Brussels Sprouts vs Cucumber: Nutrition Comparison

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

Marcin Piotrowicz, healthy lifestyle promoter

Brussels sprouts - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Cucumber vs Brussels sprouts: Nutrition Comparison

per 100g	Brussels sprouts	Cucumber
Calories	43	15
Carbohydrates	8.95 g	3.63 g
Fat	0.3 g	0.11 g
Dietary fiber	3.8 g	0.5 g
Protein	3.38 g	0.65 g
Calcium	42 mg	16 mg
Iron	1.4 mg	0.28 mg
Magnessium	23 mg	13 mg
Potassium	389 mg	147 mg
Sodium	25 mg	2 mg
Zink	0.42 mg	0.2 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)	0.139 mg	0.027 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)	0.9 mg	0.033 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)	0.745 mg	0.098 mg
Vitaminium B5	0.309 mg	0.259 mg
Vitaminium B6	0.219 mg	0.04 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)	61 mg	7 mg
Vitaminium C	85 mg	2.8 mg
Vitaminium K	177 mg	16.4 mg
Beta karoten	450 mg	45 mg

More Calories in Brussels sprouts

At first glance, you can see that in Brussels sprouts is much more calories than in cucumber.

Brussels sprouts has 43 kcal per 100g and cucumber 15 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 187%.

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

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

Brussels sprouts And Cucumber Nutrition Difference

Calories:
Brussels sprouts - 187% more than cucumber
Carbohydrates:
Brussels sprouts - 147% more than cucumber
Fat:
Brussels sprouts - 173% more than cucumber
Dietary fiber:
Brussels sprouts - 660% more than cucumber
Protein:
Brussels sprouts - 420% more than cucumber

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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 cucumber.

There is 0.65g per 100g of cucumber and 3.38g per 100g of Brussels sprouts so using simple math we can see that difference is about 420%.

More carbohydrates in Brussels sprouts

In Brussels sprouts is more carbohydrates than in cucumber.

There is 3.63g/100g of carbohydrates in cucumber and 8.95g/100g in Brussels sprouts so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 147%.

More fat in Brussels sprouts

In Brussels sprouts is more fats than in cucumber.

The tables above show us that there is 0.11g/100g of fats in cucumber and 0.3g/100g in Brussels sprouts. In this case difference is about 173%.