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.
| Tomato sauce | Brown gravy |
| Nutrient | tomato sauce | brown gravy |
| Protein | 6g | 0g |
| Carbohydrate | 41g | 32g |
| Fiber | 7g | 0g |
| Fat | 1g | 8g |
| Monounsat. Fat | 0g | 8g |
| 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 | tomato sauce | brown gravy |
| Choline | 13% | 0% |
| Vitamin A | 21% | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 83% | 0% |
| Vitamin E | 69% | 0% |
| Vitamin K | 21% | 0% |
Tomato sauce have significantly more Vitamins A, E, C, K than brown gravy. Tomato sauce are a good source of Vitamin A, Vitamin K, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Magnesium, Phosphorus. Tomato sauce are a great source of Vitamin E, Vitamin C, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Potassium, Iron.
And here we see the B-vitamins: B1 (Thiamin), B2 (Riboflavin), B3 (Niacin), B5 (Pantothenic Acid), B6 (Pyridoxine)
| Nutrient | tomato sauce | brown gravy |
| Vitamin B1 | 33% | 0% |
| Vitamin B2 | 26% | 0% |
| Vitamin B3 | 46% | 0% |
| Vitamin B5 | 0% | 0% |
| Vitamin B6 | 69% | 0% |
| 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 | tomato sauce | brown gravy |
| Sodium | 3% | 177% |
| Potasium | 50% | 0% |
| Calcium | 13% | 0% |
| Magnesium | 26% | 0% |
| Phosphorus | 26% | 0% |
| Iron | 61% | 0% |
| Manganese | 27% | 0% |
| Selenium | 6% | 0% |
| Copper | 93% | 0% |
| Zinc | 13% | 0% |
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