Chestnuts vs Pistachios: Which Has More Calories?

Per 100 g, Chestnuts has 213 kcal and Pistachios has 557 kcal, so Chestnuts has 62% fewer calories.

Pistachios has more protein (20.6 g vs 2.42 g). Pistachios has more fiber (10.3 g vs 8.1 g). Pistachios has more fat (44.4 g vs 2.26 g). Relative to calories, Pistachios is the better protein source (3.7 g vs 1.14 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Chestnuts - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Chestnuts - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Chestnuts
Serving size:
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one chestnuts (5g)handful (70g)cup (143g)half cup (71.5g)
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Cholesterol mg
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Dietary Fiber g
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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.
Pistachios
Serving size:
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handful (40g)tablespoon (15g)cup (120g)half cup (60g)handful without the hutshell (20g)
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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.

Chestnuts vs Pistachios 100g Compare

per 100gChestnutsPistachios
Calories213 557
Carbohydrates45.54 g27.97 g
Fat2.26 g44.44 g
Dietary fiber8.1 g10.3 g
Protein2.42 g20.6 g
Calcium27 mg107 mg
Iron1.01 mg4.15 mg
Magnessium32 mg121 mg
Phosphorus93 mg376 mg
Potassium518 mg1025 mg
Sodium3 mg1 mg
Zink0.52 mg2.2 mg
Vitaminium A28 IU553 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.238 mg0.87 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.168 mg0.16 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)1.179 mg1.3 mg
Vitaminium B50.509 mg0.52 mg
Vitaminium B60.376 mg1.7 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)62 µg51 µg
Vitaminium C43 mg5 mg

Less Calories in Chestnuts

At first glance, you can see that in chestnuts is much less calories than in pistachios.

Chestnuts has 213 kcal per 100g and pistachios 557 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 162%.

In chestnuts and in pistachios most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare chestnuts with pistachios in details.

Chestnuts 100g

213kcal

Calories source

  • 86% CARBS.
  • 5% PROTEIN
  • 10% FAT
Chestnuts calories per:
100g | ounce | single piece | handfull | cup | half cup

Pistachios 100g

557kcal

Calories source

  • 19% CARBS
  • 14% PROTEIN
  • 67% FAT
Pistachios calories per:
100g | ounce | handfull | tablespoon | cup | half cup | handful without the hutshell

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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.