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Mexican tea vs. Mashed potato — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Summary of differences between Mexican tea and mashed potato

  • Mashed potato has less manganese, folate, calcium, vitamin B2, magnesium, iron, copper, potassium, and fiber than Mexican tea.
  • Mexican tea covers your daily need for manganese, 130% more than mashed potato.
  • Mexican tea has 24 times more folate than mashed potato. While Mexican tea has 215µg of folate, mashed potato has only 9µg.
  • Mexican tea has less sodium.

These are the specific foods used in this comparison Epazote, raw and Fast foods, potato, mashed.

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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 11% 5.4% 25% 12% 12% 6% 25% 40% 13% 4.4%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +706.7%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +1427.8%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +121.3%
Contains more IronIron +506.5%
Contains more CopperCopper +442.9%
Contains more ZincZinc +400%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +45.8%
Contains less SodiumSodium -85.9%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +3061.2%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +12.5%

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 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 0% 14% 8.4% 0% 3.8% 3.5% 20% 0% 28% 8.8% 15% 6.8% 7.3%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +86.7%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +2220%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +26.7%
Contains more FolateFolate +2288.9%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +1333.3%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +69%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12 +∞%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Mexican tea Mashed potato DV% diff.
Manganese 3.098mg 0.098mg 130%
Folate 215µg 9µg 52%
Calcium 275mg 18mg 26%
Vitamin B2 0.348mg 0.015mg 26%
Magnesium 121mg 15mg 25%
Iron 1.88mg 0.31mg 20%
Copper 0.19mg 0.035mg 17%
Sodium 43mg 306mg 11%
Potassium 633mg 286mg 10%
Fiber 3.8g 1.3g 10%
Polyunsaturated fat 1.342g 9%
Zinc 1.1mg 0.22mg 8%
Starch 12.1g 5%
Vitamin K 5.9µg 5%
Vitamin C 3.6mg 0mg 4%
Phosphorus 86mg 59mg 4%
Vitamin A 3µg 43µg 4%
Vitamin B5 0.179mg 4%
Fats 0.52g 2.82g 4%
Vitamin B12 0µg 0.07µg 3%
Vitamin B3 0.639mg 1.08mg 3%
Calories 32kcal 89kcal 3%
Protein 0.33g 1.65g 3%
Vitamin E 0.42mg 3%
Saturated fat 0.577g 3%
Vitamin B6 0.152mg 0.12mg 2%
Monounsaturated fat 0.72g 2%
Carbs 7.44g 14.65g 2%
Choline 13.4mg 2%
Vitamin B1 0.028mg 0.015mg 1%
Net carbs 3.64g 13.35g N/A
Sugar 0.5g N/A
Selenium 0.9µg 0.8µg 0%
Trans fat 0g 0.105g N/A
Fructose 0.2g 0%
Omega-3 - EPA 0.001g N/A
Omega-3 - ALA 0.174g N/A
Omega-3 - DPA 0.001g N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid 0.001g N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid 1.146g N/A

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
3% 15% 80%
Protein: 1.65 g
Fats: 2.82 g
Carbs: 14.65 g
Water: 79.62 g
Other: 1.26 g
Contains more WaterWater +12%
Contains more OtherOther +98.4%
Contains more ProteinProtein +400%
Contains more FatsFats +442.3%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +96.9%

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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. Mashed potato - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170699/nutrients

All the Daily Values are presented for males aged 31-50, for 2000-calorie diets.

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