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Mexican tea vs. Tomato — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Summary of differences between Mexican tea and tomatoes

  • Mexican tea has more manganese, folate, calcium, magnesium, vitamin B2, iron, copper, and potassium; however, tomatoes are higher in vitamin A and vitamin C.
  • Mexican tea covers your daily need for manganese, 130% more than tomatoes.
  • Mexican tea has 28 times more calcium than tomatoes. While Mexican tea has 275mg of calcium, tomatoes have only 10mg.

These are the specific foods used in this comparison Epazote, raw and Tomatoes, red, ripe, raw, year round average.

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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%
Tomato
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Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 7.9% 3% 21% 10% 20% 4.6% 10% 0.65% 15% 0%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +1000%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +2650%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +167.1%
Contains more IronIron +596.3%
Contains more CopperCopper +222%
Contains more ZincZinc +547.1%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +258.3%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +2617.5%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +∞%
Contains less SodiumSodium -88.4%

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%
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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 46% 14% 11% 0% 9.3% 4.4% 11% 5.3% 18% 0% 20% 11% 3.7%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +1731.6%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +101.1%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +90%
Contains more FolateFolate +1333.3%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +280.6%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +1300%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +32.1%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B3 ~0.594mg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Mexican tea Tomato DV% diff.
Manganese 3.098mg 0.114mg 130%
Folate 215µg 15µg 50%
Calcium 275mg 10mg 27%
Magnesium 121mg 11mg 26%
Vitamin B2 0.348mg 0.019mg 25%
Iron 1.88mg 0.27mg 20%
Copper 0.19mg 0.059mg 15%
Potassium 633mg 237mg 12%
Vitamin C 3.6mg 13.7mg 11%
Fiber 3.8g 1.2g 10%
Phosphorus 86mg 24mg 9%
Zinc 1.1mg 0.17mg 8%
Vitamin K 7.9µg 7%
Vitamin B6 0.152mg 0.08mg 6%
Vitamin A 3µg 42µg 4%
Vitamin E 0.54mg 4%
Vitamin B5 0.179mg 0.089mg 2%
Sodium 43mg 5mg 2%
Selenium 0.9µg 0µg 2%
Fructose 1.37g 2%
Choline 6.7mg 1%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.083g 1%
Calories 32kcal 18kcal 1%
Vitamin B1 0.028mg 0.037mg 1%
Carbs 7.44g 3.89g 1%
Protein 0.33g 0.88g 1%
Fats 0.52g 0.2g 0%
Net carbs 3.64g 2.69g N/A
Sugar 2.63g N/A
Vitamin B3 0.639mg 0.594mg 0%
Saturated fat 0.028g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.031g 0%
Tryptophan 0.006mg 0%
Threonine 0.027mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.018mg 0%
Leucine 0.025mg 0%
Lysine 0.027mg 0%
Methionine 0.006mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.027mg 0%
Valine 0.018mg 0%
Histidine 0.014mg 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
Tomato
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4% 95%
Protein: 0.88 g
Fats: 0.2 g
Carbs: 3.89 g
Water: 94.52 g
Other: 0.51 g
Contains more FatsFats +160%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +91.3%
Contains more OtherOther +390.2%
Contains more ProteinProtein +166.7%
~equal in Water ~94.52g

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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. Tomato - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170457/nutrients

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

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