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Teff vs. Vegetable — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between teff and vegetable?

  • Teff is higher in manganese, copper, iron, phosphorus, vitamin B1, magnesium, and zinc, yet vegetable is higher in vitamin A, vitamin B2, and fiber.
  • Teff's daily need coverage for manganese is 108% more.
  • Teff has 3 times more copper than vegetable. While teff has 0.226mg of copper, vegetable has only 0.083mg.

We used Teff, cooked and Vegetables, mixed, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt types 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.
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%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 16% 7.5% 15% 31% 28% 13% 22% 4.6% 49% 1.6%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +127.3%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +96%
Contains more IronIron +150%
Contains more CopperCopper +172.3%
Contains more ZincZinc +126.5%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +135.3%
Contains less SodiumSodium -77.1%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +654.6%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +57.9%

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%
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 11% 71% 7.6% 0% 18% 28% 16% 9.1% 17% 0% 59% 14% 13%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +157.7%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +31.1%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +263.6%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B3 ~0.851mg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg
~equal in Folate ~19µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Teff Vegetable DV% diff.
Manganese 2.86mg 0.379mg 108%
Vitamin A 0µg 214µg 24%
Vitamin K 23.5µg 20%
Copper 0.226mg 0.083mg 16%
Iron 2.05mg 0.82mg 15%
Phosphorus 120mg 51mg 10%
Vitamin B1 0.183mg 0.071mg 9%
Magnesium 50mg 22mg 7%
Vitamin B2 0.033mg 0.12mg 7%
Fiber 2.8g 4.4g 6%
Zinc 1.11mg 0.49mg 6%
Vitamin C 3.2mg 4%
Choline 24.1mg 4%
Vitamin B5 0.151mg 3%
Vitamin E 0.38mg 3%
Protein 3.87g 2.86g 2%
Vitamin B6 0.097mg 0.074mg 2%
Calories 101kcal 65kcal 2%
Potassium 107mg 169mg 2%
Calcium 49mg 25mg 2%
Carbs 19.86g 13.09g 2%
Sodium 8mg 35mg 1%
Selenium 0.3µg 1%
Fats 0.65g 0.15g 1%
Net carbs 17.06g 8.69g N/A
Sugar 3.12g N/A
Vitamin B3 0.909mg 0.851mg 0%
Folate 18µg 19µg 0%
Saturated fat 0.031g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.01g 0%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.072g 0%
Tryptophan 0.041mg 0.029mg 0%
Threonine 0.149mg 0.115mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.146mg 0.139mg 0%
Leucine 0.311mg 0.19mg 0%
Lysine 0.109mg 0.17mg 0%
Methionine 0.125mg 0.034mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.203mg 0.12mg 0%
Valine 0.2mg 0.149mg 0%
Histidine 0.088mg 0.073mg 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
3% 13% 83%
Protein: 2.86 g
Fats: 0.15 g
Carbs: 13.09 g
Water: 83.23 g
Other: 0.67 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +35.3%
Contains more FatsFats +333.3%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +51.7%
Contains more WaterWater +11.1%
~equal in Other ~0.67g

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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. Vegetable - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170472/nutrients

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

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