Lettuce: Calories and Nutrition Analyse



How many calories in lettuce?

100g of lettuce has about 15 calories (kcal).
Calories per: ounce | one lettuce | cup, chopped | 1 large leaf

To give you an idea, medium size lettuce (200 g) has about 30 calories.

It is about 1% of daily calories intake for adult person with medium weight and medium activity (for calculation we assumed 2400 kcal daily intake).

Lettuce - calories, kcal

Scroll down for details and nutrition tables.

To visualize how much 30 kcal actually is, take in mind that calories amount from lettuce is similar to calories amount from ie.:

  • 0.5 apple
  • 1.5 cubes of sugar

Take a look at tables below to see details about lettuce nutrition.

Calories in Lettuce Based On Vegetables Category

See all nutrition data of lettuce on charts.

Calories15kcal/100g(4 kcal/oz)
Protein1.4g/100g(0.4 g/oz)
Carbs Total2.9g/100g(0.8 g/oz)
Fat0.2g/100g(0 g/oz)

Calories And Nutrition in Medium Size Lettuce (200 G), 100g and Ounce

per 100 gper ouncemedium size lettuce (200 g)
Calories15 4.25 30
Carbs Total2.87 g0.81 g5.7 g
Dietary fiber1.3 g0.37 g2.6 g
Fat0.15 g< 0.1 g0.3 g
Protein1.36 g0.39 g2.7 g

lettuce - vitamins per 100g

  • Vit A7405 IU
  • Vit B1 (Thiamine)0.07 mg
  • Vit B2 (riboflavin)0.08 mg
  • Vit B3 (Niacin)0.375 mg
  • Vit B50.134 mg
  • Vit B60.09 mg
  • Vit B9 (Folic acid)38 mcg
  • Vit C9.2 mg
  • Vit E0.29 mg
  • Vit K126.3 mg

Energy content of lettuce

  • 63% CARBS
  • 30% PROTEIN
  • 7% FAT

lettuce - minerals per 100g

  • Potassium194 mg
  • Phosphorus29 mg
  • Magnessium13 mg
  • Calcium36 mg
  • Sodium28 mg
  • Iron0.86 mg
  • Zink0.18 mg
  • Beta karoten4443 mg

How many calories in 1, 2, 3 or 5 lettuce leaves?

As I wrote before medium size lettuce (200 g) has 30 calories. It is easy to count that two lettuce leaves have about 60 calories and three lettuce leaves have about 90 calories. In table below you can also see calories amount for four and five lettuce leaves.

  • Medium size lettuce (200 g)30 kcal
  • Lettuce cup, chopped (75g)11 kcal
  • Lettuce 1 large leaf (18g)3 kcal
  • Ounce (oz) of lettuce4 kcal
  • Half of medium size lettuce15 kcal
  • Small size lettuce (160g)24 kcal
  • Big size lettuce (260g)39 kcal
  • Two medium size lettuce leaves60 kcal
  • Three medium size lettuce leaves90 kcal
  • Four medium size lettuce leaves120 kcal
  • Five medium size lettuce leaves150 kcal

Protein in lettuce

Lettuce has 1.36 g protein per 100g.
When you multiplay this value with weight of medium size lettuce (200 g) you can see that you will get about 2.7 g of protein.

Carbs in lettuce

Lettuce has 2.87 g carbohydrates per 100g.
In the same way as for protein we can calculate that medium size lettuce (200 g) has about 5.7 g of carbs.

Fat in lettuce

Lettuce has 0.15 g fat per 100g.
So it is easy to count that medium size lettuce (200 g) has about 0.3 g of fat.

Lettuce - caloies, wieght

medium size lettuce (200 g) has:

30kcalFor burning these calories you have to:
Bike4 min.Bike
Horse ride6 min.Horse ride
Play tennis3 min.Tennis
Run3 min.Run
Swim4 min.Swim

Interesting charts - compare lettuce with other vegetables

When you look at charts below you will see how lettuce looks like in comparsion to other products from its category. When you click on selected product you will se detailed comparsion.

Vitamin C in Lettuce Based On Vegetables Category
Fiber in Lettuce Based On Vegetables Category
Fat in Lettuce Based On Vegetables Category
Iron in Lettuce Based On Vegetables Category
Magnesium in Lettuce Based On Vegetables Category
Phosphorus in Lettuce Based On Vegetables Category
Potassium in Lettuce Based On Vegetables Category
Protein in Lettuce Based On Vegetables Category
Sodium in Lettuce Based On Vegetables Category
Vitamin B1 in Lettuce Based On Vegetables Category
Vitamin B2 in Lettuce Based On Vegetables Category
Vitamin B3 (Niacin) in Lettuce Based On Vegetables Category
Vitamin B5 (Acid Pantotenic) in Lettuce Based On Vegetables Category
Vitamin B6 in Lettuce Based On Vegetables Category
Vitamin B9 (Folic Acid) in Lettuce Based On Vegetables Category
Vitamin E in Lettuce Based On Vegetables Category
Vitamin K in Lettuce Based On Vegetables Category
Zinc in Lettuce Based On Vegetables Category
Carbohydrates in Lettuce Based On Vegetables Category
Calories in Lettuce Based On Vegetables Category
Calcium in Lettuce Based On Vegetables Category
Vitamin A in Lettuce Based On Vegetables Category
Marcin Piotrowicz
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Marcin Piotrowicz

calories-info.com creator
Healthy diet and healthy lifestyle promoter

All information about nutrition on this website was created with help of information from the official United States Department of Agriculture database.

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