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Winter squash vs. Mexican tea — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are winter squash and Mexican tea different?

  • Winter squash is richer in vitamin A, while Mexican tea is higher in manganese, folate, magnesium, calcium, vitamin B2, iron, copper, potassium, and phosphorus.
  • Mexican tea covers your daily need for manganese, 127% more than winter squash.
  • Winter squash contains 92 times more vitamin A than Mexican tea. Winter squash contains 5223IU of vitamin A, while Mexican tea contains 57IU.

Squash, winter, all varieties, cooked, baked, 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 9.3% 6.6% 21% 17% 27% 6% 8.1% 0.13% 24% 2.2%
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 -97.7%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +830.8%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +1150%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +162.7%
Contains more IronIron +327.3%
Contains more CopperCopper +131.7%
Contains more ZincZinc +400%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +352.6%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +1556.7%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +125%

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 32% 87% 2.4% 0% 4% 15% 9.3% 14% 37% 0% 11% 15% 5.8%
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 +166.7%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +8600%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +30.7%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +∞%
Contains more CholineCholine +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +75%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +419.4%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +29.1%
Contains more FolateFolate +975%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0.152mg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Winter squash Mexican tea DV% diff.
Manganese 0.187mg 3.098mg 127%
Folate 20µg 215µg 49%
Vitamin A 261µg 3µg 29%
Magnesium 13mg 121mg 26%
Calcium 22mg 275mg 25%
Vitamin B2 0.067mg 0.348mg 22%
Iron 0.44mg 1.88mg 18%
Copper 0.082mg 0.19mg 12%
Potassium 241mg 633mg 12%
Phosphorus 19mg 86mg 10%
Zinc 0.22mg 1.1mg 8%
Vitamin C 9.6mg 3.6mg 7%
Vitamin K 4.4µg 4%
Fiber 2.8g 3.8g 4%
Choline 10.6mg 2%
Sodium 1mg 43mg 2%
Vitamin B3 0.495mg 0.639mg 1%
Protein 0.89g 0.33g 1%
Vitamin B1 0.016mg 0.028mg 1%
Selenium 0.4µg 0.9µg 1%
Vitamin E 0.12mg 1%
Vitamin B6 0.161mg 0.152mg 1%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.147g 1%
Vitamin B5 0.234mg 0.179mg 1%
Calories 37kcal 32kcal 0%
Fats 0.35g 0.52g 0%
Carbs 8.85g 7.44g 0%
Net carbs 6.05g 3.64g N/A
Sugar 3.3g N/A
Saturated fat 0.072g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.026g 0%
Tryptophan 0.013mg 0%
Threonine 0.027mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.035mg 0%
Leucine 0.05mg 0%
Lysine 0.033mg 0%
Methionine 0.011mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.035mg 0%
Valine 0.038mg 0%
Histidine 0.017mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
9% 89%
Protein: 0.89 g
Fats: 0.35 g
Carbs: 8.85 g
Water: 89.21 g
Other: 0.7 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 +169.7%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +19%
Contains more FatsFats +48.6%
Contains more OtherOther +257.1%
~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. Winter squash - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170490/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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