Kale vs Sweet potato: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Kale has 49 kcal and Sweet potato has 86 kcal, so Kale has 43% fewer calories.

Kale has more protein (4.28 g vs 1.57 g). Sweet potato has more carbohydrates (20.1 g vs 8.75 g). Relative to calories, Kale is the better protein source (8.73 g vs 1.83 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Kale - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Kale - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Kale
Serving size:
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handful (25g)cup, chopped (67g)
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Iron mg
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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.
Sweet Potato
Serving size:
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one sweet potato (230g)cup, cubes (150g)cup, mashed (210g)
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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.

Kale vs Sweet Potato 100g Compare


per 100g Kale Sweet potato
Calories 49 86
Carbohydrates 8.75 g 20.12 g
Fat 0.93 g 0.05 g
Dietary fiber 3.6 g 3 g
Protein 4.28 g 1.57 g
Calcium 150 mg 30 mg
Iron 1.47 mg 0.61 mg
Magnessium 47 mg 25 mg
Potassium 491 mg 337 mg
Sodium 38 mg 55 mg
Vitaminium A 9990 IU 14187 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine) 0.11 mg 0.078 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin) 0.13 mg 0.061 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin) 1 mg 0.557 mg
Vitaminium B5 0.091 mg 0.8 mg
Vitaminium B6 0.271 mg 0.209 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid) 141 µg 0.011 µg
Vitaminium C 120 mg 2.4 mg
Vitaminium K 704.8 µg 0.002 µg
Beta karoten 5927 µg 8509 µg

Less Calories in Kale

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

Kale has 49 kcal per 100g and sweet potato 86 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 76%.

In kale and in sweet potato most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare kale with sweet potato in details.

Kale 100g

49kcal

Calories source

  • 58% CARBS.
  • 28% PROTEIN
  • 14% FAT

Sweet potato 100g

86kcal

Calories source

  • 92% CARBS
  • 7% 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.