Discover which food has more nutrients per 500 calories - Raw Quinoa or Brown Rice?
Lets compare vitamin content per 500 calories of Raw Quinoa vs Brown Rice:
500 calories of Raw Quinoa have 7.3 times more Vitamin B2 and 9.1 times more Vitamin B9 than Brown Rice.
While 500 kcal of Raw Medium-grain Brown Rice contain 2.9 times more Vitamin B3 and 2 times more Vitamin B5 than Raw Quinoa.
Both Raw Quinoa and Brown Rice provide similar amounts of Vitamin B1 and Vitamin B6 per 500 calories.
500 calories of Brown Rice have insufficient amounts of Vitamin B2 and Vitamin B9
Both Raw Quinoa as well as Raw Medium-grain Brown Rice have insufficient amounts of Vitamin A, Vitamin B12 and Vitamin D in 500 calories.
Comparing minerals per 500 calories for Raw Quinoa vs Brown Rice:
500 calories of Raw Quinoa have 2.1 times more Copper, 2.5 times more Iron, 1.4 times more Magnesium, 1.7 times more Phosphorus, 2.1 times more Potassium and 1.5 times more Zinc than Brown Rice.
While 500 kcal of Raw Medium-grain Brown Rice contain 1.9 times more Manganese than Raw Quinoa.
Both Raw Quinoa as well as Raw Medium-grain Brown Rice lack sufficient amounts of Calcium in 500 calories.
Comparison of macro-nutrients per 500 calories:
500 calories of Raw Quinoa have 6.2 times more Omega 3, 3.2 times more Omega 6, 2 times more Fiber and 1.9 times more Protein than Brown Rice.
Both Raw Quinoa and Brown Rice offer comparable quantities of Energy and Carbohydrate per 500 calories.
500 calories of Brown Rice provide inadequate amounts of Omega 3 and Omega 6