Cauliflower vs Parsnips: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Cauliflower has 25 kcal and Parsnips has 75 kcal, so Cauliflower has 67% fewer calories.

Parsnips has more fiber (4.9 g vs 2 g). Parsnips has more carbohydrates (18 g vs 4.97 g). Relative to calories, Cauliflower is the better protein source (7.68 g vs 1.6 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Cauliflower - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Cauliflower - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Cauliflower
Serving size:
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one cauliflower (880g)cup (105g)half cup (52.5g)1 floret (35g)
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Vitaminium C mg
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Calcium 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.
Parsnips
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one parsnips (160g)cup (134g)half cup (67g)
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Calcium mg
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Iron mg
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Potassium mg
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Glycemic Index: 95

* 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.

Cauliflower vs Parsnips 100g Compare


per 100gCauliflowerParsnips
Calories25 75
Carbohydrates4.97 g17.99 g
Fat0.28 g0.3 g
Dietary fiber2 g4.9 g
Protein1.92 g1.2 g
Calcium22 mg36 mg
Iron0.42 mg0.59 mg
Magnessium15 mg29 mg
Potassium299 mg375 mg
Sodium30 mg10 mg
Zink0.27 mg0.59 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.05 mg0.09 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.06 mg0.05 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)0.507 mg0.7 mg
Vitaminium B50.667 mg0.6 mg
Vitaminium B60.184 mg0.9 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)57 µg67 µg
Vitaminium C48.2 mg17 mg
Vitaminium K15.5 µg22.5 µg

Less Calories in Cauliflower

At first glance, you can see that in cauliflower is much less calories than in parsnips.

Cauliflower has 25 kcal per 100g and parsnips 75 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 200%.

In cauliflower and in parsnips most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare cauliflower with parsnips in details.

Cauliflower 100g

25kcal

Calories source

  • 66% CARBS.
  • 26% PROTEIN
  • 8% FAT

Parsnips 100g

75kcal

Calories source

  • 91% CARBS
  • 6% 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.