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.
Sweet potato | Turnips |
Nutrient | sweet potato | turnips |
Protein | 4g | 6g |
Carbohydrate | 47g | 46g |
Fiber | 7g | 13g |
Fat | 0g | 1g |
Monounsat. Fat | 0g | 1g |
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 | sweet potato | turnips |
Choline | 7% | 18% |
Vitamin A | 331% | 0% |
Vitamin C | 45% | 200% |
Vitamin E | 21% | 2% |
Vitamin K | 7% | 1% |
Sweet potato have significantly more Vitamins A, E, K than turnips. Turnips have significantly more Vitamins C than sweet potato. Sweet potato are a good source of Vitamin E, Pantothenic Acid, Vitamin B6, Iron. Sweet potato are a great source of Vitamin C. Sweet potato are an excellent source of Vitamin A. Turnips are a good source of Thiamin, Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, Potassium, Magnesium, Zinc, Phosphorus, Iron. Turnips are a great source of Vitamin B6, Calcium. Turnips 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 | sweet potato | turnips |
Vitamin B1 | 15% | 29% |
Vitamin B2 | 11% | 20% |
Vitamin B3 | 12% | 24% |
Vitamin B5 | 31% | 29% |
Vitamin B6 | 39% | 58% |
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 | sweet potato | turnips |
Sodium | 5% | 32% |
Potasium | 17% | 39% |
Calcium | 14% | 43% |
Magnesium | 14% | 22% |
Phosphorus | 15% | 33% |
Iron | 32% | 36% |
Manganese | 30% | 42% |
Selenium | 1% | 11% |
Copper | 25% | 61% |
Zinc | 6% | 21% |