Cucumber vs Potato (baked or cooked): Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Cucumber has 15 kcal and Potato (baked or cooked) has 93 kcal, so Cucumber has 84% fewer calories.

Potato (baked or cooked) has more protein (2.5 g vs 0.65 g). Potato (baked or cooked) has more fiber (2.2 g vs 0.5 g). Potato (baked or cooked) has more carbohydrates (21.2 g vs 3.63 g). Relative to calories, Cucumber is the better protein source (4.33 g vs 2.69 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Cucumber - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Cucumber - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Cucumber
Serving size:
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one cucumber (180g)slice (2g)cup (150g)half cup (75g)
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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.
Potato
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one potato (90g)cup (170g)half cup (85g)
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Cucumber vs Potato 100g Compare


per 100gCucumberPotato (baked or cooked)
Calories15 93
Carbohydrates3.63 g21.15 g
Fat0.11 g0.13 g
Dietary fiber0.5 g2.2 g
Protein0.65 g2.5 g
Calcium16 mg15 mg
Iron0.28 mg1.08 mg
Magnessium13 mg28 mg
Potassium147 mg535 mg
Sodium2 mg10 mg
Zink0.2 mg2 mg
Vitaminium A105 IU10 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.027 mg0.064 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.033 mg0.048 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)0.098 mg1.41 mg
Vitaminium B60.04 mg0.311 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)7 µg0.028 µg
Vitaminium C2.8 mg9.6 mg
Vitaminium E0.03 mg0.04 mg
Vitaminium K16.4 µg0.002 µg

Less Calories in Cucumber

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

Cucumber has 15 kcal per 100g and potato 93 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 520%.

In cucumber and in potato most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare cucumber with potato in details.

Cucumber 100g

15kcal

Calories source

  • 80% CARBS.
  • 14% PROTEIN
  • 5% FAT

Potato (baked or cooked) 100g

93kcal

Calories source

  • 88% CARBS
  • 10% PROTEIN
  • 1% 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.