Bok choy lettuce vs Watercress: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Bok choy lettuce has 13 kcal and Watercress has 11 kcal, so Watercress has 15% fewer calories.

Relative to calories, Watercress is the better protein source (20.9 g vs 11.5 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Bok choy lettuce - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Bok choy lettuce - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Bok Choy
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one bok choy (230g)cup (70g)half cup (35g)
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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.
Watercress
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handful (30g)cup (34g)half cup (17g)
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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.

Bok Choy vs Watercress 100g Compare


per 100g Bok choy lettuce Watercress
Calories 13 11
Carbohydrates 2.18 g 1.29 g
Fat 0.2 g 0.1 g
Dietary fiber 1 g 0.5 g
Protein 1.5 g 2.3 g
Calcium 105 mg 120 mg
Iron 0.8 mg 0.2 mg
Magnessium 19 mg 21 mg
Phosphorus 37 mg 60 mg
Potassium 252 mg 330 mg
Sodium 65 mg 41 mg
Zink 0.19 mg 0.11 mg
Vitaminium A 4468 IU 3191 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine) 0.04 mg 0.09 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin) 0.07 mg 0.12 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin) 0.5 mg 0.2 mg
Vitaminium B5 0.088 mg 0.31 mg
Vitaminium B6 0.194 mg 0.129 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid) 66 µg 9 µg
Vitaminium C 45 mg 43 mg
Vitaminium K 45.5 µg 250 µg

More Calories in Bok choy

At first glance, you can see that in bok choy is more calories than in watercress.

Bok choy has 13 kcal per 100g and watercress 11 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 18%.

Additionally, it is also easy to notice that most of the calories in bok choy comes from carbs and in watercress from protein.

See tables below to compare bok choy with watercress in details.

Bok choy lettuce 100g

13kcal

Calories source

  • 53% CARBS.
  • 36% PROTEIN
  • 11% FAT

Watercress 100g

11kcal

Calories source

  • 34% CARBS
  • 60% PROTEIN
  • 6% 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.