Brussels Sprouts vs Carrot: Nutrition Guide

Where is more calories, protein, carbs - what is more healthy?

Marcin Piotrowicz, healthy lifestyle promoter

Brussels sprouts - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Carrot vs Brussels sprouts: Nutrition Comparison

per 100g	Brussels sprouts	Carrot
Calories	43	41
Carbohydrates	8.95 g	9.58 g
Fat	0.3 g	0.24 g
Dietary fiber	3.8 g	2.8 g
Protein	3.38 g	0.93 g
Calcium	42 mg	33 mg
Iron	1.4 mg	0.3 mg
Magnessium	23 mg	12 mg
Phosphorus	69 mg	35 mg
Potassium	389 mg	320 mg
Sodium	25 mg	69 mg
Zink	0.42 mg	0.24 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)	0.139 mg	0.066 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)	0.9 mg	0.058 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)	0.745 mg	0.983 mg
Vitaminium B5	0.309 mg	0.273 mg
Vitaminium B6	0.219 mg	0.138 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)	61 mg	19 mg
Vitaminium C	85 mg	5.9 mg
Vitaminium K	177 mg	13.2 mg
Beta karoten	450 mg	8285 mg

More Calories in Brussels sprouts

At first glance, you can see that in Brussels sprouts is just a little more calories than in carrot.

Brussels sprouts has 43 kcal per 100g and carrot 41 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 5%.

In Brussels sprouts and in carrot most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare Brussels sprouts with carrot in details.

Brussels sprouts And Carrot Nutrition Difference

Calories:
Brussels sprouts - 5% more than carrot
Carbohydrates:
carrot - 7% more than Brussels sprouts
Fat:
Brussels sprouts - 25% more than carrot
Dietary fiber:
Brussels sprouts - 36% more than carrot
Protein:
Brussels sprouts - 263% more than carrot

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More protein in Brussels sprouts

It is aslo easy to see see that in Brussels sprouts is more protein than in carrot.

There is 0.93g per 100g of carrot and 3.38g per 100g of Brussels sprouts so using simple math we can see that difference is about 263%.

Less carbohydrates in Brussels sprouts

In Brussels sprouts is less carbohydrates than in carrot.

There is 9.58g/100g of carbohydrates in carrot and 8.95g/100g in Brussels sprouts so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 7%.

More fat in Brussels sprouts

In Brussels sprouts is more fats than in carrot.

The tables above show us that there is 0.24g/100g of fats in carrot and 0.3g/100g in Brussels sprouts. In this case difference is about 25%.