Hot sauce vs. Salsa — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the main differences between hot sauce and salsa?

Hot sauce is richer in vitamin C, while salsa is higher in iron, vitamin A, copper, and vitamin B3.
Hot sauce's daily need coverage for sodium is 96% higher.
Salsa has 19 times less vitamin C than hot sauce. Hot sauce has 74.8mg of vitamin C, while salsa has 4mg.
Salsa is lower in sodium.

We used Sauce, ready-to-serve, pepper or hot and USDA Commodity, salsa 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.

Hot sauce

Salsa

Contains more ManganeseManganese

+∞%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+220%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+50%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+87.5%
Contains more IronIron	+366.7%
Contains more CopperCopper	+242.9%
Contains more ZincZinc	+54.5%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+172.7%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-83.7%
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.

Hot sauce

Salsa

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+1770%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+173.3%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+∞%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+250%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+38.9%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+325.2%
Contains more FolateFolate	+216.7%

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0.149mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Sodium	2643mg	430mg	96%
Vitamin C	74.8mg	4mg	79%
Iron	0.48mg	2.24mg	22%
Copper	0.028mg	0.096mg	8%
Vitamin B3	0.254mg	1.08mg	5%
Potassium	144mg	270mg	4%
Fiber	0.3g	1.4g	4%
Vitamin B2	0.082mg	0.03mg	4%
Magnesium	5mg	16mg	3%
Phosphorus	11mg	30mg	3%
Folate	6µg	19µg	3%
Protein	0.51g	1.5g	2%
Carbs	1.75g	7g	2%
Vitamin A	8µg	28µg	2%
Manganese	0.049mg		2%
Vitamin B5	0.11mg		2%
Vitamin K	2.4µg		2%
Calories	11kcal	36kcal	1%
Zinc	0.11mg	0.17mg	1%
Vitamin E	0.12mg		1%
Selenium	0µg	0.4µg	1%
Vitamin B1	0.036mg	0.05mg	1%
Vitamin B6	0.157mg	0.149mg	1%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.196g	0.107g	1%
Protein per 100 calories	4.6g	4.2g	N/A
Calories per 10 g protein	216kcal	240kcal	N/A
Weight per 100 calories	909g	278g	N/A
Fats	0.37g	0.2g	0%
Net carbs	1.45g	5.6g	N/A
Calcium	8mg	12mg	0%
Sugar	1.26g		N/A
Saturated fat	0.052g	0.029g	0%
Monounsaturated fat	0.03g	0.016g	0%
Tryptophan	0.007mg		0%
Threonine	0.019mg		0%
Isoleucine	0.017mg		0%
Leucine	0.027mg		0%
Lysine	0.023mg		0%
Methionine	0.006mg		0%
Phenylalanine	0.016mg		0%
Valine	0.022mg		0%
Histidine	0.01mg		0%