Discover which food has more nutrients per 500 calories - Wheat Germ or Durum Wheat?
Lets compare vitamin content per 500 calories of Wheat Germ vs Durum Wheat:
500 calories of Wheat Germ have 4.2 times more Vitamin B1, 3.9 times more Vitamin B2, 2.3 times more Vitamin B5, 2.9 times more Vitamin B6 and 6.2 times more Vitamin B9 than Durum Wheat.
Both Wheat Germ and Durum Wheat provide similar amounts of Vitamin B3 per 500 calories.
Both Crude Wheat Germ as well as Durum Wheat have insufficient amounts of Vitamin A, Vitamin B12, Vitamin C and Vitamin D in 500 calories.
Comparing minerals per 500 calories for Wheat Germ vs Durum Wheat:
500 calories of Wheat Germ have 1.4 times more Copper, 1.7 times more Iron, 1.6 times more Magnesium, 4.2 times more Manganese, 1.6 times more Phosphorus, 1.9 times more Potassium and 2.8 times more Zinc than Durum Wheat.
Both Wheat Germ and Durum Wheat contain similar levels of Selenium per 500 calories.
Both Crude Wheat Germ as well as Durum Wheat lack sufficient amounts of Calcium in 500 calories.
Comparison of macro-nutrients per 500 calories:
500 calories of Wheat Germ have 3.7 times more Fat, 14.2 times more Omega 3, 5.4 times more Omega 6 and 1.6 times more Protein than Durum Wheat.
While 500 kcal of Durum Wheat contain 1.5 times more Carbohydrate than Crude Wheat Germ.
Both Wheat Germ and Durum Wheat offer comparable quantities of Energy per 500 calories.
500 calories of Durum Wheat provide inadequate amounts of Omega 3 and Omega 6