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Fish sauce vs. Teff — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Important differences between fish sauce and teff

  • Fish sauce has more magnesium, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12; however, teff has more manganese, copper, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B1, and fiber.
  • Fish sauce's daily need coverage for sodium is 341% more.
  • Teff is lower in sodium.
  • Teff has a higher glycemic index than fish sauce.

The food varieties used in the comparison are Sauce, fish, ready-to-serve 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 125% 13% 25% 29% 17% 5.5% 3% 1024% 30% 50%
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 MagnesiumMagnesium +250%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +169.2%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +∞%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +14%
Contains more IronIron +162.8%
Contains more CopperCopper +352%
Contains more ZincZinc +455%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +1614.3%
Contains less SodiumSodium -99.9%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +1127.5%

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 1.7% 1.3% 0% 0% 3% 13% 43% 7.1% 91% 60% 0% 38% 7.2%
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 +72.7%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +154.5%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +308.2%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12 +∞%
Contains more FolateFolate +183.3%
Contains more CholineCholine +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +1425%
~equal in Vitamin E ~mg
~equal in Vitamin D ~µg
~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Fish sauce Teff DV% diff.
Sodium 7851mg 8mg 341%
Manganese 0.233mg 2.86mg 114%
Magnesium 175mg 50mg 30%
Vitamin B6 0.396mg 0.097mg 23%
Copper 0.05mg 0.226mg 20%
Vitamin B12 0.48µg 0µg 20%
Selenium 9.1µg 17%
Phosphorus 7mg 120mg 16%
Iron 0.78mg 2.05mg 16%
Vitamin B1 0.012mg 0.183mg 14%
Fiber 0g 2.8g 11%
Vitamin B3 2.313mg 0.909mg 9%
Zinc 0.2mg 1.11mg 8%
Folate 51µg 18µg 8%
Potassium 288mg 107mg 5%
Carbs 3.64g 19.86g 5%
Calories 35kcal 101kcal 3%
Vitamin B5 0.118mg 2%
Choline 13.2mg 2%
Vitamin B2 0.057mg 0.033mg 2%
Protein 5.06g 3.87g 2%
Calcium 43mg 49mg 1%
Vitamin C 0.5mg 1%
Fats 0.01g 0.65g 1%
Net carbs 3.64g 17.06g N/A
Sugar 3.64g N/A
Vitamin A 4µg 0µg 0%
Saturated fat 0.003g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.002g 0%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.003g 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%
Omega-3 - EPA 0.001g N/A
Omega-3 - DHA 0.002g N/A

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
5% 4% 71% 20%
Protein: 5.06 g
Fats: 0.01 g
Carbs: 3.64 g
Water: 71.07 g
Other: 20.22 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 ProteinProtein +30.7%
Contains more OtherOther +2830.4%
Contains more FatsFats +6400%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +445.6%
~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. Fish sauce - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/174531/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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