Black Rice vs Wild Rice: What Should You Choose?

Less Calories in Black rice

At first glance, you can see that in black rice is just a little less calories than in wild rice.

Black rice has 356 kcal per 100g and wild rice 357 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 0%.

In black rice and in wild rice most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare black rice with wild rice in details.

Black rice And Wild rice Nutrition Difference

• Calories:
  wild rice - 0% more than black rice
• Carbohydrates:
  black rice - 1% more than wild rice
• Fat:
  black rice - 208% more than wild rice
• Dietary fiber:
  wild rice - 182% more than black rice
• Protein:
  wild rice - 66% more than black rice

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Less protein in black rice

It is aslo easy to see see that in black rice is less protein than in wild rice.

There is 14.73g per 100g of wild rice and 8.89g per 100g of black rice so using simple math we can see that difference is about 66%.

More carbohydrates in black rice

In black rice is more carbohydrates than in wild rice.

There is 74.9g/100g of carbohydrates in wild rice and 75.56g/100g in black rice so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 1%.

More fat in black rice

In black rice is more fats than in wild rice.

The tables above show us that there is 1.08g/100g of fats in wild rice and 3.33g/100g in black rice. In this case difference is about 208%.