Chia Seeds vs Pumpkin Seeds: What Should You Choose?

Less Calories in Chia seeds

At first glance, you can see that in chia seeds is less calories than in pumpkin seeds.

Chia seeds has 486 kcal per 100g and pumpkin seeds 559 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 15%.

In chia seeds and in pumpkin seeds most calories came from fat.

See tables below to compare chia seeds with pumpkin seeds in details.

Chia seeds And Pumpkin seeds Nutrition Difference

• Calories:
  pumpkin seeds - 15% more than chia seeds
• Carbohydrates:
  chia seeds - 293% more than pumpkin seeds
• Fat:
  pumpkin seeds - 60% more than chia seeds
• Dietary fiber:
  chia seeds - 473% more than pumpkin seeds
• Protein:
  pumpkin seeds - 83% more than chia seeds

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Less protein in chia seeds

It is aslo easy to see see that in chia seeds is less protein than in pumpkin seeds.

There is 30.23g per 100g of pumpkin seeds and 16.54g per 100g of chia seeds so using simple math we can see that difference is about 83%.

More carbohydrates in chia seeds

In chia seeds is more carbohydrates than in pumpkin seeds.

There is 10.71g/100g of carbohydrates in pumpkin seeds and 42.12g/100g in chia seeds so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 293%.

Less fat in chia seeds

In chia seeds is less fats than in pumpkin seeds.

The tables above show us that there is 49.05g/100g of fats in pumpkin seeds and 30.74g/100g in chia seeds. In this case difference is about 60%.