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Dried fruit vs. Mexican tea — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the main differences between dried fruit and Mexican tea?

  • Dried fruit is richer in vitamin A, copper, potassium, fiber, and vitamin B3, yet Mexican tea is richer in manganese, folate, calcium, magnesium, and vitamin B2.
  • Mexican tea's daily need coverage for manganese is 124% higher.
  • Dried fruit has 63 times more vitamin A than Mexican tea. Dried fruit has 3604IU of vitamin A, while Mexican tea has 57IU.

We used Apricots, dried, sulfured, uncooked and Epazote, raw types in this comparison.

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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 23% 17% 103% 100% 114% 11% 30% 1.3% 31% 12%
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 more PotassiumPotassium +83.6%
Contains more IronIron +41.5%
Contains more CopperCopper +80.5%
Contains less SodiumSodium -76.7%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +144.4%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +278.1%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +400%
Contains more ZincZinc +182.1%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +21.1%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +1218.3%

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 3.3% 60% 87% 0% 3.8% 17% 49% 31% 33% 0% 7.8% 7.5% 7.6%
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 AVitamin A +5900%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +305.2%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +188.3%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +∞%
Contains more CholineCholine +∞%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +260%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +86.7%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +370.3%
Contains more FolateFolate +2050%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0.152mg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Dried fruit Mexican tea DV% diff.
Manganese 0.235mg 3.098mg 124%
Folate 10µg 215µg 51%
Vitamin E 4.33mg 29%
Calcium 55mg 275mg 22%
Vitamin B2 0.074mg 0.348mg 21%
Magnesium 32mg 121mg 21%
Vitamin A 180µg 3µg 20%
Carbs 62.64g 7.44g 18%
Copper 0.343mg 0.19mg 17%
Fructose 12.47g 16%
Potassium 1162mg 633mg 16%
Fiber 7.3g 3.8g 14%
Vitamin B3 2.589mg 0.639mg 12%
Calories 241kcal 32kcal 10%
Iron 2.66mg 1.88mg 10%
Vitamin B5 0.516mg 0.179mg 7%
Zinc 0.39mg 1.1mg 6%
Protein 3.39g 0.33g 6%
Choline 13.9mg 3%
Vitamin K 3.1µg 3%
Vitamin C 1mg 3.6mg 3%
Phosphorus 71mg 86mg 2%
Selenium 2.2µg 0.9µg 2%
Vitamin B6 0.143mg 0.152mg 1%
Vitamin B1 0.015mg 0.028mg 1%
Sodium 10mg 43mg 1%
Fats 0.51g 0.52g 0%
Net carbs 55.34g 3.64g N/A
Sugar 53.44g N/A
Starch 0.35g 0%
Saturated fat 0.017g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.074g 0%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.074g 0%
Tryptophan 0.016mg 0%
Threonine 0.073mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.063mg 0%
Leucine 0.105mg 0%
Lysine 0.083mg 0%
Methionine 0.015mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.062mg 0%
Valine 0.078mg 0%
Histidine 0.047mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
3% 63% 31% 3%
Protein: 3.39 g
Fats: 0.51 g
Carbs: 62.64 g
Water: 30.89 g
Other: 2.57 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 +927.3%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +741.9%
Contains more WaterWater +188.8%
~equal in Fats ~0.52g
~equal in Other ~2.5g

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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. Dried fruit - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/173941/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.

Data provided by FoodStruct.com should be considered and used as information only. Please consult your physician before beginning any diet.