Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
green tea
versus
spinach
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in green tea and spinach:
Green tea has 22 times less calories than spinach - spinach has 23 calories per 100 grams and green tea has 1 calories.
Green Tea | Spinach | |
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Protein | 100% | 40% |
Carbohydrates | ~ | 49% |
Fat | ~ | 10% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Both spinach and green tea are low in carbohydrates - spinach has 3.6g of total carbs per 100 grams and green tea does not contain significant amounts.
Spinach is a great source of dietary fiber and it has more dietary fiber than green tea - spinach has 2.2g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and green tea does not contain significant amounts.
Spinach and green tea contain similar amounts of sugar - spinach has 0.42g of sugar per 100 grams and green tea does not contain significant amounts.
Spinach has 12 times more protein than green tea - spinach has 2.9g of protein per 100 grams and green tea has 0.22g of protein.
Both spinach and green tea are low in saturated fat - spinach has 0.06g of saturated fat per 100 grams and green tea does not contain significant amounts.
Spinach is an excellent source of Vitamin C and it has more Vitamin C than green tea - spinach has 28.1mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and green tea does not contain significant amounts.
Spinach is an excellent source of Vitamin A and it has more Vitamin A than green tea - spinach has 469ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and green tea does not contain significant amounts.
Spinach has more Vitamin E than green tea - spinach has 2mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and green tea does not contain significant amounts.
Spinach is an excellent source of Vitamin K and it has more Vitamin K than green tea - spinach has 482.9ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and green tea does not contain significant amounts.
Spinach has more thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6 and folate.
Green Tea | Spinach | |
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Thiamin | 0.007 MG | 0.078 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.058 MG | 0.189 MG |
Niacin | 0.03 MG | 0.724 MG |
Pantothenic acid | ~ | 0.065 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 0.005 MG | 0.195 MG |
Folate | ~ | 194 UG |
Spinach is an excellent source of calcium and it has more calcium than green tea - spinach has 99mg of calcium per 100 grams and green tea does not contain significant amounts.
Spinach is a great source of iron and it has 134 times more iron than green tea - spinach has 2.7mg of iron per 100 grams and green tea has 0.02mg of iron.
Spinach is an excellent source of potassium and it has 68 times more potassium than green tea - spinach has 558mg of potassium per 100 grams and green tea has 8mg of potassium.
The comparison below is by common portions, e.g. cups, packages. You can also see a more concrete comparison by weight at equal weight (by grams) comparison.
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5% | Vitamin A | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin D | 5% |
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5% | thiamin (Vit B1) | 5% |
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5% | riboflavin (Vit B2) | 5% |
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5% | niacin (Vit B3) | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin B6 | 5% |
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5% | pantothenic acid (Vit B5) | 5% |
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5% | folate (Vit B9) | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin B12 | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin E | 5% |
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5% | biotin (Vit B7) | 5% |
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5% | choline | 5% |
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5% | chlorine | 5% |
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5% | chromium | 5% |
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5% | copper | 5% |
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5% | fluoride | 5% |
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5% | manganese | 5% |
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5% | molybdenum | 5% |
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5% | phosphorus | 5% |
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5% | selenium | 5% |
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5% | zinc | 5% |
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G | 5% | Water | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | Starch | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||