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Chestnut vs. Teff — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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The main differences between chestnut and teff

  • Chestnut has more copper, potassium, vitamin B6, and vitamin B2; however, teff has more manganese and zinc.
  • Daily need coverage for manganese for teff is 87% higher.
  • Teff has 7 times less potassium than chestnut. Chestnut has 715mg of potassium, while teff has 107mg.

Food types used in this article are Nuts, chestnuts, european, boiled, and steamed 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 39% 14% 63% 65% 157% 6.8% 42% 3.5% 111% 0%
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 +568.2%
Contains more CopperCopper +108.8%
Contains more IronIron +18.5%
Contains more ZincZinc +344%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +21.2%
Contains less SodiumSodium -70.4%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +234.9%
~equal in Magnesium ~50mg
~equal in Calcium ~49mg
~equal in Selenium ~µg

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 89% 0.33% 0% 0% 37% 24% 14% 19% 54% 0% 0% 29% 0%
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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 +215.2%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +140.2%
Contains more FolateFolate +111.1%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +23.6%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +24.4%
~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 Chestnut Teff DV% diff.
Manganese 0.854mg 2.86mg 87%
Vitamin C 26.7mg 30%
Copper 0.472mg 0.226mg 27%
Potassium 715mg 107mg 18%
Fiber 2.8g 11%
Vitamin B6 0.233mg 0.097mg 10%
Zinc 0.25mg 1.11mg 8%
Vitamin B5 0.316mg 6%
Folate 38µg 18µg 5%
Vitamin B2 0.104mg 0.033mg 5%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.545g 4%
Iron 1.73mg 2.05mg 4%
Protein 2g 3.87g 4%
Vitamin B1 0.148mg 0.183mg 3%
Carbs 27.76g 19.86g 3%
Phosphorus 99mg 120mg 3%
Calories 131kcal 101kcal 2%
Sodium 27mg 8mg 1%
Vitamin B3 0.731mg 0.909mg 1%
Magnesium 54mg 50mg 1%
Saturated fat 0.26g 1%
Monounsaturated fat 0.476g 1%
Fats 1.38g 0.65g 1%
Net carbs 27.76g 17.06g N/A
Calcium 46mg 49mg 0%
Vitamin A 1µg 0µg 0%
Tryptophan 0.022mg 0.041mg 0%
Threonine 0.071mg 0.149mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.079mg 0.146mg 0%
Leucine 0.118mg 0.311mg 0%
Lysine 0.118mg 0.109mg 0%
Methionine 0.047mg 0.125mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.084mg 0.203mg 0%
Valine 0.112mg 0.2mg 0%
Histidine 0.055mg 0.088mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
2% 28% 68%
Protein: 2 g
Fats: 1.38 g
Carbs: 27.76 g
Water: 68.15 g
Other: 0.71 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 FatsFats +112.3%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +39.8%
Contains more ProteinProtein +93.5%
~equal in Water ~74.93g
~equal in Other ~0.69g

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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. Chestnut - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170168/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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