Lettuce vs Dandelion: All Nutritional Differences

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Less Calories in Lettuce

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

Lettuce has 15 kcal per 100g and dandelion 45 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 200%.

In lettuce and in dandelion most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare lettuce with dandelion in details.

Lettuce And Dandelion Nutrition Difference

• Calories:
  dandelion - 200% more than lettuce
• Carbohydrates:
  dandelion - 221% more than lettuce
• Fat:
  dandelion - 367% more than lettuce
• Dietary fiber:
  dandelion - 169% more than lettuce
• Protein:
  dandelion - 99% more than lettuce

Less protein in lettuce

It is aslo easy to see see that in lettuce is less protein than in dandelion.

There is 2.7g per 100g of dandelion and 1.36g per 100g of lettuce so using simple math we can see that difference is about 99%.

Less carbohydrates in lettuce

In lettuce is less carbohydrates than in dandelion.

There is 9.2g/100g of carbohydrates in dandelion and 2.87g/100g in lettuce so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 221%.

Less fat in lettuce

In lettuce is less fats than in dandelion.

The tables above show us that there is 0.7g/100g of fats in dandelion and 0.15g/100g in lettuce. In this case difference is about 367%.