Potato Chips vs Popcorn: All Nutritional Differences

More Calories in Potato chips

At first glance, you can see that in potato chips is more calories than in popcorn.

Potato chips has 536 kcal per 100g and popcorn 387 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 39%.

Additionally, it is also easy to notice that most of the calories in potato chips cames from fat and in popcorn from carbs.

See tables below to compare potato chips with popcorn in details.

Potato chips And Popcorn Nutrition Difference

• Calories:
  potato chips - 39% more than popcorn
• Carbohydrates:
  popcorn - 47% more than potato chips
• Fat:
  potato chips - 662% more than popcorn
• Dietary fiber:
  popcorn - 202% more than potato chips
• Protein:
  popcorn - 85% more than potato chips
• Water:
  popcorn - 75% more than potato chips

Less protein in potato chips

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

There is 12.94g per 100g of popcorn and 7g per 100g of potato chips so using simple math we can see that difference is about 85%.

Less carbohydrates in potato chips

In potato chips is less carbohydrates than in popcorn.

There is 77.78g/100g of carbohydrates in popcorn and 52.9g/100g in potato chips so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 47%.

More fat in potato chips

In potato chips is more fats than in popcorn.

The tables above show us that there is 4.54g/100g of fats in popcorn and 34.6g/100g in potato chips. In this case difference is about 662%.

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