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Vegetable vs. Teff — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between vegetable and teff?

  • Vegetable is higher in vitamin A, vitamin B2, and fiber, yet teff is higher in manganese, copper, iron, phosphorus, vitamin B1, magnesium, and zinc.
  • Teff's daily need coverage for manganese is 108% more.
  • Vegetable has 2139 times more vitamin A than teff. While vegetable has 4277IU of vitamin A, teff has only 2IU.

We used Vegetables, mixed, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt and Teff, cooked 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.
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%
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%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +57.9%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +∞%
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%

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%
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%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +∞%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +263.6%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +∞%
Contains more CholineCholine +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +157.7%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +31.1%
~equal in Vitamin D ~µg
~equal in Vitamin B3 ~0.909mg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg
~equal in Folate ~18µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Vegetable Teff DV% diff.
Manganese 0.379mg 2.86mg 108%
Vitamin A 214µg 0µg 24%
Vitamin K 23.5µg 20%
Copper 0.083mg 0.226mg 16%
Iron 0.82mg 2.05mg 15%
Phosphorus 51mg 120mg 10%
Vitamin B1 0.071mg 0.183mg 9%
Magnesium 22mg 50mg 7%
Vitamin B2 0.12mg 0.033mg 7%
Fiber 4.4g 2.8g 6%
Zinc 0.49mg 1.11mg 6%
Vitamin C 3.2mg 4%
Choline 24.1mg 4%
Vitamin B5 0.151mg 3%
Vitamin E 0.38mg 3%
Protein 2.86g 3.87g 2%
Vitamin B6 0.074mg 0.097mg 2%
Calories 65kcal 101kcal 2%
Potassium 169mg 107mg 2%
Calcium 25mg 49mg 2%
Carbs 13.09g 19.86g 2%
Sodium 35mg 8mg 1%
Selenium 0.3µg 1%
Fats 0.15g 0.65g 1%
Net carbs 8.69g 17.06g N/A
Sugar 3.12g N/A
Vitamin B3 0.851mg 0.909mg 0%
Folate 19µg 18µg 0%
Saturated fat 0.031g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.01g 0%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.072g 0%
Tryptophan 0.029mg 0.041mg 0%
Threonine 0.115mg 0.149mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.139mg 0.146mg 0%
Leucine 0.19mg 0.311mg 0%
Lysine 0.17mg 0.109mg 0%
Methionine 0.034mg 0.125mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.12mg 0.203mg 0%
Valine 0.149mg 0.2mg 0%
Histidine 0.073mg 0.088mg 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
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
Contains more ProteinProtein +35.3%
Contains more FatsFats +333.3%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +51.7%
~equal in Water ~74.93g
~equal in Other ~0.69g

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