White Wine vs Red Wine: Health Insights

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


White wine - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
White wine - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Red wine vs White wine: Nutrition Comparison

per 100gWhite wineRed wine
Calories82 85
Carbohydrates2.6 g2.61 g
Protein0.07 g0.07 g
Water86.86 g86.49 g
Calcium9 mg8 mg
Iron0.27 mg0.46 mg
Magnessium10 mg12 mg
Phosphorus0.4 mg0.4 mg
Potassium71 mg127 mg
Sodium5 mg4 mg
Zink0.4 mg0.4 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.005 mg0.005 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.015 mg0.031 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)0.108 mg0.224 mg
Vitaminium B60.05 mg0.057 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)0.001 mg0.001 mg

Less Calories in White wine

At first glance, you can see that in white wine is just a little less calories than in red wine.

White wine has 82 kcal per 100g and red wine 85 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 4%.

In white wine and in red wine most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare white wine with red wine in details.

White wine And Red wine Nutrition Difference

  • Calories:
    red wine - 4% more than white wine
  • Carbohydrates:
    red wine - 0% more than white wine
  • Protein:
    red wine - 0% more than white wine
  • Water:
    white wine - 0% more than red wine

The same amount of protein

It is aslo easy to see see that there is the same amount of protein in white wine and red wine - 0.07g/100g.

Less carbohydrates in white wine

In white wine is less carbohydrates than in red wine.

There is 2.61g/100g of carbohydrates in red wine and 2.6g/100g in white wine so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 0%.

White wine

82kcal
  • Calories82
  • Carbohydrates2.6 g
  • Protein0.07 g
  • Water86.86 g
White wine calories per:
100g
| ounce | glass | cup | small glass | bottle 0,75

Calories source

  • 97% CARBS.
  • 3% PROTEIN
  • 0% FAT

Red wine

85kcal
  • Calories85
  • Carbohydrates2.61 g
  • Protein0.07 g
  • Water86.49 g
Red wine calories per:
100g
| ounce | standard serving size | cup | bottle 0,75

Calories source

  • 97% CARBS
  • 3% PROTEIN
  • 0% FAT

Vitamins: red wine vs white wine

  • Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine):
    red wine - 0% more than white wine
  • Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin):
    red wine - 107% more than white wine
  • Vitaminium B3 (Niacin):
    red wine - 107% more than white wine
  • Vitaminium B6:
    red wine - 14% more than white wine
  • Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid):
    red wine - 0% more than white wine

Minerals: white wine vs red wine

  • Calcium:
    white wine - 13% more than red wine
  • Iron:
    red wine - 70% more than white wine
  • Magnessium:
    red wine - 20% more than white wine
  • Phosphorus:
    red wine - 0% more than white wine
  • Potassium:
    red wine - 79% more than white wine
  • Sodium:
    white wine - 25% more than red wine
  • Zink:
    red wine - 0% more than white wine
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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