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Vegetable vs. Mexican tea — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are vegetable and Mexican tea different?

  • Vegetable is richer in vitamin A, while Mexican tea is higher in manganese, folate, calcium, magnesium, vitamin B2, potassium, iron, copper, and vitamin B6.
  • Mexican tea covers your daily need for manganese, 118% more than vegetable.
  • Vegetable contains 75 times more vitamin A than Mexican tea. Vegetable contains 4277IU of vitamin A, while Mexican tea contains 57IU.

Vegetables, mixed, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt and Epazote, raw types were used 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.
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%
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 less SodiumSodium -18.6%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +450%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +1000%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +274.6%
Contains more IronIron +129.3%
Contains more CopperCopper +128.9%
Contains more ZincZinc +124.5%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +68.6%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +717.4%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +200%

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 11% 71% 7.6% 0% 18% 28% 16% 9.1% 17% 0% 59% 14% 13%
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 AVitamin A +7033.3%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +153.6%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +33.2%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +∞%
Contains more CholineCholine +∞%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +12.5%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +190%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +18.5%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +105.4%
Contains more FolateFolate +1031.6%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Vegetable Mexican tea DV% diff.
Manganese 0.379mg 3.098mg 118%
Folate 19µg 215µg 49%
Calcium 25mg 275mg 25%
Magnesium 22mg 121mg 24%
Vitamin A 214µg 3µg 23%
Vitamin K 23.5µg 20%
Vitamin B2 0.12mg 0.348mg 18%
Potassium 169mg 633mg 14%
Iron 0.82mg 1.88mg 13%
Copper 0.083mg 0.19mg 12%
Vitamin B6 0.074mg 0.152mg 6%
Zinc 0.49mg 1.1mg 6%
Protein 2.86g 0.33g 5%
Phosphorus 51mg 86mg 5%
Choline 24.1mg 4%
Vitamin B1 0.071mg 0.028mg 4%
Vitamin E 0.38mg 3%
Calories 65kcal 32kcal 2%
Carbs 13.09g 7.44g 2%
Fiber 4.4g 3.8g 2%
Selenium 0.3µg 0.9µg 1%
Vitamin B3 0.851mg 0.639mg 1%
Vitamin B5 0.151mg 0.179mg 1%
Fats 0.15g 0.52g 1%
Vitamin C 3.2mg 3.6mg 0%
Net carbs 8.69g 3.64g N/A
Sugar 3.12g N/A
Sodium 35mg 43mg 0%
Saturated fat 0.031g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.01g 0%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.072g 0%
Tryptophan 0.029mg 0%
Threonine 0.115mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.139mg 0%
Leucine 0.19mg 0%
Lysine 0.17mg 0%
Methionine 0.034mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.12mg 0%
Valine 0.149mg 0%
Histidine 0.073mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
3% 13% 83%
Protein: 2.86 g
Fats: 0.15 g
Carbs: 13.09 g
Water: 83.23 g
Other: 0.67 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 +766.7%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +75.9%
Contains more FatsFats +246.7%
Contains more OtherOther +273.1%
~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. Vegetable - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170472/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.

Data provided by FoodStruct.com should be considered and used as information only. Please consult your physician before beginning any diet.