Iceberg lettuce vs Salad greens: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Iceberg lettuce has 14 kcal and Salad greens has 17 kcal, so Iceberg lettuce has 18% fewer calories.

Relative to calories, Salad greens is the better protein source (8.94 g vs 6.43 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Iceberg lettuce - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Iceberg lettuce - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Iceberg Lettuce
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one iceberg lettuce (200g)cup (55g)half cup (27.5g)
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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.
Salad Greens
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standard serving size (100g)cup (53g)half cup (26.5g)
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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.

Iceberg Lettuce vs Salad Greens 100g Compare


per 100g Iceberg lettuce Salad greens
Calories 14 17
Carbohydrates 2.97 g 3.22 g
Fat 0.14 g 0.24 g
Dietary fiber 1.2 g 2 g
Protein 0.9 g 1.52 g
Water 95.64 g 94.08 g
Calcium 18 mg 48 mg
Iron 0.41 mg 1.16 mg
Magnessium 7 mg 26 mg
Potassium 141 mg 291 mg
Sodium 10 mg 29 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine) 0.041 mg 0.068 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin) 0.025 mg 0.087 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin) 0.123 mg 0.387 mg
Vitaminium B6 0.042 mg 0.084 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid) 0.029 µg 0.108 µg
Vitaminium C 2.8 mg 10.1 mg
Vitaminium E 0.18 mg 0.6 mg
Vitaminium K 0.024 µg 0.193 µg

Less Calories in Iceberg lettuce

At first glance, you can see that in iceberg lettuce is less calories than in salad greens.

Iceberg lettuce has 14 kcal per 100g and salad greens 17 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 21%.

In iceberg lettuce and in salad greens most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare iceberg lettuce with salad greens in details.

Iceberg lettuce 100g

14kcal

Calories source

  • 71% CARBS.
  • 22% PROTEIN
  • 8% FAT

Salad greens 100g

17kcal

Calories source

  • 61% CARBS
  • 29% PROTEIN
  • 10% 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.