Ginger vs Cinnamon: All Nutritional Differences

Fact 1: There is Less Calories in Ginger

At first glance, you can see that in ginger is much less calories than in cinnamon.

Ginger has 80 kcal per 100g and cinnamon 247 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 209%.

In ginger and in cinnamon most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare ginger with cinnamon in details.

Fact 2: Ginger And Cinnamon Nutrition Difference

• Calories: cinnamon - 209% more than ginger
• Carbohydrates: cinnamon - 354% more than ginger
• Fat: cinnamon - 60% more than ginger
• Dietary fiber: cinnamon - 2555% more than ginger
• Protein: cinnamon - 120% more than ginger

Less protein in ginger

It is aslo easy to see see that in ginger is less protein than in cinnamon.

There is 4g per 100g of cinnamon and 1.82g per 100g of ginger so using simple math we can see that difference is about 120%.

Less carbohydrates in ginger

In ginger is less carbohydrates than in cinnamon.

There is 80.6g/100g of carbohydrates in cinnamon and 17.77g/100g in ginger so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 354%.

Less fat in ginger

In ginger is less fats than in cinnamon.

The tables above show us that there is 1.2g/100g of fats in cinnamon and 0.75g/100g in ginger. In this case difference is about 60%.

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