0.032mg 0%
Valine 0.078mg 0.042mg 0%
Histidine 0.028mg 0.022mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
4% 93%
Protein: 1.14 g
Fats: 0.23 g
Carbs: 4.36 g
Water: 93.2 g
Other: 1.07 g
6% 92%
Protein: 1.28 g
Fats: 0.1 g
Carbs: 5.8 g
Water: 92.18 g
Other: 0.64 g
Contains more FatsFats +130%
Contains more OtherOther +67.2%
Contains more ProteinProtein +12.3%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +33%
~equal in Water ~92.18g

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
33% 9% 57%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.053 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.015 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.091 g
50% 25% 25%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.034 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.017 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.017 g
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +435.3%
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -35.8%
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +13.3%

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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. Turnip greens - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170466/nutrients
  2. Cabbage - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169975/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.