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

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Important differences between Mexican tea and red potato

  • Mexican tea has more manganese, folate, calcium, vitamin B2, magnesium, iron, fiber, and zinc; however, red potato has more vitamin C and vitamin B3.
  • Mexican tea's daily need coverage for manganese is 127% more.
  • Mexican tea has 31 times more calcium than red potato. Mexican tea has 275mg of calcium, while red potato has 9mg.

The food varieties used in the comparison are Epazote, raw and Potatoes, red, flesh, and skin, baked.

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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 20% 2.7% 48% 26% 58% 11% 31% 1.6% 23% 0%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +332.1%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +2955.6%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +16.1%
Contains more IronIron +168.6%
Contains more ZincZinc +175%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +19.4%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +1690.8%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +∞%
Contains less SodiumSodium -72.1%
~equal in Copper ~0.174mg

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 42% 0.33% 1.6% 0% 18% 12% 30% 20% 49% 0% 7% 20% 10%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +200%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +596%
Contains more FolateFolate +696.3%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +250%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +157.1%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +149.6%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +90.5%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +39.5%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Mexican tea Red potato DV% diff.
Manganese 3.098mg 0.173mg 127%
Folate 215µg 27µg 47%
Calcium 275mg 9mg 27%
Vitamin B2 0.348mg 0.05mg 23%
Magnesium 121mg 28mg 22%
Iron 1.88mg 0.7mg 15%
Vitamin C 3.6mg 12.6mg 10%
Fiber 3.8g 1.8g 8%
Vitamin B3 0.639mg 1.595mg 6%
Starch 15.15g 6%
Zinc 1.1mg 0.4mg 6%
Vitamin B6 0.152mg 0.212mg 5%
Vitamin B1 0.028mg 0.072mg 4%
Carbs 7.44g 19.59g 4%
Protein 0.33g 2.3g 4%
Vitamin B5 0.179mg 0.341mg 3%
Choline 18.9mg 3%
Calories 32kcal 89kcal 3%
Potassium 633mg 545mg 3%
Selenium 0.9µg 2%
Phosphorus 86mg 72mg 2%
Copper 0.19mg 0.174mg 2%
Vitamin K 2.8µg 2%
Vitamin E 0.08mg 1%
Fats 0.52g 0.15g 1%
Fructose 0.44g 1%
Sodium 43mg 12mg 1%
Net carbs 3.64g 17.79g N/A
Sugar 1.43g N/A
Vitamin A 3µg 1µg 0%
Saturated fat 0.026g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.002g 0%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.043g 0%
Tryptophan 0.023mg 0%
Threonine 0.075mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.074mg 0%
Leucine 0.109mg 0%
Lysine 0.12mg 0%
Methionine 0.035mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.091mg 0%
Valine 0.115mg 0%
Histidine 0.039mg 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
2% 20% 77%
Protein: 2.3 g
Fats: 0.15 g
Carbs: 19.59 g
Water: 76.67 g
Other: 1.29 g
Contains more FatsFats +246.7%
Contains more WaterWater +16.4%
Contains more OtherOther +93.8%
Contains more ProteinProtein +597%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +163.3%

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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. Red potato - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170435/nutrients

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

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