Cardamom vs Cinnamon: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Cardamom has 311 kcal and Cinnamon has 247 kcal, so Cinnamon has 21% fewer calories.

Cardamom has more protein (10.8 g vs 4 g). Cinnamon has more fiber (53.1 g vs 28 g). Cardamom has more fat (6.7 g vs 1.2 g). Relative to calories, Cardamom is the better protein source (3.46 g vs 1.62 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Nutrition Facts

Cardamom
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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.
Cinnamon
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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.

Cardamom vs Cinnamon 100g Compare


per 100g CardamomCinnamon
Calories311 247
Carbohydrates68.47 g80.6 g
Fat6.7 g1.2 g
Dietary fiber28 g53.1 g
Protein10.76 g4 g
Calcium383 mg1002 mg
Iron13.97 mg8.2 mg
Magnessium229 mg60 mg
Potassium1119 mg431 mg
Sodium18 mg10 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)1.102 mg1.3 mg
Vitaminium B60.23 mg0.2 mg
Vitaminium C21 mg3.8 mg

More Calories in Cardamom

At first glance, you can see that in Cardamom is more calories than in cinnamon.

Cardamom has 311 kcal per 100g and cinnamon 247 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 26%.

In Cardamom and in cinnamon most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare Cardamom with cinnamon in details.

Cardamom 100g

311kcal

Calories source

  • 73% CARBS.
  • 11% PROTEIN
  • 16% FAT

Cinnamon 100g

247kcal

Calories source

  • 92% CARBS
  • 5% PROTEIN
  • 3% 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.