Cabbage vs Lettuce: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Cabbage has 25 kcal and Lettuce has 15 kcal, so Lettuce has 40% fewer calories.

Cabbage has more fiber (2.5 g vs 1.3 g). Cabbage has more carbohydrates (5.8 g vs 2.87 g). Relative to calories, Lettuce is the better protein source (9.07 g vs 5.2 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Cabbage - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Cabbage - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Cabbage
Serving size:
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one cabbage (3500g)cup, chopped (89g)
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Vitaminium C mg
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Iron mg
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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.
Lettuce
Serving size:
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one lettuce (200g)cup, chopped (75g)1 large leaf (18g)
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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.

Cabbage vs Lettuce 100g Compare


per 100gCabbageLettuce
Calories25 15
Carbohydrates5.8 g2.87 g
Fat0.1 g0.15 g
Dietary fiber2.5 g1.3 g
Protein1.3 g1.36 g
Calcium40 mg36 mg
Iron0.47 mg0.86 mg
Magnessium12 mg13 mg
Phosphorus26 mg29 mg
Potassium170 mg194 mg
Sodium18 mg28 mg
Zink0.18 mg0.18 mg
Vitaminium A98 IU7405 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.061 mg0.07 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.04 mg0.08 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)0.234 mg0.375 mg
Vitaminium B50.212 mg0.134 mg
Vitaminium B60.124 mg0.09 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)53 µg38 µg
Vitaminium C36.6 mg9.2 mg
Vitaminium K76 µg126.3 µg
Beta karoten42 µg4443 µg

More Calories in Cabbage

At first glance, you can see that in cabbage is much more calories than in lettuce.

Cabbage has 25 kcal per 100g and lettuce 15 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 67%.

In cabbage and in lettuce most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare cabbage with lettuce in details.

Cabbage 100g

25kcal

Calories source

  • 79% CARBS.
  • 18% PROTEIN
  • 3% FAT

Lettuce 100g

15kcal

Calories source

  • 63% CARBS
  • 30% PROTEIN
  • 7% 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.