Brussels Sprouts vs Lettuce: Nutrition Comparison

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

Marcin Piotrowicz, healthy lifestyle promoter

Brussels sprouts - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Lettuce vs Brussels sprouts: Nutrition Comparison

per 100g	Brussels sprouts	Lettuce
Calories	43	15
Carbohydrates	8.95 g	2.87 g
Fat	0.3 g	0.15 g
Dietary fiber	3.8 g	1.3 g
Protein	3.38 g	1.36 g
Calcium	42 mg	36 mg
Iron	1.4 mg	0.86 mg
Magnessium	23 mg	13 mg
Phosphorus	69 mg	29 mg
Potassium	389 mg	194 mg
Sodium	25 mg	28 mg
Zink	0.42 mg	0.18 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)	0.139 mg	0.07 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)	0.9 mg	0.08 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)	0.745 mg	0.375 mg
Vitaminium B5	0.309 mg	0.134 mg
Vitaminium B6	0.219 mg	0.09 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)	61 mg	38 mg
Vitaminium C	85 mg	9.2 mg
Vitaminium K	177 mg	126.3 mg
Beta karoten	450 mg	4443 mg

More Calories in Brussels sprouts

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

Brussels sprouts has 43 kcal per 100g and lettuce 15 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 187%.

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

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

Brussels sprouts And Lettuce Nutrition Difference

Calories:
Brussels sprouts - 187% more than lettuce
Carbohydrates:
Brussels sprouts - 212% more than lettuce
Fat:
Brussels sprouts - 100% more than lettuce
Dietary fiber:
Brussels sprouts - 192% more than lettuce
Protein:
Brussels sprouts - 149% more than lettuce

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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 lettuce.

There is 1.36g per 100g of lettuce and 3.38g per 100g of Brussels sprouts so using simple math we can see that difference is about 149%.

More carbohydrates in Brussels sprouts

In Brussels sprouts is more carbohydrates than in lettuce.

There is 2.87g/100g of carbohydrates in lettuce and 8.95g/100g in Brussels sprouts so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 212%.

More fat in Brussels sprouts

In Brussels sprouts is more fats than in lettuce.

The tables above show us that there is 0.15g/100g of fats in lettuce and 0.3g/100g in Brussels sprouts. In this case difference is about 100%.