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Mexican tea vs. Taco salad — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between Mexican tea and taco salad?

  • Mexican tea is higher in manganese, folate, magnesium, calcium, vitamin B2, potassium, and iron, yet taco salad is higher in vitamin B12 and vitamin B5.
  • Mexican tea's daily need coverage for manganese is 127% more.
  • Mexican tea has 5 times more folate than taco salad. While Mexican tea has 215µg of folate, taco salad has only 42µg.
  • The amount of sodium in Mexican tea is lower.

We used Epazote, raw and Fast foods, taco salad 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 19% 29% 19% 43% 38% 37% 31% 50% 22% 12%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +365.4%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +183.5%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +201.4%
Contains more IronIron +63.5%
Contains more CopperCopper +68.1%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +19.4%
Contains less SodiumSodium -88.8%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +1755.1%
Contains more ZincZinc +23.6%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +144.4%

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 6% 0% 0% 0% 13% 42% 23% 41% 25% 40% 0% 32% 13%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +100%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +93.3%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +38.2%
Contains more FolateFolate +411.9%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +78.6%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +94.1%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +279.9%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12 +∞%
~equal in Vitamin E ~mg
~equal in Vitamin D ~µg
~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Mexican tea Taco salad DV% diff.
Manganese 3.098mg 0.167mg 127%
Folate 215µg 42µg 43%
Magnesium 121mg 26mg 23%
Calcium 275mg 97mg 18%
Saturated fat 3.446g 16%
Sodium 43mg 385mg 15%
Fiber 3.8g 15%
Vitamin B2 0.348mg 0.18mg 13%
Protein 0.33g 6.68g 13%
Vitamin B12 0µg 0.32µg 13%
Potassium 633mg 210mg 12%
Fats 0.52g 7.46g 11%
Vitamin B5 0.179mg 0.68mg 10%
Iron 1.88mg 1.15mg 9%
Copper 0.19mg 0.113mg 9%
Cholesterol 0mg 22mg 7%
Monounsaturated fat 2.606g 7%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.883g 6%
Calories 32kcal 141kcal 5%
Vitamin B3 0.639mg 1.24mg 4%
Choline 23.3mg 4%
Vitamin B6 0.152mg 0.11mg 3%
Vitamin B1 0.028mg 0.05mg 2%
Selenium 0.9µg 2.2µg 2%
Phosphorus 86mg 72mg 2%
Zinc 1.1mg 1.36mg 2%
Vitamin C 3.6mg 1.8mg 2%
Carbs 7.44g 11.91g 1%
Net carbs 3.64g 11.91g N/A
Vitamin A 3µg 0%
Tryptophan 0.075mg 0%
Threonine 0.254mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.311mg 0%
Leucine 0.549mg 0%
Lysine 0.486mg 0%
Methionine 0.145mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.277mg 0%
Valine 0.343mg 0%
Histidine 0.201mg 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
7% 7% 12% 72%
Protein: 6.68 g
Fats: 7.46 g
Carbs: 11.91 g
Water: 72.35 g
Other: 1.6 g
Contains more WaterWater +23.3%
Contains more OtherOther +56.3%
Contains more ProteinProtein +1924.2%
Contains more FatsFats +1334.6%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +60.1%

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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

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

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