Bitter Melon vs Pumpkin: All Nutritional Differences
Where is more calories, protein, carbs - what is more healthy?
Less Calories in Bitter melon
At first glance, you can see that in bitter melon is much less calories than in pumpkin.
Bitter melon has 17 kcal per 100g and pumpkin 26 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 53%.
In bitter melon and in pumpkin most calories came from carbs.
See tables below to compare bitter melon with pumpkin in details.
Bitter melon And Pumpkin Nutrition Difference
- Calories:
pumpkin - 53% more than bitter melon - Carbohydrates:
pumpkin - 76% more than bitter melon - Fat:
bitter melon - 70% more than pumpkin - Dietary fiber:
bitter melon - 460% more than pumpkin - Protein:
pumpkin - 0% more than bitter melon
Pumpkin vs Bitter melon: Vitamins and Minerals Comparison
| per 100g | Bitter melon | Pumpkin |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 17 | 26 |
| Carbohydrates | 3.7 g | 6.5 g |
| Fat | 0.17 g | 0.1 g |
| Dietary fiber | 2.8 g | 0.5 g |
| Protein | 1 g | 1 g |
| Calcium | 19 mg | 21 mg |
| Iron | 0.43 mg | 0.8 mg |
| Magnessium | 17 mg | 12 mg |
| Potassium | 296 mg | 340 mg |
| Sodium | 5 mg | 1 mg |
| Zink | 0.8 mg | 0.32 mg |
| Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine) | 0.04 mg | 0.05 mg |
| Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin) | 0.04 mg | 0.11 mg |
| Vitaminium B3 (Niacin) | 0.4 mg | 0.6 mg |
| Vitaminium B5 | 0.212 mg | 0.298 mg |
| Vitaminium B6 | 0.043 mg | 0.061 mg |
| Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid) | 72 mg | 16 mg |
| Vitaminium C | 84 mg | 9 mg |
| Beta karoten | 185 mg | 3100 mg |
The same amount of protein
It is aslo easy to see see that there is the same amount of protein in bitter melon and pumpkin - 1g/100g.
Less carbohydrates in bitter melon
In bitter melon is less carbohydrates than in pumpkin.
There is 6.5g/100g of carbohydrates in pumpkin and 3.7g/100g in bitter melon so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 76%.
More fat in bitter melon
In bitter melon is more fats than in pumpkin.
The tables above show us that there is 0.1g/100g of fats in pumpkin and 0.17g/100g in bitter melon. In this case difference is about 70%.
Bitter melon
17kcal- Calories17
- Carbohydrates3.7 g
- Fat0.17 g
- Dietary fiber2.8 g
- Protein1 g
100g | ounce | single piece | cup | half cup | cup | boiled
Calories source
- 73% CARBS.
- 20% PROTEIN
- 8% FAT
Pumpkin
26kcal- Calories26
- Carbohydrates6.5 g
- Fat0.1 g
- Dietary fiber0.5 g
- Protein1 g
100g | ounce | single piece | cup | mashed | cup | cubes
Calories source
- 84% CARBS
- 13% PROTEIN
- 3% FAT
Vitamins: pumpkin vs bitter melon
- Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine):
pumpkin - 25% more than bitter melon - Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin):
pumpkin - 175% more than bitter melon - Vitaminium B3 (Niacin):
pumpkin - 50% more than bitter melon - Vitaminium B5:
pumpkin - 41% more than bitter melon - Vitaminium B6:
pumpkin - 42% more than bitter melon - Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid):
bitter melon - 350% more than pumpkin - Vitaminium C:
bitter melon - 833% more than pumpkin - Beta karoten:
pumpkin - 1576% more than bitter melon
Minerals: bitter melon vs pumpkin
- Calcium:
pumpkin - 11% more than bitter melon - Iron:
pumpkin - 86% more than bitter melon - Magnessium:
bitter melon - 42% more than pumpkin - Potassium:
pumpkin - 15% more than bitter melon - Sodium:
bitter melon - 400% more than pumpkin - Zink:
bitter melon - 150% more than pumpkin
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Marcin Piotrowicz
calories-info.com creator
Healthy diet and healthy lifestyle promoter
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