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Vegetable vs. Wax gourd — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are vegetable and wax gourd different?

  • Vegetable is richer in vitamin A, vitamin K, manganese, fiber, vitamin B2, copper, and iron, while wax gourd is higher in vitamin C.
  • Vegetable covers your daily need for vitamin A, 86% more than wax gourd.
  • Vegetable contains 120 times more vitamin B2 than wax gourd. Vegetable contains 0.12mg of vitamin B2, while wax gourd contains 0.001mg.

Vegetables, mixed, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt and Waxgourd, (chinese preserving melon), cooked, boiled, drained, without salt 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 7.1% 5.4% 0.44% 14% 7.3% 16% 7.3% 14% 7.3% 1.1%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +120%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +38.9%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +3280%
Contains more IronIron +115.8%
Contains more CopperCopper +277.3%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +200%
Contains less SodiumSodium -67.3%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +576.8%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +50%
Contains more ZincZinc +20.4%

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 11% 71% 7.6% 0% 18% 28% 16% 9.1% 17% 0% 59% 14% 13%
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 35% 0% 1.6% 0% 8.5% 0.23% 7.2% 7.3% 7.4% 0% 7% 3% 2.7%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +375%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +108.8%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +11900%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +121.6%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +24.8%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +131.3%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +739.3%
Contains more FolateFolate +375%
Contains more CholineCholine +391.8%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +228.1%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Vegetable Wax gourd DV% diff.
Vitamin A 214µg 0µg 24%
Vitamin K 23.5µg 2.8µg 17%
Fiber 4.4g 1g 14%
Manganese 0.379mg 0.056mg 14%
Vitamin B2 0.12mg 0.001mg 9%
Vitamin C 3.2mg 10.5mg 8%
Copper 0.083mg 0.022mg 7%
Iron 0.82mg 0.38mg 6%
Potassium 169mg 5mg 5%
Protein 2.86g 0.4g 5%
Phosphorus 51mg 17mg 5%
Folate 19µg 4µg 4%
Calories 65kcal 14kcal 3%
Choline 24.1mg 4.9mg 3%
Vitamin B6 0.074mg 0.032mg 3%
Vitamin B3 0.851mg 0.384mg 3%
Vitamin B1 0.071mg 0.034mg 3%
Sodium 35mg 107mg 3%
Magnesium 22mg 10mg 3%
Carbs 13.09g 3.04g 3%
Vitamin E 0.38mg 0.08mg 2%
Zinc 0.49mg 0.59mg 1%
Calcium 25mg 18mg 1%
Vitamin B5 0.151mg 0.121mg 1%
Fats 0.15g 0.2g 0%
Net carbs 8.69g 2.04g N/A
Sugar 3.12g 1.18g N/A
Selenium 0.3µg 0.2µg 0%
Saturated fat 0.031g 0.016g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.01g 0.037g 0%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.072g 0.088g 0%
Tryptophan 0.029mg 0.002mg 0%
Threonine 0.115mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.139mg 0%
Leucine 0.19mg 0%
Lysine 0.17mg 0.009mg 0%
Methionine 0.034mg 0.003mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.12mg 0%
Valine 0.149mg 0%
Histidine 0.073mg 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
3% 96%
Protein: 0.4 g
Fats: 0.2 g
Carbs: 3.04 g
Water: 96.06 g
Other: 0.3 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +615%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +330.6%
Contains more OtherOther +123.3%
Contains more FatsFats +33.3%
Contains more WaterWater +15.4%

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
27% 9% 64%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.031 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.01 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.072 g
11% 26% 62%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.016 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.037 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.088 g
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -48.4%
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +270%
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +22.2%

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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. Wax gourd - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170475/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.