Pineapple vs Mandarin (Tangerine): Make Healthy Choices

Less Calories in Pineapple

At first glance, you can see that in pineapple is just a little less calories than in mandarin.

Pineapple has 50 kcal per 100g and mandarin 53 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 6%.

In pineapple and in mandarin most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare pineapple with mandarin in details.

Pineapple And Mandarin Nutrition Difference

• Calories:
  mandarin - 6% more than pineapple
• Carbohydrates:
  pineapple - 1% more than mandarin
• Fat:
  mandarin - 158% more than pineapple
• Dietary fiber:
  mandarin - 29% more than pineapple
• Protein:
  mandarin - 50% more than pineapple

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Less protein in pineapple

It is aslo easy to see see that in pineapple is less protein than in mandarin.

There is 0.81g per 100g of mandarin and 0.54g per 100g of pineapple so using simple math we can see that difference is about 50%.

More carbohydrates in pineapple

In pineapple is more carbohydrates than in mandarin.

There is 13.34g/100g of carbohydrates in mandarin and 13.52g/100g in pineapple so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 1%.

Less fat in pineapple

In pineapple is less fats than in mandarin.

The tables above show us that there is 0.31g/100g of fats in mandarin and 0.12g/100g in pineapple. In this case difference is about 158%.