Discover which food has more nutrients per 500 calories - Brown Rice or Raw Quinoa?
Lets compare vitamin content per 500 calories of Brown Rice vs Raw Quinoa:
500 calories of Brown Rice have 2.9 times more Vitamin B3 and 2 times more Vitamin B5 than Raw Quinoa.
While 500 kcal of Raw Quinoa contain 7.3 times more Vitamin B2 and 9.1 times more Vitamin B9 than Raw Medium-grain Brown Rice.
Both Brown Rice and Raw Quinoa 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 Medium-grain Brown Rice as well as Raw Quinoa have insufficient amounts of Vitamin A, Vitamin B12 and Vitamin D in 500 calories.
Comparing minerals per 500 calories for Brown Rice vs Raw Quinoa:
500 calories of Brown Rice have 1.9 times more Manganese than Raw Quinoa.
While 500 kcal of Raw Quinoa contain 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 Raw Medium-grain Brown Rice.
Both Raw Medium-grain Brown Rice as well as Raw Quinoa lack sufficient amounts of Calcium in 500 calories.
Comparison of macro-nutrients per 500 calories:
500 calories of Brown Rice have 1.2 times more Carbohydrate than Raw Quinoa.
While 500 kcal of Raw Quinoa contain 6.2 times more Omega 3, 3.2 times more Omega 6, 2 times more Fiber and 1.9 times more Protein than Raw Medium-grain Brown Rice.
Both Brown Rice and Raw Quinoa offer comparable quantities of Energy per 500 calories.
500 calories of Brown Rice provide inadequate amounts of Omega 3 and Omega 6