Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
tumeric
versus
cilantro
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in tumeric and cilantro:
Tumeric is high in calories and cilantro has 93% less calories than tumeric - cilantro has 23 calories per 100 grams and tumeric has 312 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, tumeric is much lighter in protein, much heavier in carbs and heavier in fat compared to cilantro per calorie. Tumeric has a macronutrient ratio of 11:80:9 and for cilantro, 50:50:0 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Tumeric | Cilantro | |
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Protein | 11% | 50% |
Carbohydrates | 80% | 50% |
Fat | 9% | ~ |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Tumeric is high in carbohydrates and cilantro has 95% less carbohydrates than tumeric - cilantro has 3.7g of total carbs per 100 grams and tumeric has 67.1g of carbohydrates.
Both cilantro and tumeric are high in dietary fiber. Tumeric has 711% more dietary fiber than cilantro - cilantro has 2.8g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and tumeric has 22.7g of dietary fiber.
Cilantro and tumeric contain similar amounts of sugar - cilantro has 0.87g of sugar per 100 grams and tumeric has 3.2g of sugar.
Tumeric is a great source of protein and it has 354% more protein than cilantro - cilantro has 2.1g of protein per 100 grams and tumeric has 9.7g of protein.
Cilantro has 130.2 times less saturated fat than tumeric - cilantro has 0.01g of saturated fat per 100 grams and tumeric has 1.8g of saturated fat.
Both tumeric and cilantro are low in trans fat - tumeric has 0.06g of trans fat per 100 grams and cilantro does not contain significant amounts.
Cilantro is an excellent source of Vitamin C and it has 37 times more Vitamin C than tumeric - cilantro has 27mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and tumeric has 0.7mg of Vitamin C.
Cilantro is an excellent source of Vitamin A and it has more Vitamin A than tumeric - cilantro has 337ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and tumeric does not contain significant amounts.
Tumeric has 77% more Vitamin E than cilantro - cilantro has 2.5mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and tumeric has 4.4mg of Vitamin E.
Cilantro is an excellent source of Vitamin K and it has 22 times more Vitamin K than tumeric - cilantro has 310ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and tumeric has 13.4ug of Vitamin K.
Cilantro has more folate. Both tumeric and cilantro contain significant amounts of thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid and Vitamin B6.
Tumeric | Cilantro | |
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Thiamin | 0.058 MG | 0.067 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.15 MG | 0.162 MG |
Niacin | 1.35 MG | 1.114 MG |
Pantothenic acid | 0.542 MG | 0.57 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 0.107 MG | 0.149 MG |
Folate | 20 UG | 62 UG |
Both cilantro and tumeric are high in calcium. Tumeric has 151% more calcium than cilantro - cilantro has 67mg of calcium per 100 grams and tumeric has 168mg of calcium.
Tumeric is an excellent source of iron and it has 30 times more iron than cilantro - cilantro has 1.8mg of iron per 100 grams and tumeric has 55mg of iron.
Both cilantro and tumeric are high in potassium. Tumeric has 299% more potassium than cilantro - cilantro has 521mg of potassium per 100 grams and tumeric has 2080mg of potassium.
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, tumeric has more linoleic acid than cilantro per 100 grams.
Tumeric | Cilantro | |
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other omega 6 | 0.081 G | ~ |
linoleic acid | 0.672 G | 0.04 G |
Total | 0.753 G | 0.04 G |
The comparison below is by common portions, e.g. cups, packages. You can also see a more concrete comparison by weight at equal weight (by grams) comparison.
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G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||