Lettuce vs Potato: Make Healthy Choices

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Lettuce - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Lettuce - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Potato vs Lettuce: Nutrition Comparison

per 100gLettucePotato
Calories15 77
Carbohydrates2.87 g17.49 g
Fat0.15 g0.1 g
Dietary fiber1.3 g2.1 g
Protein1.36 g2.05 g
Calcium36 mg12 mg
Iron0.86 mg0.81 mg
Magnessium13 mg23 mg
Phosphorus29 mg57 mg
Potassium194 mg425 mg
Sodium28 mg6 mg
Zink0.18 mg0.3 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.07 mg0.081 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.08 mg0.032 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)0.375 mg1.061 mg
Vitaminium B50.134 mg0.279 mg
Vitaminium B60.09 mg0.298 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)38 mg15 mg
Vitaminium C9.2 mg19.7 mg
Vitaminium K126.3 mg2 mg
Beta karoten4443 mg4 mg

Less Calories in Lettuce

At first glance, you can see that in lettuce is much less calories than in potato.

Lettuce has 15 kcal per 100g and potato 77 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 413%.

In lettuce and in potato most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare lettuce with potato in details.

Lettuce And Potato Nutrition Difference

  • Calories:
    potato - 413% more than lettuce
  • Carbohydrates:
    potato - 509% more than lettuce
  • Fat:
    lettuce - 50% more than potato
  • Dietary fiber:
    potato - 62% more than lettuce
  • Protein:
    potato - 51% more than lettuce

Less protein in lettuce

It is aslo easy to see see that in lettuce is less protein than in potato.

There is 2.05g per 100g of potato and 1.36g per 100g of lettuce so using simple math we can see that difference is about 51%.

Less carbohydrates in lettuce

In lettuce is less carbohydrates than in potato.

There is 17.49g/100g of carbohydrates in potato and 2.87g/100g in lettuce so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 509%.

More fat in lettuce

In lettuce is more fats than in potato.

The tables above show us that there is 0.1g/100g of fats in potato and 0.15g/100g in lettuce. In this case difference is about 50%.

Lettuce

15kcal
  • Calories15
  • Carbohydrates2.87 g
  • Fat0.15 g
  • Dietary fiber1.3 g
  • Protein1.36 g
Lettuce calories per:
100g
| ounce | single piece | cup | chopped | 1 large leaf

Calories source

  • 63% CARBS.
  • 30% PROTEIN
  • 7% FAT

Potato

77kcal
  • Calories77
  • Carbohydrates17.49 g
  • Fat0.1 g
  • Dietary fiber2.1 g
  • Protein2.05 g
Potato calories per:
100g
| ounce | single piece | cup | sliced

Calories source

  • 88% CARBS
  • 10% PROTEIN
  • 1% FAT

Vitamins: potato vs lettuce

  • Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine):
    potato - 16% more than lettuce
  • Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin):
    lettuce - 150% more than potato
  • Vitaminium B3 (Niacin):
    potato - 183% more than lettuce
  • Vitaminium B5:
    potato - 108% more than lettuce
  • Vitaminium B6:
    potato - 231% more than lettuce
  • Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid):
    lettuce - 153% more than potato
  • Vitaminium C:
    potato - 114% more than lettuce
  • Vitaminium K:
    lettuce - 6215% more than potato
  • Beta karoten:
    lettuce - 110975% more than potato

Minerals: lettuce vs potato

  • Calcium:
    lettuce - 200% more than potato
  • Iron:
    lettuce - 6% more than potato
  • Magnessium:
    potato - 77% more than lettuce
  • Phosphorus:
    potato - 97% more than lettuce
  • Potassium:
    potato - 119% more than lettuce
  • Sodium:
    lettuce - 367% more than potato
  • Zink:
    potato - 67% more than lettuce
Marcin Piotrowicz
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Marcin Piotrowicz

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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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