Discover which food has more nutrients per 500 calories - Turnips or Turnip Greens?
Lets compare vitamin content per 500 calories of Turnips vs Turnip Greens:
500 kcal of Raw Turnip Greens contain more Vitamin A, 1.5 times more Vitamin B1, 2.9 times more Vitamin B2, 1.3 times more Vitamin B3, 1.7 times more Vitamin B5, 2.6 times more Vitamin B6, 11.3 times more Vitamin B9, 2.5 times more Vitamin C, 83.4 times more Vitamin E and 2196.3 times more Vitamin K than Raw Turnips.
500 calories of Turnips have insufficient amounts of Vitamin A, Vitamin E and Vitamin K
Both Raw Turnips as well as Raw Turnip Greens have insufficient amounts of Vitamin B12 and Vitamin D in 500 calories.
Comparing minerals per 500 calories for Turnips vs Turnip Greens:
500 calories of Turnips have 1.9 times more Sodium and 1.6 times more Zinc than Turnip Greens.
While 500 kcal of Raw Turnip Greens contain 5.5 times more Calcium, 3.6 times more Copper, 3.2 times more Iron, 2.5 times more Magnesium, 3 times more Manganese, 1.4 times more Phosphorus, 1.4 times more Potassium and 1.5 times more Selenium than Raw Turnips.
Both Turnips and Turnip Greens contain similar levels of Water per 500 calories.
Comparison of macro-nutrients per 500 calories:
500 calories of Turnips have 5.4 times more Sugars than Turnip Greens.
While 500 kcal of Raw Turnip Greens contain 1.8 times more Omega 3, 1.6 times more Fiber and 1.5 times more Protein than Raw Turnips.
Both Turnips and Turnip Greens offer comparable quantities of Energy and Carbohydrate per 500 calories.
Both Raw Turnips as well as Raw Turnip Greens provide inadequate amounts of Omega 6 in 500 calories.