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Teff vs. Pear — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on differences between teff and pear

  • Pear has less manganese, iron, copper, phosphorus, vitamin B1, magnesium, zinc, and vitamin B6.
  • Teff covers your daily manganese needs 122% more than pear.
  • Pear contains 15 times less vitamin B1 than teff. Teff contains 0.183mg of vitamin B1, while pear contains 0.012mg.
  • The glycemic index of teff is higher.

Food varieties used in this article are Teff, cooked and Pears, 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.
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%
Pear
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Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 5% 2.7% 10% 6.8% 27% 2.7% 5.1% 0.13% 6.3% 0.55%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +614.3%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +444.4%
Contains more IronIron +1038.9%
Contains more CopperCopper +175.6%
Contains more ZincZinc +1010%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +900%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +5858.3%
Contains less SodiumSodium -87.5%
~equal in Potassium ~116mg

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.
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%
Pear
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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 14% 0.33% 2.4% 0% 3% 6% 3% 2.9% 6.7% 0% 11% 5.3% 2.8%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +1425%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +26.9%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +464.6%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +234.5%
Contains more FolateFolate +157.1%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Teff Pear DV% diff.
Manganese 2.86mg 0.048mg 122%
Iron 2.05mg 0.18mg 23%
Copper 0.226mg 0.082mg 16%
Phosphorus 120mg 12mg 15%
Vitamin B1 0.183mg 0.012mg 14%
Magnesium 50mg 7mg 10%
Zinc 1.11mg 0.1mg 9%
Fructose 6.42g 8%
Protein 3.87g 0.36g 7%
Vitamin B6 0.097mg 0.029mg 5%
Vitamin B3 0.909mg 0.161mg 5%
Vitamin C 4.3mg 5%
Vitamin K 4.4µg 4%
Calcium 49mg 9mg 4%
Folate 18µg 7µg 3%
Calories 101kcal 57kcal 2%
Carbs 19.86g 15.23g 2%
Vitamin E 0.12mg 1%
Fats 0.65g 0.14g 1%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.094g 1%
Vitamin B2 0.033mg 0.026mg 1%
Vitamin B5 0.049mg 1%
Fiber 2.8g 3.1g 1%
Choline 5.1mg 1%
Net carbs 17.06g 12.13g N/A
Potassium 107mg 116mg 0%
Sugar 9.75g N/A
Sodium 8mg 1mg 0%
Vitamin A 0µg 1µg 0%
Selenium 0.1µg 0%
Saturated fat 0.022g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.084g 0%
Tryptophan 0.041mg 0.002mg 0%
Threonine 0.149mg 0.011mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.146mg 0.011mg 0%
Leucine 0.311mg 0.019mg 0%
Lysine 0.109mg 0.017mg 0%
Methionine 0.125mg 0.002mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.203mg 0.011mg 0%
Valine 0.2mg 0.017mg 0%
Histidine 0.088mg 0.002mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
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
Pear
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15% 84%
Protein: 0.36 g
Fats: 0.14 g
Carbs: 15.23 g
Water: 83.96 g
Other: 0.31 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +975%
Contains more FatsFats +364.3%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +30.4%
Contains more OtherOther +122.6%
Contains more WaterWater +12.1%

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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. Teff - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168918/nutrients
  2. Pear - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169118/nutrients

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

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