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Parsley vs. Mexican tea — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Differences between parsley and Mexican tea

  • Parsley has more vitamin A, vitamin C, and iron, while Mexican tea has more manganese, vitamin B2, magnesium, folate, and calcium.
  • Parsley's daily need coverage for vitamin A is 167% higher.
  • Mexican tea contains 37 times less vitamin C than parsley. Parsley contains 133mg of vitamin C, while Mexican tea contains 3.6mg.

The food types used in this comparison are Parsley, fresh and Epazote, raw.

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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 36% 41% 49% 233% 50% 29% 25% 7.3% 21% 0.55%
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%
Contains more IronIron +229.8%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +142%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +99.3%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +14.3%
Contains more CopperCopper +27.5%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +48.3%
Contains less SodiumSodium -23.2%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +1836.3%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +800%
~equal in Zinc ~1.1mg

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 443% 140% 15% 0% 22% 23% 25% 24% 21% 0% 4100% 114% 7%
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%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +3594.4%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +13933.3%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +207.1%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +105.5%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +123.5%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +∞%
Contains more CholineCholine +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +255.1%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +68.9%
Contains more FolateFolate +41.4%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Parsley Mexican tea DV% diff.
Vitamin K 1640µg 1367%
Vitamin C 133mg 3.6mg 144%
Manganese 0.16mg 3.098mg 128%
Iron 6.2mg 1.88mg 54%
Vitamin A 421µg 3µg 46%
Vitamin B2 0.098mg 0.348mg 19%
Magnesium 50mg 121mg 17%
Folate 152µg 215µg 16%
Calcium 138mg 275mg 14%
Vitamin B1 0.086mg 0.028mg 5%
Protein 2.97g 0.33g 5%
Vitamin E 0.75mg 5%
Copper 0.149mg 0.19mg 5%
Vitamin B6 0.09mg 0.152mg 5%
Phosphorus 58mg 86mg 4%
Vitamin B3 1.313mg 0.639mg 4%
Vitamin B5 0.4mg 0.179mg 4%
Fiber 3.3g 3.8g 2%
Choline 12.8mg 2%
Potassium 554mg 633mg 2%
Sodium 56mg 43mg 1%
Saturated fat 0.132g 1%
Selenium 0.1µg 0.9µg 1%
Monounsaturated fat 0.295g 1%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.124g 1%
Calories 36kcal 32kcal 0%
Fats 0.79g 0.52g 0%
Carbs 6.33g 7.44g 0%
Net carbs 3.03g 3.64g N/A
Sugar 0.85g N/A
Zinc 1.07mg 1.1mg 0%
Tryptophan 0.045mg 0%
Threonine 0.122mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.118mg 0%
Leucine 0.204mg 0%
Lysine 0.181mg 0%
Methionine 0.042mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.145mg 0%
Valine 0.172mg 0%
Histidine 0.061mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
3% 6% 88% 2%
Protein: 2.97 g
Fats: 0.79 g
Carbs: 6.33 g
Water: 87.71 g
Other: 2.2 g
7% 89% 3%
Protein: 0.33 g
Fats: 0.52 g
Carbs: 7.44 g
Water: 89.21 g
Other: 2.5 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +800%
Contains more FatsFats +51.9%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +17.5%
Contains more OtherOther +13.6%
~equal in Water ~89.21g

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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. Parsley - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170416/nutrients
  2. 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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