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Minestrone vs. Teff — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Summary of differences between minestrone and teff

  • Minestrone has more vitamin A, while teff has more manganese, iron, copper, phosphorus, vitamin B1, magnesium, fiber, and zinc.
  • Teff covers your daily need for manganese, 118% more than minestrone.
  • Minestrone contains 485 times more vitamin A than teff. While minestrone contains 970IU of vitamin A, teff contains only 2IU.
  • The amount of sodium in teff is lower.

These are the specific foods used in this comparison Soup, minestrone, canned, prepared with equal volume water and Teff, cooked.

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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 2.1% 4.2% 11% 14% 17% 8.5% 9.9% 33% 20% 0%
Teff
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Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 36% 15% 9.4% 77% 75% 30% 51% 1% 373% 0%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +21.5%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +1566.7%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +250%
Contains more IronIron +439.5%
Contains more CopperCopper +343.1%
Contains more ZincZinc +258.1%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +421.7%
Contains less SodiumSodium -96.9%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +1781.6%
~equal in Selenium ~µg

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 1.7% 16% 0% 0% 5.5% 4.2% 7.3% 8.4% 9.5% 0% 0% 11% 0%
Teff
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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 0% 0% 0% 0% 46% 7.6% 17% 0% 22% 0% 0% 14% 0%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +∞%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +731.8%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +83.3%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +132.5%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +136.6%
Contains more FolateFolate +20%
~equal in Vitamin E ~mg
~equal in Vitamin D ~µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin K ~µg
~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Minestrone Teff DV% diff.
Manganese 0.152mg 2.86mg 118%
Iron 0.38mg 2.05mg 21%
Copper 0.051mg 0.226mg 19%
Phosphorus 23mg 120mg 14%
Vitamin B1 0.022mg 0.183mg 13%
Sodium 254mg 8mg 11%
Magnesium 3mg 50mg 11%
Fiber 0.4g 2.8g 10%
Zinc 0.31mg 1.11mg 7%
Vitamin A 49µg 0µg 5%
Carbs 4.66g 19.86g 5%
Protein 1.77g 3.87g 4%
Vitamin B6 0.041mg 0.097mg 4%
Calcium 14mg 49mg 4%
Vitamin B3 0.391mg 0.909mg 3%
Vitamin B5 0.14mg 3%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.46g 3%
Calories 34kcal 101kcal 3%
Potassium 130mg 107mg 1%
Vitamin B2 0.018mg 0.033mg 1%
Vitamin C 0.5mg 1%
Folate 15µg 18µg 1%
Saturated fat 0.23g 1%
Monounsaturated fat 0.29g 1%
Fats 1.04g 0.65g 1%
Net carbs 4.26g 17.06g N/A
Cholesterol 1mg 0mg 0%
Tryptophan 0.013mg 0.041mg 0%
Threonine 0.043mg 0.149mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.054mg 0.146mg 0%
Leucine 0.098mg 0.311mg 0%
Lysine 0.076mg 0.109mg 0%
Methionine 0.018mg 0.125mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.064mg 0.203mg 0%
Valine 0.074mg 0.2mg 0%
Histidine 0.03mg 0.088mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
2% 5% 91%
Protein: 1.77 g
Fats: 1.04 g
Carbs: 4.66 g
Water: 91.33 g
Other: 1.2 g
Teff
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4% 20% 75%
Protein: 3.87 g
Fats: 0.65 g
Carbs: 19.86 g
Water: 74.93 g
Other: 0.69 g
Contains more FatsFats +60%
Contains more WaterWater +21.9%
Contains more OtherOther +73.9%
Contains more ProteinProtein +118.6%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +326.2%

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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. Minestrone - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/172913/nutrients
  2. Teff - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168918/nutrients

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

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