Hot sauce vs. Tabasco — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between hot sauce and tabasco?

Hot sauce is higher in vitamin C; however, tabasco is richer in vitamin A, iron, and copper.
Hot sauce's daily need coverage for sodium is 87% more.
Tabasco contains 17 times less vitamin C than hot sauce. Hot sauce contains 74.8mg of vitamin C, while tabasco contains 4.5mg.
Tabasco has less sodium.

We used Sauce, ready-to-serve, pepper or hot and Sauce, ready-to-serve, pepper, TABASCO types 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.

Hot sauce

Tabasco

Contains more PotassiumPotassium

+12.5%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+140%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+50%
Contains more IronIron	+141.7%
Contains more CopperCopper	+167.9%
Contains more ZincZinc	+45.5%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+109.1%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-76%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+118.4%
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

Tabasco

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+1562.2%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+1100%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+12.5%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+42.7%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+1100%
Contains more FolateFolate	+500%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A

+925%

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.084mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0.11mg

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0.154mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Sodium	2643mg	633mg	87%
Vitamin C	74.8mg	4.5mg	78%
Iron	0.48mg	1.16mg	9%
Vitamin A	8µg	82µg	8%
Copper	0.028mg	0.075mg	5%
Manganese	0.049mg	0.107mg	3%
Protein	0.51g	1.29g	2%
Magnesium	5mg	12mg	2%
Phosphorus	11mg	23mg	2%
Vitamin K	2.4µg	0.2µg	2%
Fats	0.37g	0.76g	1%
Fiber	0.3g	0.6g	1%
Vitamin E	0.12mg	0.01mg	1%
Selenium	0µg	0.5µg	1%
Folate	6µg	1µg	1%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.196g	0.401g	1%
Calories	11kcal	12kcal	0%
Protein per 100 calories	4.6g	11g	N/A
Calories per 10 g protein	216kcal	93kcal	N/A
Weight per 100 calories	909g	833g	N/A
Net carbs	1.45g	0.2g	N/A
Carbs	1.75g	0.8g	0%
Calcium	8mg	12mg	0%
Potassium	144mg	128mg	0%
Sugar	1.26g	0.13g	N/A
Zinc	0.11mg	0.16mg	0%
Vitamin B1	0.036mg	0.032mg	0%
Vitamin B2	0.082mg	0.084mg	0%
Vitamin B3	0.254mg	0.178mg	0%
Vitamin B5	0.11mg	0.11mg	0%
Vitamin B6	0.157mg	0.154mg	0%
Saturated fat	0.052g	0.106g	0%
Monounsaturated fat	0.03g	0.061g	0%
Tryptophan	0.007mg	0.017mg	0%
Threonine	0.019mg	0.048mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.017mg	0.042mg	0%
Leucine	0.027mg	0.068mg	0%
Lysine	0.023mg	0.057mg	0%
Methionine	0.006mg	0.016mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.016mg	0.04mg	0%
Valine	0.022mg	0.055mg	0%
Histidine	0.01mg	0.026mg	0%