Cilantro vs Parsley: All Nutritional Differences

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Less Calories in Cilantro

At first glance, you can see that in cilantro is much less calories than in parsley.

Cilantro has 23 kcal per 100g and parsley 36 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 57%.

In cilantro and in parsley most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare cilantro with parsley in details.

Cilantro And Parsley Nutrition Difference

• Calories:
  parsley - 57% more than cilantro
• Carbohydrates:
  parsley - 72% more than cilantro
• Fat:
  parsley - 54% more than cilantro
• Dietary fiber:
  parsley - 18% more than cilantro
• Protein:
  parsley - 39% more than cilantro

Less protein in cilantro

It is aslo easy to see see that in cilantro is less protein than in parsley.

There is 2.97g per 100g of parsley and 2.13g per 100g of cilantro so using simple math we can see that difference is about 39%.

Less carbohydrates in cilantro

In cilantro is less carbohydrates than in parsley.

There is 6.33g/100g of carbohydrates in parsley and 3.67g/100g in cilantro so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 72%.

Less fat in cilantro

In cilantro is less fats than in parsley.

The tables above show us that there is 0.8g/100g of fats in parsley and 0.52g/100g in cilantro. In this case difference is about 54%.