Herbal tea, brewed leads 3–2 · 5 categories decided · 5 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Herbal tea, brewed comes out ahead, winning 3 of 5 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Black tea, brewed for more potassium and more magnesium.
Pick Herbal tea, brewed for less sodium, more calcium and more iron.
Evenly matched on protein, fiber, sugar, saturated fat and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0 g0 g
- Carbohydrate30 g20 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g0 g
- Total fat0 g0 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.2 g0.2 g
- Sodiumless is better300 mg100 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN3700 mg900 mg
- Calciummore is better0 mg200 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better2 mg8 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN300 mg100 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0 mg
- Vitamin Dmore is better——
Winners are decided by deterministic per-metric rules on the stated basis; ties and missing data don’t score (missing ≠ zero). Educational information only — not medical advice.

