Sweet Potato vs Ginger: All Nutritional Differences
Where is more calories, protein, carbs - what is more healthy?
Fact 1: There is More Calories in Sweet potato
At first glance, you can see that in sweet potato is just a little more calories than in ginger.
Sweet potato has 86 kcal per 100g and ginger 80 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 8%.
In sweet potato and in ginger most calories came from carbs.
See tables below to compare sweet potato with ginger in details.
Fact 2: Sweet potato And Ginger Nutrition Difference
- Calories: sweet potato - 8% more than ginger
- Carbohydrates: sweet potato - 13% more than ginger
- Fat: ginger - 1400% more than sweet potato
- Dietary fiber: sweet potato - 50% more than ginger
- Protein: ginger - 14% more than sweet potato
Ginger vs Sweet potato: Vitamins and Minerals Comparison
| per 100g | Sweet potato | Ginger |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 86 | 80 |
| Carbohydrates | 20.12 g | 17.77 g |
| Fat | 0.05 g | 0.75 g |
| Dietary fiber | 3 g | 2 g |
| Protein | 1.6 g | 1.82 g |
| Calcium | 30 mg | 16 mg |
| Iron | 0.61 mg | 0.6 mg |
| Magnessium | 25 mg | 43 mg |
| Phosphorus | 47 mg | 34 mg |
| Potassium | 337 mg | 415 mg |
| Sodium | 55 mg | 13 mg |
| Zink | 0.3 mg | 0.34 mg |
| Vitaminium B3 (Niacin) | 0.557 mg | 0.75 mg |
| Vitaminium B5 | 0.8 mg | 0.203 mg |
| Vitaminium B6 | 0.209 mg | 0.16 mg |
| Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid) | 11 mg | 11 mg |
| Vitaminium C | 2.4 mg | 5 mg |
| Vitaminium E | 0.26 mg | 0.26 mg |
| Vitaminium K | 1.8 mg | 0.1 mg |
Less protein in sweet potato
It is aslo easy to see see that in sweet potato is less protein than in ginger.
There is 1.82g per 100g of ginger and 1.6g per 100g of sweet potato so using simple math we can see that difference is about 14%.
More carbohydrates in sweet potato
In sweet potato is more carbohydrates than in ginger.
There is 17.77g/100g of carbohydrates in ginger and 20.12g/100g in sweet potato so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 13%.
Less fat in sweet potato
In sweet potato is less fats than in ginger.
The tables above show us that there is 0.75g/100g of fats in ginger and 0.05g/100g in sweet potato. In this case difference is about 1400%.
Sweet potato
86kcal- Calories86
- Carbohydrates20.12 g
- Fat0.05 g
- Dietary fiber3 g
- Protein1.6 g
100g | ounce | single piece | cup | cubes | cup | mashed
Calories source
- 92% CARBS.
- 7% PROTEIN
- 1% FAT
Ginger
80kcal- Calories80
- Carbohydrates17.77 g
- Fat0.75 g
- Dietary fiber2 g
- Protein1.82 g
100g | ounce | single piece | tablespoon | teaspoon | slice | cup | chopped
Calories source
- 84% CARBS
- 9% PROTEIN
- 8% FAT
Vitamins: ginger vs sweet potato
- Vitaminium B3 (Niacin): ginger 35% more than sweet potato
- Vitaminium B5: sweet potato 294% more than ginger
- Vitaminium B6: sweet potato 31% more than ginger
- Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid): ginger 0% more than sweet potato
- Vitaminium C: ginger 108% more than sweet potato
- Vitaminium E: ginger 0% more than sweet potato
- Vitaminium K: sweet potato 1700% more than ginger
Minerals: sweet potato vs ginger
- Calcium: sweet potato 88% more than ginger
- Iron: sweet potato 2% more than ginger
- Magnessium: ginger 72% more than sweet potato
- Phosphorus: sweet potato 38% more than ginger
- Potassium: ginger 23% more than sweet potato
- Sodium: sweet potato 323% more than ginger
- Zink: ginger 13% more than sweet potato
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Marcin Piotrowicz
calories-info.com creator
Healthy eating and living style promoter
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