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Celtuce vs. Mexican tea — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are celtuce and Mexican tea different?

  • Celtuce is higher in vitamin A and vitamin C; however, Mexican tea is richer in manganese, folate, calcium, magnesium, vitamin B2, copper, iron, and potassium.
  • Daily need coverage for manganese for Mexican tea is 105% higher.
  • Celtuce contains 61 times more vitamin A than Mexican tea. While celtuce contains 3500IU of vitamin A, Mexican tea contains only 57IU.

Celtuce, raw and Epazote, raw are the varieties used in this article.

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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 20% 12% 29% 21% 13% 7.4% 17% 1.4% 90% 4.9%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 86% 83% 56% 71% 63% 30% 37% 5.6% 404% 4.9%
Contains less SodiumSodium -74.4%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +332.1%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +605.1%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +91.8%
Contains more IronIron +241.8%
Contains more CopperCopper +375%
Contains more ZincZinc +307.4%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +120.5%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +350.3%
~equal in Selenium ~0.9µg

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 65% 58% 0% 0% 14% 16% 10% 11% 12% 0% 0% 35% 0%
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 12% 1% 0% 0% 7% 80% 12% 11% 35% 0% 0% 161% 0%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +441.7%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +5733.3%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +96.4%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +397.1%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +16.2%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +204%
Contains more FolateFolate +367.4%
~equal in Vitamin E ~mg
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0.179mg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin K ~µg
~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Celtuce Mexican tea DV% diff.
Manganese 0.688mg 3.098mg 105%
Folate 46µg 215µg 42%
Calcium 39mg 275mg 24%
Magnesium 28mg 121mg 22%
Vitamin B2 0.07mg 0.348mg 21%
Vitamin A 175µg 3µg 19%
Vitamin C 19.5mg 3.6mg 18%
Iron 0.55mg 1.88mg 17%
Copper 0.04mg 0.19mg 17%
Potassium 330mg 633mg 9%
Vitamin B6 0.05mg 0.152mg 8%
Fiber 1.7g 3.8g 8%
Zinc 0.27mg 1.1mg 8%
Phosphorus 39mg 86mg 7%
Vitamin B1 0.055mg 0.028mg 2%
Vitamin B3 0.55mg 0.639mg 1%
Calories 18kcal 32kcal 1%
Protein 0.85g 0.33g 1%
Sodium 11mg 43mg 1%
Carbs 3.65g 7.44g 1%
Fats 0.3g 0.52g 0%
Net carbs 1.95g 3.64g N/A
Selenium 0.9µg 0.9µg 0%
Vitamin B5 0.183mg 0.179mg 0%
Tryptophan 0.006mg 0%
Threonine 0.039mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.055mg 0%
Leucine 0.052mg 0%
Lysine 0.055mg 0%
Methionine 0.01mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.036mg 0%
Valine 0.046mg 0%
Histidine 0.015mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
4% 95%
Protein: 0.85 g
Fats: 0.3 g
Carbs: 3.65 g
Water: 94.5 g
Other: 0.7 g
7% 89% 3%
Protein: 0.33 g
Fats: 0.52 g
Carbs: 7.44 g
Water: 89.21 g
Other: 2.5 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +157.6%
Contains more FatsFats +73.3%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +103.8%
Contains more OtherOther +257.1%
~equal in Water ~89.21g

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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. Celtuce - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169990/nutrients
  2. Mexican tea - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169398/nutrients

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

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