Sesame vs. Fireweed — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are sesame and fireweed different?

Sesame is richer in copper, iron, phosphorus, vitamin B1, selenium, calcium, magnesium, and zinc, while fireweed is higher in manganese and vitamin A.
Sesame covers your daily need for copper, 418% more than fireweed.
Sesame contains 38 times more selenium than fireweed. Sesame contains 34.4µg of selenium, while fireweed contains 0.9µg.

Seeds, sesame seeds, whole, dried and Fireweed, leaves, 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.

Sesame

Fireweed

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+125%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+127.3%
Contains more IronIron	+506.3%
Contains more CopperCopper	+1175.6%
Contains more ZincZinc	+191.4%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+482.4%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-67.6%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+3722.2%

Contains more ManganeseManganese

+172.5%

~equal in Potassium ~494mg

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.

Sesame

Fireweed

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+2297%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+80.3%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+25%

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+2612%
Contains more FolateFolate	+15.5%

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~4.674mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Copper	4.082mg	0.32mg	418%
Manganese	2.46mg	6.704mg	185%
Iron	14.55mg	2.4mg	152%
Polyunsaturated fat	21.773g		145%
Phosphorus	629mg	108mg	74%
Fats	49.67g	2.75g	72%
Vitamin B1	0.791mg	0.033mg	63%
Selenium	34.4µg	0.9µg	61%
Calcium	975mg	429mg	55%
Monounsaturated fat	18.759g		47%
Magnesium	351mg	156mg	46%
Zinc	7.75mg	2.66mg	46%
Saturated fat	6.957g		32%
Protein	17.73g	4.71g	26%
Vitamin B5	0.05mg	1.356mg	26%
Calories	573kcal	103kcal	24%
Vitamin A	0µg	180µg	20%
Vitamin B6	0.79mg	0.632mg	12%
Vitamin B2	0.247mg	0.137mg	8%
Fiber	11.8g	10.6g	5%
Choline	25.6mg		5%
Folate	97µg	112µg	4%
Vitamin C	0mg	2.2mg	2%
Vitamin E	0.25mg		2%
Carbs	23.45g	19.22g	1%
Potassium	468mg	494mg	1%
Sodium	11mg	34mg	1%
Vitamin B3	4.515mg	4.674mg	1%
Protein per 100 calories	3.1g	4.6g	N/A
Calories per 10 g protein	323kcal	219kcal	N/A
Weight per 100 calories	17g	97g	N/A
Unsaturated / Saturated Fat ratio	5.8		N/A
Net carbs	11.65g	8.62g	N/A
Sugar	0.3g		N/A
Tryptophan	0.388mg		0%
Threonine	0.736mg		0%
Isoleucine	0.763mg		0%
Leucine	1.358mg		0%
Lysine	0.569mg		0%
Methionine	0.586mg		0%
Phenylalanine	0.94mg		0%
Valine	0.99mg		0%
Histidine	0.522mg		0%