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Arrowroot vs. Teff — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Significant differences between arrowroot and teff

  • Arrowroot has more folate, vitamin B6, and potassium; however, teff is richer in manganese, copper, fiber, and magnesium.
  • Teff covers your daily manganese needs 117% more than arrowroot.
  • Teff has 19 times less folate than arrowroot. Arrowroot has 338µg of folate, while teff has 18µg.

Specific food types used in this comparison are Arrowroot, raw and Teff, cooked.

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Mineral Comparison

Mineral comparison score is based on the number of minerals by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 18% 1.8% 40% 83% 40% 17% 42% 3.4% 23% 3.8%
Teff
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Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 36% 15% 9.4% 77% 75% 30% 51% 1% 373% 0%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +324.3%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +∞%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +100%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +716.7%
Contains more CopperCopper +86.8%
Contains more ZincZinc +76.2%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +22.4%
Contains less SodiumSodium -69.2%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +1543.7%
~equal in Iron ~2.05mg

Vitamin Comparison

Vitamin comparison score is based on the number of vitamins by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin B1 Vit. B1 Vitamin B2 Vit. B2 Vitamin B3 Vit. B3 Vitamin B5 Vit. B5 Vitamin B6 Vit. B6 Vitamin B12 Vit. B12 Vitamin K Vit. K Folate Folate Choline Choline 6.3% 0.33% 0% 0% 36% 14% 32% 18% 61% 0% 0% 254% 0%
Teff
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Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin B1 Vit. B1 Vitamin B2 Vit. B2 Vitamin B3 Vit. B3 Vitamin B5 Vit. B5 Vitamin B6 Vit. B6 Vitamin B12 Vit. B12 Vitamin K Vit. K Folate Folate Choline Choline 0% 0% 0% 0% 46% 7.6% 17% 0% 22% 0% 0% 14% 0%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +∞%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +78.8%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +86.2%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +174.2%
Contains more FolateFolate +1777.8%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +28%
~equal in Vitamin E ~mg
~equal in Vitamin D ~µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin K ~µg
~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Arrowroot Teff DV% diff.
Manganese 0.174mg 2.86mg 117%
Folate 338µg 18µg 80%
Vitamin B6 0.266mg 0.097mg 13%
Copper 0.121mg 0.226mg 12%
Potassium 454mg 107mg 10%
Vitamin B5 0.292mg 6%
Magnesium 25mg 50mg 6%
Fiber 1.3g 2.8g 6%
Vitamin B3 1.693mg 0.909mg 5%
Calcium 6mg 49mg 4%
Zinc 0.63mg 1.11mg 4%
Vitamin B1 0.143mg 0.183mg 3%
Phosphorus 98mg 120mg 3%
Vitamin B2 0.059mg 0.033mg 2%
Calories 65kcal 101kcal 2%
Iron 2.22mg 2.05mg 2%
Carbs 13.39g 19.86g 2%
Vitamin C 1.9mg 2%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.092g 1%
Selenium 0.7µg 1%
Protein 4.24g 3.87g 1%
Fats 0.2g 0.65g 1%
Sodium 26mg 8mg 1%
Net carbs 12.09g 17.06g N/A
Vitamin A 1µg 0µg 0%
Saturated fat 0.039g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.004g 0%
Tryptophan 0.041mg 0%
Threonine 0.149mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.146mg 0%
Leucine 0.311mg 0%
Lysine 0.109mg 0%
Methionine 0.125mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.203mg 0%
Valine 0.2mg 0%
Histidine 0.088mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
4% 13% 81%
Protein: 4.24 g
Fats: 0.2 g
Carbs: 13.39 g
Water: 80.75 g
Other: 1.42 g
Teff
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4% 20% 75%
Protein: 3.87 g
Fats: 0.65 g
Carbs: 19.86 g
Water: 74.93 g
Other: 0.69 g
Contains more OtherOther +105.8%
Contains more FatsFats +225%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +48.3%
~equal in Protein ~3.87g
~equal in Water ~74.93g

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References

All the values for which the sources are not specified explicitly are taken from FDA’s Food Central. The exact link to the food presented on this page can be found below.

  1. Arrowroot - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168490/nutrients
  2. Teff - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168918/nutrients

All the Daily Values are presented for males aged 31-50, for 2000-calorie diets.

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