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Hot sauce vs. Tomato sauce — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on the differences between hot sauce and tomato sauce

  • Hot sauce is higher in vitamin C, yet tomato sauce is higher in copper, vitamin E, and iron.
  • Hot sauce covers your daily sodium needs 114% more than tomato sauce.
  • Hot sauce contains 11 times more vitamin C than tomato sauce. While hot sauce contains 74.8mg of vitamin C, tomato sauce contains only 7mg.
  • The amount of sodium in tomato sauce is lower.

Food varieties used in this article are Sauce, ready-to-serve, pepper or hot and Tomato sauce, canned, no salt added.

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Mineral Comparison

The mineral comparison score is based on which food has a more favorable amount of each mineral. The �coverage� charts below show how much of the daily mineral needs are covered by the selected amount of each food.
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 3.6% 2.4% 13% 18% 9.3% 3% 4.7% 345% 6.4% 0%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 11% 4.2% 26% 36% 38% 6% 12% 1.4% 15% 3.3%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +200%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +75%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +106.3%
Contains more IronIron +100%
Contains more CopperCopper +310.7%
Contains more ZincZinc +100%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +145.5%
Contains less SodiumSodium -99.6%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +130.6%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +∞%

Vitamin Comparison

The vitamin comparison score is based on the number of vitamins in which one food is richer than the other. The �coverage� charts below show how much of the daily vitamin needs are covered by the selected amount of each food.
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E 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 249% 0% 2.7% 2.4% 9% 19% 4.8% 6.6% 36% 0% 6% 4.5%
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E 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 23% 0% 7.3% 29% 6% 15% 19% 19% 23% 0% 7% 6.8%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +968.6%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +50%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +26.2%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +60.2%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +175%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +1100%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +290.2%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +180.9%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +16.7%
Contains more FolateFolate +50%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Hot sauce Tomato sauce DV% diff.
Sodium 2643mg 11mg 114%
Vitamin C 74.8mg 7mg 75%
Copper 0.028mg 0.115mg 10%
Vitamin E 0.12mg 1.44mg 9%
Iron 0.48mg 0.96mg 6%
Potassium 144mg 297mg 5%
Fiber 0.3g 1.5g 5%
Vitamin B3 0.254mg 0.991mg 5%
Vitamin B6 0.157mg 0.098mg 5%
Vitamin B5 0.11mg 0.309mg 4%
Manganese 0.049mg 0.113mg 3%
Magnesium 5mg 15mg 2%
Phosphorus 11mg 27mg 2%
Vitamin A 8µg 22µg 2%
Choline 9.9mg 2%
Fructose 1.67g 2%
Calories 11kcal 24kcal 1%
Protein 0.51g 1.2g 1%
Carbs 1.75g 5.31g 1%
Calcium 8mg 14mg 1%
Zinc 0.11mg 0.22mg 1%
Selenium 0µg 0.6µg 1%
Vitamin B1 0.036mg 0.024mg 1%
Vitamin B2 0.082mg 0.065mg 1%
Folate 6µg 9µg 1%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.196g 0.121g 1%
Protein per 100 calories 4.6g 5g N/A
Calories per 10 g protein 216kcal 200kcal N/A
Weight per 100 calories 909g 417g N/A
Fats 0.37g 0.3g 0%
Net carbs 1.45g 3.81g N/A
Sugar 1.26g 3.56g N/A
Vitamin K 2.4µg 2.8µg 0%
Saturated fat 0.052g 0.041g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.03g 0.044g 0%
Tryptophan 0.007mg 0.009mg 0%
Threonine 0.019mg 0.037mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.017mg 0.025mg 0%
Leucine 0.027mg 0.034mg 0%
Lysine 0.023mg 0.037mg 0%
Methionine 0.006mg 0.008mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.016mg 0.036mg 0%
Valine 0.022mg 0.025mg 0%
Histidine 0.01mg 0.02mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
2% 90% 7%
Protein: 0.51 g
Fats: 0.37 g
Carbs: 1.75 g
Water: 89.98 g
Other: 7.39 g
5% 91% 2%
Protein: 1.2 g
Fats: 0.3 g
Carbs: 5.31 g
Water: 91.28 g
Other: 1.91 g
Contains more FatsFats +23.3%
Contains more ProteinProtein +135.3%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +203.4%
~equal in Water ~91.28g

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
19% 11% 71%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.052 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.03 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.196 g
20% 21% 59%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.041 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.044 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.121 g
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +62%
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -21.2%
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +46.7%

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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. Hot sauce - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/174527/nutrients
  2. Tomato sauce - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169074/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.