Cooked lentils vs Cooked chickpeas: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Cooked lentils has 115 kcal and Cooked chickpeas has 163 kcal, so Cooked lentils has 29% fewer calories.

Cooked chickpeas has more fat (2.57 g vs 0.38 g). Cooked chickpeas has more carbohydrates (27.3 g vs 20 g). Relative to calories, Cooked lentils is the better protein source (7.81 g vs 5.4 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Cooked lentils - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Cooked lentils - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Cooked Lentils
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.
Cooked Chickpeas
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standard serving size (75g)handful (55g)tablespoon (12g)cup (170g)half cup (85g)
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.

Cooked Lentils vs Cooked Chickpeas 100g Compare


per 100gCooked lentilsCooked chickpeas
Calories115 163
Carbohydrates20.03 g27.25 g
Fat0.38 g2.57 g
Dietary fiber7.9 g7.6 g
Protein8.98 g8.81 g
Water69.29 g59.85 g
Calcium19 mg49 mg
Iron3.32 mg2.87 mg
Magnessium36 mg48 mg
Potassium367 mg289 mg
Sodium197 mg242 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.168 mg0.115 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.073 mg0.063 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)1.055 mg0.523 mg
Vitaminium B60.177 mg0.138 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)0.18 µg0.171 µg
Vitaminium C1.5 mg1.3 mg
Vitaminium E0.11 mg0.35 mg
Vitaminium K0.002 µg0.004 µg

Less Calories in Cooked lentils

At first glance, you can see that in cooked lentils is less calories than in cooked chickpeas.

Cooked lentils has 115 kcal per 100g and cooked chickpeas 163 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 42%.

In cooked lentils and in cooked chickpeas most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare cooked lentils with cooked chickpeas in details.

Cooked lentils 100g

115kcal

Calories source

  • 67% CARBS.
  • 30% PROTEIN
  • 3% FAT

Cooked chickpeas 100g

163kcal

Calories source

  • 65% CARBS
  • 21% PROTEIN
  • 14% FAT

About the data

Nutrition values on this page are given per 100 g of the food and are based on the official United States Department of Agriculture FoodData Central database. The exact record used for each food is linked under the tables.

Marcin Piotrowicz – calories-info.com creator · Healthy diet and healthy lifestyle promoter. The information is for general purposes and is not medical or dietary advice.