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Tomato paste vs. Mexican tea — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Significant differences between tomato paste and Mexican tea

  • Tomato paste has more vitamin A, vitamin C, copper, vitamin B3, and iron; however, Mexican tea is richer in manganese, folate, calcium, magnesium, and vitamin B2.
  • Mexican tea covers your daily manganese needs 122% more than tomato paste.
  • Mexican tea has 27 times less vitamin A than tomato paste. Tomato paste has 1525IU of vitamin A, while Mexican tea has 57IU.

Specific food types used in this comparison are Tomato products, canned, paste, without salt added 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 30% 11% 89% 112% 122% 17% 36% 7.7% 39% 29%
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 PotassiumPotassium +60.2%
Contains more IronIron +58.5%
Contains more CopperCopper +92.1%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +488.9%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +188.1%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +663.9%
Contains more ZincZinc +74.6%
Contains less SodiumSodium -27.1%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +925.8%
~equal in Phosphorus ~86mg

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 73% 25% 86% 0% 15% 35% 58% 8.5% 50% 0% 29% 9% 21%
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 +508.3%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +2433.3%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +114.3%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +381.4%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +42.1%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +∞%
Contains more CholineCholine +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +127.5%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +26.1%
Contains more FolateFolate +1691.7%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Tomato paste Mexican tea DV% diff.
Manganese 0.302mg 3.098mg 122%
Folate 12µg 215µg 51%
Vitamin E 4.3mg 29%
Calcium 36mg 275mg 24%
Vitamin C 21.9mg 3.6mg 20%
Copper 0.365mg 0.19mg 19%
Magnesium 42mg 121mg 19%
Vitamin B2 0.153mg 0.348mg 15%
Vitamin B3 3.076mg 0.639mg 15%
Iron 2.98mg 1.88mg 14%
Potassium 1014mg 633mg 11%
Vitamin K 11.4µg 10%
Selenium 5.3µg 0.9µg 8%
Protein 4.32g 0.33g 8%
Vitamin A 76µg 3µg 8%
Choline 38.5mg 7%
Fructose 5.85g 7%
Vitamin B6 0.216mg 0.152mg 5%
Zinc 0.63mg 1.1mg 4%
Carbs 18.91g 7.44g 4%
Calories 82kcal 32kcal 3%
Vitamin B1 0.06mg 0.028mg 3%
Fiber 4.1g 3.8g 1%
Sodium 59mg 43mg 1%
Vitamin B5 0.142mg 0.179mg 1%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.16g 1%
Fats 0.47g 0.52g 0%
Net carbs 14.81g 3.64g N/A
Sugar 12.18g N/A
Starch 0.22g 0%
Phosphorus 83mg 86mg 0%
Saturated fat 0.1g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.067g 0%
Tryptophan 0.031mg 0%
Threonine 0.133mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.089mg 0%
Leucine 0.124mg 0%
Lysine 0.134mg 0%
Methionine 0.027mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.13mg 0%
Valine 0.088mg 0%
Histidine 0.071mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
4% 19% 74% 3%
Protein: 4.32 g
Fats: 0.47 g
Carbs: 18.91 g
Water: 73.5 g
Other: 2.8 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 +1209.1%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +154.2%
Contains more OtherOther +12%
Contains more FatsFats +10.6%
Contains more WaterWater +21.4%

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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. Tomato paste - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170459/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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