Green pepper vs Sweet pepper: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Green pepper has 18 kcal and Sweet pepper has 31 kcal, so Green pepper has 42% fewer calories.

Sweet pepper has more carbohydrates (6.03 g vs 4.6 g). Relative to calories, Green pepper is the better protein source (6.11 g vs 3.19 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Green pepper - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Green pepper - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Green Pepper
Serving size:
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one green pepper (160g)cup (150g)half cup (75g)
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Amount Per Serving:
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Total Fat g
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Saturated Fat g
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Cholesterol mg
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Sodium mg
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Total Carbohydrates g
0%

Dietary Fiber g
0%

Sugars g

Protein g
0%

Vitaminium C mg
0%

Calcium mg
0%

Iron mg
0%

Potassium mg
0%

* 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.
Sweet Pepper
Serving size:
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one sweet pepper (119g)cup, chopped (148g)cup, sliced (92g)
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Amount Per Serving:
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Total Fat g
0%

Saturated Fat g
0%

Cholesterol mg
0%

Sodium mg
0%

Total Carbohydrates g
0%

Dietary Fiber g
0%

Sugars g

Protein g
0%

Vitaminium C mg
0%

Calcium mg
0%

Iron mg
0%

Potassium mg
0%

* 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.

Green Pepper vs Sweet Pepper 100g Compare


per 100g Green pepper Sweet pepper
Calories 18 31
Carbohydrates 4.6 g 6.03 g
Fat 0.3 g 0.3 g
Dietary fiber 2 g 2.1 g
Protein 1.1 g 0.99 g
Water 93.5 g 92.21 g
Calcium 12 mg 7 mg
Iron 0.5 mg 0.43 mg
Magnessium 9 mg 12 mg
Potassium 176 mg 211 mg
Sodium 2 mg 4 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine) 0.04 mg 0.054 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin) 0.03 mg 0.085 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin) 0.6 mg 0.979 mg
Vitaminium B6 0.27 mg 0.291 mg
Vitaminium C 91 mg 127.7 mg
Vitaminium E 3.1 mg 1.58 mg

Less Calories in Green pepper

At first glance, you can see that in green pepper is much less calories than in sweet pepper.

Green pepper has 18 kcal per 100g and sweet pepper 31 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 72%.

In green pepper and in sweet pepper most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare green pepper with sweet pepper in details.

Green pepper 100g

18kcal

Calories source

  • 72% CARBS.
  • 17% PROTEIN
  • 11% FAT

Sweet pepper 100g

31kcal

Calories source

  • 78% CARBS
  • 13% PROTEIN
  • 9% 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.