Vegetable vs. Wax gourd — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are vegetable and wax gourd different?

Vegetable is richer in vitamin A, vitamin K, manganese, fiber, vitamin B2, copper, and iron, while wax gourd is higher in vitamin C.
Vegetable covers your daily need for vitamin A, 86% more than wax gourd.
Vegetable contains 120 times more vitamin B2 than wax gourd. Vegetable contains 0.12mg of vitamin B2, while wax gourd contains 0.001mg.

Vegetables, mixed, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt and Waxgourd, (chinese preserving melon), cooked, boiled, drained, without salt 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.

Vegetable

Wax gourd

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+120%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+38.9%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+3280%
Contains more IronIron	+115.8%
Contains more CopperCopper	+277.3%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+200%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-67.3%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+576.8%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+50%

Contains more ZincZinc

+20.4%

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.

Vegetable

Wax gourd

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+375%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+108.8%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+11900%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+121.6%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+24.8%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+131.3%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+739.3%
Contains more FolateFolate	+375%

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C

+228.1%

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin A	214µg	0µg	24%
Vitamin K	23.5µg	2.8µg	17%
Fiber	4.4g	1g	14%
Manganese	0.379mg	0.056mg	14%
Vitamin B2	0.12mg	0.001mg	9%
Vitamin C	3.2mg	10.5mg	8%
Copper	0.083mg	0.022mg	7%
Iron	0.82mg	0.38mg	6%
Protein	2.86g	0.4g	5%
Potassium	169mg	5mg	5%
Phosphorus	51mg	17mg	5%
Folate	19µg	4µg	4%
Calories	65kcal	14kcal	3%
Carbs	13.09g	3.04g	3%
Magnesium	22mg	10mg	3%
Sodium	35mg	107mg	3%
Vitamin B1	0.071mg	0.034mg	3%
Vitamin B3	0.851mg	0.384mg	3%
Vitamin B6	0.074mg	0.032mg	3%
Choline	24.1mg	4.9mg	3%
Vitamin E	0.38mg	0.08mg	2%
Calcium	25mg	18mg	1%
Zinc	0.49mg	0.59mg	1%
Vitamin B5	0.151mg	0.121mg	1%
Protein per 100 calories	4.4g	2.9g	N/A
Calories per 10 g protein	227kcal	350kcal	N/A
Weight per 100 calories	154g	714g	N/A
Fats	0.15g	0.2g	0%
Net carbs	8.69g	2.04g	N/A
Sugar	3.12g	1.18g	N/A
Selenium	0.3µg	0.2µg	0%
Saturated fat	0.031g	0.016g	0%
Monounsaturated fat	0.01g	0.037g	0%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.072g	0.088g	0%
Tryptophan	0.029mg	0.002mg	0%
Threonine	0.115mg		0%
Isoleucine	0.139mg		0%
Leucine	0.19mg		0%
Lysine	0.17mg	0.009mg	0%
Methionine	0.034mg	0.003mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.12mg		0%
Valine	0.149mg		0%
Histidine	0.073mg		0%