Dates vs Dried Cranberries: The Healthier Choice

Less Calories in Dates

At first glance, you can see that in dates is less calories than in dried cranberries.

Dates has 277 kcal per 100g and dried cranberries 308 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 11%.

In dates and in dried cranberries most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare dates with dried cranberries in details.

Dates And Dried cranberries Nutrition Difference

• Calories:
  dried cranberries - 11% more than dates
• Carbohydrates:
  dried cranberries - 10% more than dates
• Fat:
  dried cranberries - 627% more than dates
• Dietary fiber:
  dates - 26% more than dried cranberries
• Protein:
  dates - 965% more than dried cranberries

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More protein in dates

It is aslo easy to see see that in dates is more protein than in dried cranberries.

There is 0.17g per 100g of dried cranberries and 1.81g per 100g of dates so using simple math we can see that difference is about 965%.

Less carbohydrates in dates

In dates is less carbohydrates than in dried cranberries.

There is 82.8g/100g of carbohydrates in dried cranberries and 74.97g/100g in dates so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 10%.

Less fat in dates

In dates is less fats than in dried cranberries.

The tables above show us that there is 1.09g/100g of fats in dried cranberries and 0.15g/100g in dates. In this case difference is about 627%.