Lettuce vs Corn: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Lettuce has 15 kcal and Corn has 86 kcal, so Lettuce has 83% fewer calories.

Corn has more protein (2.79 g vs 1.36 g). Corn has more fiber (2.43 g vs 1.3 g). Corn has more fat (1.63 g vs 0.15 g). Relative to calories, Lettuce is the better protein source (9.07 g vs 3.24 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Lettuce - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Lettuce - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Lettuce
Serving size:
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one lettuce (200g)cup, chopped (75g)1 large leaf (18g)
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Saturated Fat g
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Dietary Fiber 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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* 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.
Corn
Serving size:
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one corn (185g)tablespoon (15g)teaspoon (5g)cup (164g)half cup (82g)small can (140g)medium can (285g)
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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.

Lettuce vs Corn 100g Compare


per 100g Lettuce Corn
Calories 15 86
Carbohydrates 2.87 g 14.69 g
Fat 0.15 g 1.63 g
Dietary fiber 1.3 g 2.43 g
Protein 1.36 g 2.79 g
Calcium 36 mg 0.656 mg
Iron 0.86 mg 0.388 mg
Magnessium 13 mg 25.76 mg
Phosphorus 29 mg 2.513 mg
Potassium 194 mg 237 mg
Zink 0.18 mg 2.513 mg
Vitaminium A 7405 IU 187 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine) 0.07 mg 0.079 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin) 0.08 mg 0.138 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin) 0.375 mg 1.593 mg
Vitaminium B5 0.134 mg 0.717 mg
Vitaminium B6 0.09 mg 0.15 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid) 38 µg 42 µg
Vitaminium C 9.2 mg 6.8 mg
Vitaminium E 0.29 mg 0.07 mg
Vitaminium K 126.3 µg 0.3 µg
Beta karoten 4443 µg 16 µg

Less Calories in Lettuce

At first glance, you can see that in lettuce is much less calories than in corn.

Lettuce has 15 kcal per 100g and corn 86 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 473%.

In lettuce and in corn most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare lettuce with corn in details.

Lettuce 100g

15kcal

Calories source

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

Corn 100g

86kcal

Calories source

  • 69% CARBS
  • 13% PROTEIN
  • 17% 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.