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Mexican tea vs. Pumpkin — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between Mexican tea and pumpkins?

  • Mexican tea is higher in manganese, folate, magnesium, calcium, vitamin B2, iron, potassium, copper, and fiber, yet pumpkins are higher in vitamin A.
  • Mexican tea's daily need coverage for manganese is 131% more.
  • Mexican tea has 24 times more folate than pumpkins. While Mexican tea has 215µg of folate, pumpkins have only 9µg.

We used Epazote, raw and Pumpkin, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt 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.
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 6.4% 4.5% 20% 21% 30% 6.3% 13% 0.13% 12% 1.1%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +1244.4%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +1733.3%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +175.2%
Contains more IronIron +229.8%
Contains more CopperCopper +108.8%
Contains more ZincZinc +378.3%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +186.7%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +3380.9%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +350%
Contains less SodiumSodium -97.7%

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 16% 96% 16% 0% 7.8% 18% 7.7% 12% 10% 0% 2% 6.8% 3.4%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +346.2%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +54.7%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +245.5%
Contains more FolateFolate +2288.9%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +30.6%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +9500%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +10.7%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +12.3%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Mexican tea Pumpkin DV% diff.
Manganese 3.098mg 0.089mg 131%
Folate 215µg 9µg 52%
Vitamin A 3µg 288µg 32%
Magnesium 121mg 9mg 27%
Calcium 275mg 15mg 26%
Vitamin B2 0.348mg 0.078mg 21%
Iron 1.88mg 0.57mg 16%
Potassium 633mg 230mg 12%
Fiber 3.8g 1.1g 11%
Copper 0.19mg 0.091mg 11%
Phosphorus 86mg 30mg 8%
Zinc 1.1mg 0.23mg 8%
Vitamin B6 0.152mg 0.044mg 8%
Vitamin E 0.8mg 5%
Sodium 43mg 1mg 2%
Protein 0.33g 0.72g 1%
Vitamin B3 0.639mg 0.413mg 1%
Choline 6.2mg 1%
Calories 32kcal 20kcal 1%
Selenium 0.9µg 0.2µg 1%
Carbs 7.44g 4.9g 1%
Vitamin C 3.6mg 4.7mg 1%
Fats 0.52g 0.07g 1%
Vitamin K 0.8µg 1%
Net carbs 3.64g 3.8g N/A
Sugar 2.08g N/A
Vitamin B1 0.028mg 0.031mg 0%
Vitamin B5 0.179mg 0.201mg 0%
Saturated fat 0.037g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.009g 0%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.004g 0%
Tryptophan 0.009mg 0%
Threonine 0.021mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.023mg 0%
Leucine 0.034mg 0%
Lysine 0.039mg 0%
Methionine 0.008mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.023mg 0%
Valine 0.025mg 0%
Histidine 0.011mg 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
5% 94%
Protein: 0.72 g
Fats: 0.07 g
Carbs: 4.9 g
Water: 93.69 g
Other: 0.62 g
Contains more FatsFats +642.9%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +51.8%
Contains more OtherOther +303.2%
Contains more ProteinProtein +118.2%
~equal in Water ~93.69g

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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. Pumpkin - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168449/nutrients

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

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