Guide
How much magnesium is in dandelion root?
USDA composition data for raw dandelion greens shows a modest amount of magnesium — about 36 mg per 100 g, under 10% of a typical daily target. No separate USDA data exists for dried dandelion root, the part sold as tea, capsules, and extract.
USDA composition data for raw dandelion greens lists about 36 mg of magnesium per 100 g — roughly 9% of a typical daily target. That's for the leafy green, though; there's no separate USDA entry for the dried root that's actually sold as dandelion tea, capsules, or extract.
What the data actually covers
USDA FoodData Central has detailed nutrient data for "dandelion greens, raw," magnesium included. It doesn't have a comparable entry for dandelion root, the part in the tea, roasted "coffee," capsules and tinctures most people actually buy. Root and leaf are different parts of the same plant, and mineral content isn't necessarily the same between them, so the 36 mg figure describes the vegetable, not the supplement.
What a real serving delivers
The 36 mg figure is per 100 g — a much larger amount than a typical dandelion serving. Tea bags commonly use 1-2 g of cut root, and capsules typically hold 500-550 mg of root powder. Scaled to those amounts, whatever magnesium the root actually contains works out to a small fraction of the fresh-greens figure, and nobody has published a mineral analysis of dried root to confirm the exact number.
Is dandelion a meaningful magnesium source?
Not at typical supplement serving sizes, based on the data available. Even the 100 g fresh-greens figure — well above a normal tea or capsule serving — covers under a tenth of a typical daily target. Magnesium-dense foods like pumpkin seeds, almonds, spinach, or a dedicated magnesium supplement are more reliable if magnesium intake specifically is the goal.
Questions people ask
How much magnesium is in dandelion root tea?
There's no published mineral analysis of dandelion root tea specifically. The closest available figure — fresh dandelion greens, not root — shows a modest amount per 100 g, and a cup of tea uses only a gram or two of dried root to begin with.
Does roasted dandelion root have magnesium?
Roasting concentrates dry matter somewhat, but no analysis has measured magnesium in roasted dandelion root specifically, so there's no reliable number to give.
More on dandelion root's other nutrients: dandelion root and potassium, dandelion root and zinc, and dandelion root and vitamin C.
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