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Hearts of palm vs. Mexican tea — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on the differences between hearts of palm and Mexican tea

  • Hearts of palm have more iron; however, Mexican tea is higher in manganese, folate, vitamin B2, calcium, magnesium, potassium, vitamin B6, and copper.
  • Mexican tea covers your daily manganese needs 74% more than hearts of palm.
  • Mexican tea contains 10 times less sodium than hearts of palm. Hearts of palm contain 426mg of sodium, while Mexican tea contains 43mg.

Food varieties used in this article are Hearts of palm, canned and Epazote, raw.

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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 27% 17% 16% 117% 44% 31% 28% 56% 182% 3.8%
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 IronIron +66.5%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +218.4%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +374.1%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +257.6%
Contains more CopperCopper +42.9%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +32.3%
Contains less SodiumSodium -89.9%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +122.2%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +28.6%
~equal in Zinc ~1.1mg

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 26% 0% 0% 0% 2.8% 13% 8.2% 7.6% 5.1% 0% 0% 29% 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 +119.4%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +154.5%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +510.5%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +46.2%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +42.1%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +590.9%
Contains more FolateFolate +451.3%
~equal in Vitamin E ~mg
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin K ~µg
~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Hearts of palm Mexican tea DV% diff.
Manganese 1.394mg 3.098mg 74%
Folate 39µg 215µg 44%
Vitamin B2 0.057mg 0.348mg 22%
Calcium 58mg 275mg 22%
Magnesium 38mg 121mg 20%
Sodium 426mg 43mg 17%
Iron 3.13mg 1.88mg 16%
Potassium 177mg 633mg 13%
Vitamin B6 0.022mg 0.152mg 10%
Copper 0.133mg 0.19mg 6%
Fiber 2.4g 3.8g 6%
Vitamin C 7.9mg 3.6mg 5%
Protein 2.52g 0.33g 4%
Phosphorus 65mg 86mg 3%
Vitamin B3 0.437mg 0.639mg 1%
Carbs 4.62g 7.44g 1%
Saturated fat 0.13g 1%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.202g 1%
Vitamin B5 0.126mg 0.179mg 1%
Vitamin B1 0.011mg 0.028mg 1%
Calories 28kcal 32kcal 0%
Fats 0.62g 0.52g 0%
Net carbs 2.22g 3.64g N/A
Zinc 1.15mg 1.1mg 0%
Vitamin A 0µg 3µg 0%
Selenium 0.7µg 0.9µg 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.103g 0%
Tryptophan 0.023mg 0%
Threonine 0.097mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.101mg 0%
Leucine 0.169mg 0%
Lysine 0.091mg 0%
Methionine 0.042mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.098mg 0%
Valine 0.114mg 0%
Histidine 0.055mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
3% 5% 90% 2%
Protein: 2.52 g
Fats: 0.62 g
Carbs: 4.62 g
Water: 90.2 g
Other: 2.04 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 +663.6%
Contains more FatsFats +19.2%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +61%
Contains more OtherOther +22.5%
~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. Hearts of palm - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168569/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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