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Lychee vs. Teff — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between lychee and teff?

  • Teff is richer than lychee in manganese, iron, vitamin B1, phosphorus, magnesium, zinc, copper, and fiber.
  • Teff's daily need coverage for manganese is 122% more.
  • Lychee has 2 times more potassium than teff. While lychee has 171mg of potassium, teff has only 107mg.

We used Litchis, raw and Teff, cooked types in this article.

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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.
Lychee
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Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 7.1% 1.5% 15% 12% 49% 1.9% 13% 0.13% 7.2% 3.3%
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 +59.8%
Contains less SodiumSodium -87.5%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +∞%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +400%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +880%
Contains more IronIron +561.3%
Contains more CopperCopper +52.7%
Contains more ZincZinc +1485.7%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +287.1%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +5100%

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.
Lychee
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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 238% 0% 1.4% 0% 2.8% 15% 11% 0% 23% 0% 1% 11%
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 0% 0% 0% 0% 46% 7.6% 17% 0% 22% 0% 0% 14%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +97%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +1563.6%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +50.7%
Contains more FolateFolate +28.6%
~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin D ~µg
~equal in Vitamin B5 ~mg
~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0.097mg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Lychee Teff DV% diff.
Manganese 0.055mg 2.86mg 122%
Vitamin C 71.5mg 79%
Iron 0.31mg 2.05mg 22%
Vitamin B1 0.011mg 0.183mg 14%
Phosphorus 31mg 120mg 13%
Magnesium 10mg 50mg 10%
Copper 0.148mg 0.226mg 9%
Zinc 0.07mg 1.11mg 9%
Protein 0.83g 3.87g 6%
Fiber 1.3g 2.8g 6%
Calcium 5mg 49mg 4%
Calories 66kcal 101kcal 2%
Potassium 171mg 107mg 2%
Vitamin B2 0.065mg 0.033mg 2%
Vitamin B3 0.603mg 0.909mg 2%
Carbs 16.53g 19.86g 1%
Selenium 0.6µg 1%
Folate 14µg 18µg 1%
Choline 7.1mg 1%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.132g 1%
Fats 0.44g 0.65g 0%
Net carbs 15.23g 17.06g N/A
Sugar 15.23g N/A
Sodium 1mg 8mg 0%
Vitamin E 0.07mg 0%
Vitamin B6 0.1mg 0.097mg 0%
Vitamin K 0.4µg 0%
Saturated fat 0.099g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.12g 0%
Tryptophan 0.007mg 0.041mg 0%
Threonine 0.149mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.146mg 0%
Leucine 0.311mg 0%
Lysine 0.041mg 0.109mg 0%
Methionine 0.009mg 0.125mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.203mg 0%
Valine 0.2mg 0%
Histidine 0.088mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
Lychee
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17% 82%
Protein: 0.83 g
Fats: 0.44 g
Carbs: 16.53 g
Water: 81.76 g
Other: 0.44 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 +366.3%
Contains more FatsFats +47.7%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +20.1%
Contains more OtherOther +56.8%
~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. Lychee - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169086/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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