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.
Potato | Lotus root |
Nutrient | potato | lotus root |
Protein | 5g | 7g |
Carbohydrate | 45g | 47g |
Fiber | 6g | 13g |
Fat | 0g | 0g |
Monounsat. Fat | 0g | 0g |
Polyunsat. Fat | 0g | 0g |
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 | potato | lotus root |
Choline | 7% | 0% |
Vitamin A | 0% | 0% |
Vitamin C | 68% | 159% |
Vitamin E | 0% | 0% |
Vitamin K | 6% | 0% |
Potato have significantly more Vitamins K than lotus root. Lotus root have significantly more Vitamins C than potato. Potato are a good source of Thiamin, Niacin, Potassium, Phosphorus, Iron. Potato are a great source of Vitamin C, Vitamin B6. Lotus root are a good source of Pantothenic Acid, Calcium. Lotus root are a great source of Thiamin, Riboflavin, Vitamin B6, Potassium, Phosphorus, Iron. Lotus root are an excellent source of Vitamin C.
And here we see the B-vitamins: B1 (Thiamin), B2 (Riboflavin), B3 (Niacin), B5 (Pantothenic Acid), B6 (Pyridoxine)
Nutrient | potato | lotus root |
Vitamin B1 | 21% | 43% |
Vitamin B2 | 8% | 54% |
Vitamin B3 | 23% | 9% |
Vitamin B5 | 15% | 20% |
Vitamin B6 | 70% | 63% |
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 | potato | lotus root |
Sodium | 1% | 7% |
Potasium | 31% | 43% |
Calcium | 6% | 24% |
Magnesium | 17% | 18% |
Phosphorus | 26% | 47% |
Iron | 34% | 52% |
Manganese | 17% | 31% |
Selenium | 2% | 4% |
Copper | 28% | 69% |
Zinc | 8% | 11% |
You can use the Nutrient based Food and recipe finder, to rank foods based on nutrients:
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