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Hot sauce vs. Mexican tea — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Important differences between hot sauce and Mexican tea

  • Hot sauce has more vitamin C; however, Mexican tea has more manganese, folate, magnesium, calcium, vitamin B2, copper, iron, and potassium.
  • Mexican tea's daily need coverage for manganese is 133% more.
  • Hot sauce has 61 times more sodium than Mexican tea. Hot sauce has 2643mg of sodium, while Mexican tea has 43mg.

The food varieties used in the comparison are Sauce, ready-to-serve, pepper or hot 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 3.6% 2.4% 13% 18% 9.3% 3% 4.7% 345% 6.4% 0%
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 MagnesiumMagnesium +2320%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +3337.5%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +339.6%
Contains more IronIron +291.7%
Contains more CopperCopper +578.6%
Contains more ZincZinc +900%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +681.8%
Contains less SodiumSodium -98.4%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +6222.4%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +∞%

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 249% 2.7% 2.4% 0% 9% 19% 4.8% 6.6% 36% 0% 6% 4.5% 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 +1977.8%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +166.7%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +28.6%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +324.4%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +151.6%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +62.7%
Contains more FolateFolate +3483.3%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0.152mg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg
~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Hot sauce Mexican tea DV% diff.
Manganese 0.049mg 3.098mg 133%
Sodium 2643mg 43mg 113%
Vitamin C 74.8mg 3.6mg 79%
Folate 6µg 215µg 52%
Magnesium 5mg 121mg 28%
Calcium 8mg 275mg 27%
Vitamin B2 0.082mg 0.348mg 20%
Copper 0.028mg 0.19mg 18%
Iron 0.48mg 1.88mg 18%
Potassium 144mg 633mg 14%
Fiber 0.3g 3.8g 14%
Phosphorus 11mg 86mg 11%
Zinc 0.11mg 1.1mg 9%
Vitamin K 2.4µg 2%
Carbs 1.75g 7.44g 2%
Vitamin B3 0.254mg 0.639mg 2%
Selenium 0µg 0.9µg 2%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.196g 1%
Vitamin B5 0.11mg 0.179mg 1%
Calories 11kcal 32kcal 1%
Vitamin B1 0.036mg 0.028mg 1%
Vitamin E 0.12mg 1%
Vitamin A 8µg 3µg 1%
Protein 0.51g 0.33g 0%
Fats 0.37g 0.52g 0%
Net carbs 1.45g 3.64g N/A
Sugar 1.26g N/A
Vitamin B6 0.157mg 0.152mg 0%
Saturated fat 0.052g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.03g 0%
Tryptophan 0.007mg 0%
Threonine 0.019mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.017mg 0%
Leucine 0.027mg 0%
Lysine 0.023mg 0%
Methionine 0.006mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.016mg 0%
Valine 0.022mg 0%
Histidine 0.01mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
2% 90% 7%
Protein: 0.51 g
Fats: 0.37 g
Carbs: 1.75 g
Water: 89.98 g
Other: 7.39 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 +54.5%
Contains more OtherOther +195.6%
Contains more FatsFats +40.5%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +325.1%
~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. Hot sauce - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/174527/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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