Cabbage vs Onion: All Nutritional Differences

Fact 1: There is Less Calories in Cabbage

At first glance, you can see that in cabbage is much less calories than in onion.

Cabbage has 25 kcal per 100g and onion 40 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 60%.

In cabbage and in onion most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare cabbage with onion in details.

Fact 2: Cabbage And Onion Nutrition Difference

• Calories: onion - 60% more than cabbage
• Carbohydrates: onion - 61% more than cabbage
• Fat: onion - 0% more than cabbage
• Dietary fiber: cabbage - 47% more than onion
• Protein: cabbage - 18% more than onion

More protein in cabbage

It is aslo easy to see see that in cabbage is more protein than in onion.

There is 1.1g per 100g of onion and 1.3g per 100g of cabbage so using simple math we can see that difference is about 18%.

Less carbohydrates in cabbage

In cabbage is less carbohydrates than in onion.

There is 9.34g/100g of carbohydrates in onion and 5.8g/100g in cabbage so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 61%.

The same amount of fats

There is the same amount of fat in cabbage and onion - 0.1g/100g.

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