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Vegetable vs. Sweet onion — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are vegetable and sweet onions different?

  • Vegetable is higher than sweet onions in vitamin A, vitamin K, fiber, manganese, vitamin B2, and iron.
  • Vegetable covers your daily need for vitamin A, 86% more than sweet onions.
  • Vegetable contains 78 times more vitamin K than sweet onions. Vegetable contains 23.5µg of vitamin K, while sweet onions contain 0.3µg.

Vegetables, mixed, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt and Onions, sweet, 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% 7.5% 15% 31% 28% 13% 22% 4.6% 49% 1.6%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 6.4% 6% 11% 9.8% 19% 3.5% 12% 1% 9.9% 2.7%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +144.4%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +25%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +42%
Contains more IronIron +215.4%
Contains more CopperCopper +48.2%
Contains more ZincZinc +276.9%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +88.9%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +398.7%
Contains less SodiumSodium -77.1%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +66.7%

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 11% 71% 7.6% 0% 18% 28% 16% 9.1% 17% 0% 59% 14%
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 16% 0% 0.4% 0% 10% 4.6% 2.5% 5.9% 30% 0% 0.75% 17%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +1800%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +73.2%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +500%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +539.8%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +54.1%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +7733.3%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +50%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +75.7%
Contains more FolateFolate +21.1%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Vegetable Sweet onion DV% diff.
Vitamin A 214µg 0µg 24%
Vitamin K 23.5µg 0.3µg 19%
Fiber 4.4g 0.9g 14%
Manganese 0.379mg 0.076mg 13%
Vitamin B2 0.12mg 0.02mg 8%
Iron 0.82mg 0.26mg 7%
Protein 2.86g 0.8g 4%
Vitamin B3 0.851mg 0.133mg 4%
Vitamin B6 0.074mg 0.13mg 4%
Magnesium 22mg 9mg 3%
Copper 0.083mg 0.056mg 3%
Zinc 0.49mg 0.13mg 3%
Phosphorus 51mg 27mg 3%
Vitamin B1 0.071mg 0.041mg 3%
Choline 24.1mg 5.5mg 3%
Fructose 2.02g 3%
Calories 65kcal 32kcal 2%
Vitamin C 3.2mg 4.8mg 2%
Carbs 13.09g 7.55g 2%
Vitamin E 0.38mg 0.02mg 2%
Calcium 25mg 20mg 1%
Potassium 169mg 119mg 1%
Sodium 35mg 8mg 1%
Vitamin B5 0.151mg 0.098mg 1%
Folate 19µg 23µg 1%
Fats 0.15g 0.08g 0%
Net carbs 8.69g 6.65g N/A
Sugar 3.12g 5.02g N/A
Selenium 0.3µg 0.5µg 0%
Saturated fat 0.031g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.01g 0%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.072g 0%
Tryptophan 0.029mg 0.009mg 0%
Threonine 0.115mg 0.018mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.139mg 0.014mg 0%
Leucine 0.19mg 0.025mg 0%
Lysine 0.17mg 0.033mg 0%
Methionine 0.034mg 0.009mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.12mg 0.024mg 0%
Valine 0.149mg 0.02mg 0%
Histidine 0.073mg 0.011mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
3% 13% 83%
Protein: 2.86 g
Fats: 0.15 g
Carbs: 13.09 g
Water: 83.23 g
Other: 0.67 g
8% 91%
Protein: 0.8 g
Fats: 0.08 g
Carbs: 7.55 g
Water: 91.24 g
Other: 0.33 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +257.5%
Contains more FatsFats +87.5%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +73.4%
Contains more OtherOther +103%
~equal in Water ~91.24g

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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. Vegetable - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170472/nutrients
  2. Sweet onion - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170008/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.