Brewed coffee vs Hot herbal tea
In short
For the same 100 calories you eat 10000 g of brewed coffee or 10000 g of hot herbal tea. Most of the calories in brewed coffee come from protein. Most of those in hot herbal tea come from carbohydrate.
More in brewed coffee: riboflavin (19×), niacin, potassium (5.4×), magnesium (3×) and 9 more. More in hot herbal tea: copper (7.5×), iron (8×), zinc (2×) and carbohydrates. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
10,000 g · 12 g protein · 0 g carbs (0 g sugars) · 2 g fat
10,000 g · 0 g protein · 20 g carbs (0 g sugars) · 0 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Each dot is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in 100 calories of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Riboflavin (B2)585% vs 31%
7.6 mg vs 0.4 mg
- Copper22% vs 167%
0.2 mg vs 1.5 mg
- Niacin (B3)119% vs 0%
19.1 mg vs 0 mg
- Potassium104% vs 19%
4,900 mg vs 900 mg
- Magnesium71% vs 24%
300 mg vs 100 mg
- Choline47% vs 7%
260 mg vs 40 mg
- Iron6% vs 44%
1 mg vs 8 mg
- Thiamin (B1)117% vs 83%
1.4 mg vs 1 mg
- Folate50% vs 25%
200 µg vs 100 µg
- Protein24% vs 0%
12 g vs 0 g
- Phosphorus24% vs 0%
300 mg vs 0 mg
- Zinc18% vs 36%
2 mg vs 4 mg
- Vitamin K8% vs 0%
10 µg vs 0 µg
- Carbohydrates0% vs 7%
0 g vs 20 g
- Vitamin E7% vs 0%
1 mg vs 0 mg
- Vitamin B66% vs 0%
0.1 mg vs 0 mg
- Sodiumlimit9% vs 4%
200 mg vs 100 mg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.
- Total fat2 g · 0 g3%·0%
- Saturated fatlimit0.2 g · 0.2 g1%·1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Fiber0 g · 0 g0%·0%
- Calcium200 mg · 200 mg15%·15%
- Selenium0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
From USDA FoodData Central: Brewed coffee (Survey (FNDDS) 2710375), Hot herbal tea (Survey (FNDDS) 2710502). Daily Values are the FDA's for adults and children 4 years and older. Missing values are never shown as zero. For exploring the data, not dietary advice.