Lemon vs Lime: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Lemon has 29 kcal and Lime has 30 kcal, so Lemon has 3% fewer calories.

Relative to calories, Lemon is the better protein source (3.79 g vs 2.33 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Lemon - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Lemon - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Lemon
Serving size:
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one lemon (85g)cup (230g)half cup (115g)
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Total Fat g
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Cholesterol mg
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Dietary Fiber g
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Protein g
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Vitaminium C mg
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Calcium mg
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Iron mg
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Potassium mg
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Glycemic Index: 30

* 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.
Lime
Serving size:
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one lime (67g)cup (142g)half cup (71g)
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Calcium mg
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Iron mg
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Potassium 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.

Lemon vs Lime 100g Compare


per 100gLemonLime
Calories29 30
Carbohydrates9.32 g10.54 g
Fat0.3 g0.2 g
Dietary fiber2.8 g2.8 g
Protein1.1 g0.7 g
Water88.98 g88.26 g
Calcium26 mg33 mg
Iron0.6 mg0.6 mg
Magnessium8 mg6 mg
Potassium138 mg102 mg
Sodium2 mg2 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.04 mg0.03 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.02 mg0.02 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)0.1 mg0.2 mg
Vitaminium B60.08 mg0.043 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)0.011 µg0.008 µg
Vitaminium C53 mg29.1 mg
Vitaminium E0.15 mg0.22 mg

Less Calories in Lemon

At first glance, you can see that in lemon is just a little less calories than in lime.

Lemon has 29 kcal per 100g and lime 30 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 3%.

In lemon and in lime most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare lemon with lime in details.

Lemon 100g

29kcal

Calories source

  • 84% CARBS.
  • 10% PROTEIN
  • 6% FAT

Lime 100g

30kcal

Calories source

  • 90% CARBS
  • 6% PROTEIN
  • 4% 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.