Beetroot vs Sweet potato: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Beetroot has 43 kcal and Sweet potato has 86 kcal, so Beetroot has 50% fewer calories.

Sweet potato has more carbohydrates (20.1 g vs 9.56 g). Relative to calories, Beetroot is the better protein source (3.74 g vs 1.83 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Beetroot - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Beetroot - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Beetroot
Serving size:
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one beetroot (110g)cup, slices (170g)cup, boiled (200g)
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Total Fat g
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Saturated Fat g
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Dietary Fiber g
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Vitaminium C mg
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Calcium mg
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Iron mg
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Potassium mg
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.
Sweet Potato
Serving size:
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one sweet potato (230g)cup, cubes (150g)cup, mashed (210g)
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Dietary Fiber g
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Sugars g

Protein g
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Vitaminium C mg
0%

Calcium mg
0%

Iron mg
0%

Potassium mg
0%

* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.

Beetroot vs Sweet Potato 100g Compare


per 100gBeetrootSweet potato
Calories43 86
Carbohydrates9.56 g20.12 g
Fat0.17 g0.05 g
Dietary fiber2.8 g3 g
Protein1.61 g1.57 g
Calcium16 mg30 mg
Iron0.8 mg0.61 mg
Magnessium23 mg25 mg
Potassium325 mg337 mg
Sodium78 mg55 mg
Vitaminium A33 IU14187 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.031 mg0.078 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.057 mg0.061 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)0.334 mg0.557 mg
Vitaminium B50.155 mg0.8 mg
Vitaminium B60.067 mg0.209 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)109 µg0.011 µg
Vitaminium C4.9 mg2.4 mg
Vitaminium E0.04 mg0.26 mg
Vitaminium K0.2 µg0.002 µg
Beta karoten20 µg8509 µg

Less Calories in Beetroot

At first glance, you can see that in beetroot is much less calories than in sweet potato.

Beetroot has 43 kcal per 100g and sweet potato 86 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 100%.

In beetroot and in sweet potato most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare beetroot with sweet potato in details.

Beetroot 100g

43kcal

Calories source

  • 83% CARBS.
  • 14% PROTEIN
  • 3% FAT

Sweet potato 100g

86kcal

Calories source

  • 92% CARBS
  • 7% PROTEIN
  • 1% FAT

About the data

Nutrition values on this page are given per 100 g of the food and are based on the official United States Department of Agriculture FoodData Central database. The exact record used for each food is linked under the tables.

Marcin Piotrowicz – calories-info.com creator · Healthy diet and healthy lifestyle promoter. The information is for general purposes and is not medical or dietary advice.