Broccoli vs Spinach: Nutrition Comparison

More Calories in Broccoli

At first glance, you can see that in broccoli is more calories than in spinach.

Broccoli has 34 kcal per 100g and spinach 23 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 48%.

In broccoli and in spinach most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare broccoli with spinach in details.

Broccoli And Spinach Nutrition Difference

• Calories:
  broccoli - 48% more than spinach
• Carbohydrates:
  broccoli - 83% more than spinach
• Fat:
  spinach - 5% more than broccoli
• Dietary fiber:
  broccoli - 18% more than spinach
• Protein:
  spinach - 1% more than broccoli

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Less protein in broccoli

It is aslo easy to see see that in broccoli is less protein than in spinach.

There is 2.86g per 100g of spinach and 2.82g per 100g of broccoli so using simple math we can see that difference is about 1%.

More carbohydrates in broccoli

In broccoli is more carbohydrates than in spinach.

There is 3.63g/100g of carbohydrates in spinach and 6.64g/100g in broccoli so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 83%.

Less fat in broccoli

In broccoli is less fats than in spinach.

The tables above show us that there is 0.39g/100g of fats in spinach and 0.37g/100g in broccoli. In this case difference is about 5%.