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Mexican tea vs. Wax gourd — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are Mexican tea and wax gourd different?

  • Mexican tea is higher than wax gourd in manganese, folate, vitamin B2, magnesium, calcium, iron, copper, potassium, fiber, and phosphorus.
  • Mexican tea covers your daily need for manganese, 132% more than wax gourd.
  • Mexican tea contains 348 times more vitamin B2 than wax gourd. Mexican tea contains 0.348mg of vitamin B2, while wax gourd contains 0.001mg.

Epazote, raw and Waxgourd, (chinese preserving melon), cooked, boiled, drained, without salt types were used 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 7.1% 5.4% 0.44% 14% 7.3% 16% 7.3% 14% 7.3% 1.1%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +1110%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +1427.8%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +12560%
Contains more IronIron +394.7%
Contains more CopperCopper +763.6%
Contains more ZincZinc +86.4%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +405.9%
Contains less SodiumSodium -59.8%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +5432.1%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +350%

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 35% 0% 1.6% 0% 8.5% 0.23% 7.2% 7.3% 7.4% 0% 7% 3% 2.7%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +34700%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +66.4%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +47.9%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +375%
Contains more FolateFolate +5275%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +191.7%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +21.4%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Mexican tea Wax gourd DV% diff.
Manganese 3.098mg 0.056mg 132%
Folate 215µg 4µg 53%
Vitamin B2 0.348mg 0.001mg 27%
Magnesium 121mg 10mg 26%
Calcium 275mg 18mg 26%
Iron 1.88mg 0.38mg 19%
Copper 0.19mg 0.022mg 19%
Potassium 633mg 5mg 18%
Fiber 3.8g 1g 11%
Phosphorus 86mg 17mg 10%
Vitamin B6 0.152mg 0.032mg 9%
Vitamin C 3.6mg 10.5mg 8%
Zinc 1.1mg 0.59mg 5%
Sodium 43mg 107mg 3%
Vitamin B3 0.639mg 0.384mg 2%
Vitamin K 2.8µg 2%
Choline 4.9mg 1%
Vitamin B5 0.179mg 0.121mg 1%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.088g 1%
Calories 32kcal 14kcal 1%
Vitamin E 0.08mg 1%
Vitamin B1 0.028mg 0.034mg 1%
Selenium 0.9µg 0.2µg 1%
Carbs 7.44g 3.04g 1%
Protein 0.33g 0.4g 0%
Fats 0.52g 0.2g 0%
Net carbs 3.64g 2.04g N/A
Sugar 1.18g N/A
Vitamin A 3µg 0µg 0%
Saturated fat 0.016g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.037g 0%
Tryptophan 0.002mg 0%
Lysine 0.009mg 0%
Methionine 0.003mg 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
3% 96%
Protein: 0.4 g
Fats: 0.2 g
Carbs: 3.04 g
Water: 96.06 g
Other: 0.3 g
Contains more FatsFats +160%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +144.7%
Contains more OtherOther +733.3%
Contains more ProteinProtein +21.2%
~equal in Water ~96.06g

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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. Wax gourd - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170475/nutrients

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

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