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Mexican tea vs. Cucumber — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are Mexican tea and cucumber different?

  • Mexican tea has more manganese, folate, calcium, magnesium, vitamin B2, iron, copper, potassium, fiber, and phosphorus than cucumber.
  • Daily need coverage for manganese for Mexican tea is 131% higher.
  • Mexican tea contains 31 times more folate than cucumber. While Mexican tea contains 215µg of folate, cucumber contains only 7µg.

Epazote, raw and Cucumber, with peel, raw are the varieties used 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.
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%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 9.3% 4.8% 13% 11% 14% 5.5% 10% 0.26% 10% 1.6%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +830.8%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +1618.8%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +330.6%
Contains more IronIron +571.4%
Contains more CopperCopper +363.4%
Contains more ZincZinc +450%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +258.3%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +3821.5%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +200%
Contains less SodiumSodium -95.3%

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 12% 1% 0% 0% 7% 80% 12% 11% 35% 0% 0% 161% 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 9.3% 1.7% 0.6% 0% 6.8% 7.6% 1.8% 16% 9.2% 0% 41% 5.3% 3.3%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +28.6%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +954.5%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +552%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +280%
Contains more FolateFolate +2971.4%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +66.7%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +44.7%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0.027mg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Mexican tea Cucumber DV% diff.
Manganese 3.098mg 0.079mg 131%
Folate 215µg 7µg 52%
Magnesium 121mg 13mg 26%
Calcium 275mg 16mg 26%
Vitamin B2 0.348mg 0.033mg 24%
Iron 1.88mg 0.28mg 20%
Copper 0.19mg 0.041mg 17%
Vitamin K 16.4µg 14%
Potassium 633mg 147mg 14%
Fiber 3.8g 0.5g 13%
Vitamin B6 0.152mg 0.04mg 9%
Phosphorus 86mg 24mg 9%
Zinc 1.1mg 0.2mg 8%
Vitamin B3 0.639mg 0.098mg 3%
Sodium 43mg 2mg 2%
Vitamin B5 0.179mg 0.259mg 2%
Calories 32kcal 15kcal 1%
Choline 6mg 1%
Protein 0.33g 0.65g 1%
Fructose 0.87g 1%
Selenium 0.9µg 0.3µg 1%
Carbs 7.44g 3.63g 1%
Vitamin C 3.6mg 2.8mg 1%
Fats 0.52g 0.11g 1%
Net carbs 3.64g 3.13g N/A
Sugar 1.67g N/A
Starch 0.83g 0%
Vitamin E 0.03mg 0%
Vitamin A 3µg 5µg 0%
Vitamin B1 0.028mg 0.027mg 0%
Saturated fat 0.037g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.005g 0%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.032g 0%
Tryptophan 0.005mg 0%
Threonine 0.019mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.021mg 0%
Leucine 0.029mg 0%
Lysine 0.029mg 0%
Methionine 0.006mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.019mg 0%
Valine 0.022mg 0%
Histidine 0.01mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
7% 89% 3%
Protein: 0.33 g
Fats: 0.52 g
Carbs: 7.44 g
Water: 89.21 g
Other: 2.5 g
4% 95%
Protein: 0.65 g
Fats: 0.11 g
Carbs: 3.63 g
Water: 95.23 g
Other: 0.38 g
Contains more FatsFats +372.7%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +105%
Contains more OtherOther +557.9%
Contains more ProteinProtein +97%
~equal in Water ~95.23g

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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. Mexican tea - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169398/nutrients
  2. Cucumber - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168409/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.