First, let's take a look at the macros. Each of these are listed in grams and as usual, normalized to 200 calories for easy comparison, so we're always comparing apples to apples.
Bananas | Tomatoes |
Nutrient | bananas | tomatoes |
Protein | 2g | 10g |
Carbohydrate | 51g | 44g |
Fiber | 6g | 13g |
Fat | 1g | 2g |
Monounsat. Fat | 0g | 2g |
Polyunsat. Fat | 0g | 1g |
Saturated Fat | 0g | 0g |
Next, let's take a look at the Vitamin density. These values are shown in units of percent of recommended daily intake. And since we're showing 200 calories worth, this means anything above 10% is good.
Nutrient | bananas | tomatoes |
Choline | 5% | 18% |
Vitamin A | 1% | 75% |
Vitamin C | 26% | 188% |
Vitamin E | 2% | 50% |
Vitamin K | 1% | 110% |
Tomatoes have significantly more Vitamins A, E, C, K than bananas. Bananas are a good source of Vitamin C, Potassium. Bananas are a great source of Vitamin B6. Tomatoes are a good source of Magnesium, Zinc, Calcium. Tomatoes are a great source of Vitamin A, Vitamin E, Thiamin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Potassium, Phosphorus, Iron. Tomatoes are an excellent source of Vitamin K, Vitamin C.
And here we see the B-vitamins: B1 (Thiamin), B2 (Riboflavin), B3 (Niacin), B5 (Pantothenic Acid), B6 (Pyridoxine)
Nutrient | bananas | tomatoes |
Vitamin B1 | 7% | 41% |
Vitamin B2 | 15% | 19% |
Vitamin B3 | 13% | 55% |
Vitamin B5 | 15% | 20% |
Vitamin B6 | 75% | 81% |
Vitamin B12 | 0% | 0% |
Now, lets look at mineral density. Here we have a lot of important electrolytes and minerals. Once again, units are in percent of RDI, thus for this 200 calorie serving anything above 10% would considered high.
Nutrient | bananas | tomatoes |
Sodium | 0% | 4% |
Potasium | 23% | 75% |
Calcium | 2% | 22% |
Magnesium | 17% | 35% |
Phosphorus | 9% | 46% |
Iron | 10% | 50% |
Manganese | 26% | 55% |
Selenium | 5% | 0% |
Copper | 18% | 66% |
Zinc | 4% | 20% |