Brussels Sprouts vs Cauliflower: Health Insights

Where is more calories, protein, carbs - what is more healthy?

Marcin Piotrowicz, healthy lifestyle promoter

Brussels sprouts - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Cauliflower vs Brussels sprouts: Nutrition Comparison

per 100g	Brussels sprouts	Cauliflower
Calories	43	25
Carbohydrates	8.95 g	4.97 g
Fat	0.3 g	0.28 g
Dietary fiber	3.8 g	2 g
Protein	3.38 g	1.92 g
Calcium	42 mg	22 mg
Iron	1.4 mg	0.42 mg
Magnessium	23 mg	15 mg
Potassium	389 mg	299 mg
Sodium	25 mg	30 mg
Zink	0.42 mg	0.27 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)	0.139 mg	0.05 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)	0.9 mg	0.06 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)	0.745 mg	0.507 mg
Vitaminium B5	0.309 mg	0.667 mg
Vitaminium B6	0.219 mg	0.184 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)	61 mg	57 mg
Vitaminium C	85 mg	48.2 mg
Vitaminium K	177 mg	15.5 mg

More Calories in Brussels sprouts

At first glance, you can see that in Brussels sprouts is much more calories than in cauliflower.

Brussels sprouts has 43 kcal per 100g and cauliflower 25 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 72%.

In Brussels sprouts and in cauliflower most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare Brussels sprouts with cauliflower in details.

Brussels sprouts And Cauliflower Nutrition Difference

Calories:
Brussels sprouts - 72% more than cauliflower
Carbohydrates:
Brussels sprouts - 80% more than cauliflower
Fat:
Brussels sprouts - 7% more than cauliflower
Dietary fiber:
Brussels sprouts - 90% more than cauliflower
Protein:
Brussels sprouts - 76% more than cauliflower

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More protein in Brussels sprouts

It is aslo easy to see see that in Brussels sprouts is more protein than in cauliflower.

There is 1.92g per 100g of cauliflower and 3.38g per 100g of Brussels sprouts so using simple math we can see that difference is about 76%.

More carbohydrates in Brussels sprouts

In Brussels sprouts is more carbohydrates than in cauliflower.

There is 4.97g/100g of carbohydrates in cauliflower and 8.95g/100g in Brussels sprouts so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 80%.

More fat in Brussels sprouts

In Brussels sprouts is more fats than in cauliflower.

The tables above show us that there is 0.28g/100g of fats in cauliflower and 0.3g/100g in Brussels sprouts. In this case difference is about 7%.