Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
green tea
versus
lemon
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in green tea and lemon:
Green tea has 28 times less calories than lemon - lemon has 29 calories per 100 grams and green tea has 1 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, green tea is much heavier in protein, much lighter in carbs and lighter in fat compared to lemon per calorie. Green tea has a macronutrient ratio of 100:0:0 and for lemon, 10:84:6 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Green Tea | Lemon | |
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Protein | 100% | 10% |
Carbohydrates | ~ | 84% |
Fat | ~ | 6% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Green tea has less carbohydrates than lemon - lemon has 9.3g of total carbs per 100 grams and green tea does not contain significant amounts.
Lemon is a great source of dietary fiber and it has more dietary fiber than green tea - lemon has 2.8g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and green tea does not contain significant amounts.
Green tea has less sugar than lemon - lemon has 2.5g of sugar per 100 grams and green tea does not contain significant amounts.
Lemon and green tea contain similar amounts of protein - lemon has 1.1g of protein per 100 grams and green tea has 0.22g of protein.
Both lemon and green tea are low in saturated fat - lemon has 0.04g of saturated fat per 100 grams and green tea does not contain significant amounts.
Lemon is an excellent source of Vitamin C and it has more Vitamin C than green tea - lemon has 53mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and green tea does not contain significant amounts.
Lemon and green tea contain similar amounts of Vitamin A - lemon has 1ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and green tea does not contain significant amounts.
Lemon and green tea contain similar amounts of Vitamin E - lemon has 0.15mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and green tea does not contain significant amounts.
Lemon has more thiamin, niacin, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6 and folate, however, green tea contains more riboflavin.
Green Tea | Lemon | |
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Thiamin | 0.007 MG | 0.04 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.058 MG | 0.02 MG |
Niacin | 0.03 MG | 0.1 MG |
Pantothenic acid | ~ | 0.19 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 0.005 MG | 0.08 MG |
Folate | ~ | 11 UG |
Lemon has more calcium than green tea - lemon has 26mg of calcium per 100 grams and green tea does not contain significant amounts.
Lemon has 29 times more iron than green tea - lemon has 0.6mg of iron per 100 grams and green tea has 0.02mg of iron.
Lemon has 16 times more potassium than green tea - lemon has 138mg of potassium per 100 grams and green tea has 8mg of potassium.
The comparison below is by weight, but sometimes 100g isn't that intuitive of a measurement for food. View a custom portion comparison (e.g. cups, oz, package).
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5% | niacin (Vit B3) | 5% |
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5% | folate (Vit B9) | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin B12 | 5% |
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5% | biotin (Vit B7) | 5% |
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5% | choline | 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% | selenium | 5% |
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G | 5% | Water | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | Starch | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||