Corn vs Sweet Potato: Health Insights

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

Marcin PiotrowiczMarcin Piotrowicz, healthy lifestyle promoter
Corn - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Corn - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Sweet potato vs Corn: Nutrition Comparison

per 100gCornSweet potato
Calories86 86
Carbohydrates18.7 g20.12 g
Fat1.35 g0.05 g
Dietary fiber2 g3 g
Protein3.27 g1.6 g
Calcium2 mg30 mg
Iron0.52 mg0.61 mg
Magnessium37 mg25 mg
Potassium270 mg337 mg
Sodium15 mg55 mg
Zink0.46 mg0.3 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.155 mg0.078 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.055 mg0.061 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)1.77 mg0.557 mg
Vitaminium B50.717 mg0.8 mg
Vitaminium B60.093 mg0.209 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)42 mg11 mg
Vitaminium C6.8 mg2.4 mg
Vitaminium E0.07 mg0.26 mg
Vitaminium K0.3 mg1.8 mg
Beta karoten16 mg8509 mg

Less Calories in Corn

At first glance, you can see that in corn is just a little less calories than in sweet potato.

Corn has 86 kcal per 100g and sweet potato 86 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 0%.

In corn and in sweet potato most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare corn with sweet potato in details.

Corn And Sweet potato Nutrition Difference

  • Calories:
    sweet potato - 0% more than corn
  • Carbohydrates:
    sweet potato - 8% more than corn
  • Fat:
    corn - 2600% more than sweet potato
  • Dietary fiber:
    sweet potato - 50% more than corn
  • Protein:
    corn - 104% more than sweet potato

More protein in corn

It is aslo easy to see see that in corn is more protein than in sweet potato.

There is 1.6g per 100g of sweet potato and 3.27g per 100g of corn so using simple math we can see that difference is about 104%.

Less carbohydrates in corn

In corn is less carbohydrates than in sweet potato.

There is 20.12g/100g of carbohydrates in sweet potato and 18.7g/100g in corn so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 8%.

More fat in corn

In corn is more fats than in sweet potato.

The tables above show us that there is 0.05g/100g of fats in sweet potato and 1.35g/100g in corn. In this case difference is about 2600%.

Corn

86kcal
  • Calories86
  • Carbohydrates18.7 g
  • Fat1.35 g
  • Dietary fiber2 g
  • Protein3.27 g
Corn calories per:
100g | ounce | single piece | tablespoon | teaspoon | cup | half cup | small can | medium can

Calories source

  • 75% CARBS.
  • 13% PROTEIN
  • 12% FAT

Sweet potato

86kcal
  • Calories86
  • Carbohydrates20.12 g
  • Fat0.05 g
  • Dietary fiber3 g
  • Protein1.6 g
Sweet potato calories per:
100g | ounce | single piece | cup | cubes | cup | mashed

Calories source

  • 92% CARBS
  • 7% PROTEIN
  • 1% FAT

Vitamins: sweet potato vs corn

  • Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine):
    corn - 99% more than sweet potato
  • Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin):
    sweet potato - 11% more than corn
  • Vitaminium B3 (Niacin):
    corn - 218% more than sweet potato
  • Vitaminium B5:
    sweet potato - 12% more than corn
  • Vitaminium B6:
    sweet potato - 125% more than corn
  • Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid):
    corn - 282% more than sweet potato
  • Vitaminium C:
    corn - 183% more than sweet potato
  • Vitaminium E:
    sweet potato - 271% more than corn
  • Vitaminium K:
    sweet potato - 500% more than corn
  • Beta karoten:
    sweet potato - 53081% more than corn

Minerals: corn vs sweet potato

  • Calcium:
    sweet potato - 1400% more than corn
  • Iron:
    sweet potato - 17% more than corn
  • Magnessium:
    corn - 48% more than sweet potato
  • Potassium:
    sweet potato - 25% more than corn
  • Sodium:
    sweet potato - 267% more than corn
  • Zink:
    corn - 53% more than sweet potato

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All information about nutrition on this website was created with help of information from the official United States Department of Agriculture database.

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