Tabasco vs. Hot sauce — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between tabasco and hot sauce?

Tabasco is higher in vitamin A, iron, and copper; however, hot sauce is richer in vitamin C.
Hot sauce's daily need coverage for sodium is 87% more.
Hot sauce contains 10 times less vitamin A than tabasco. Tabasco contains 1640 IU of vitamin A, while hot sauce contains 162 IU.
Tabasco has less sodium.

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

Tabasco

Hot sauce

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	+∞%

Contains more PotassiumPotassium

+12.5%

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.

Tabasco

Hot sauce

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A

+925%

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%

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.082mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0.11mg

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0.157mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

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