Leek vs White Onions: Nutrition Showdown

More Calories in Leek

At first glance, you can see that in leek is much more calories than in white onion.

Leek has 61 kcal per 100g and white onion 38 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 61%.

In leek and in white onion most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare leek with white onion in details.

Leek And White onion Nutrition Difference

• Calories:
  leek - 61% more than white onion
• Carbohydrates:
  leek - 64% more than white onion
• Fat:
  leek - 500% more than white onion
• Dietary fiber:
  white onion - 6% more than leek
• Protein:
  leek - 81% more than white onion

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More protein in leek

It is aslo easy to see see that in leek is more protein than in white onion.

There is 0.83g per 100g of white onion and 1.5g per 100g of leek so using simple math we can see that difference is about 81%.

More carbohydrates in leek

In leek is more carbohydrates than in white onion.

There is 8.61g/100g of carbohydrates in white onion and 14.15g/100g in leek so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 64%.

More fat in leek

In leek is more fats than in white onion.

The tables above show us that there is 0.05g/100g of fats in white onion and 0.3g/100g in leek. In this case difference is about 500%.