Lettuce vs Moringa: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Lettuce has 15 kcal and Moringa has 37 kcal, so Lettuce has 59% fewer calories.

Moringa has more fiber (3.2 g vs 1.3 g). Moringa has more carbohydrates (8.53 g vs 2.87 g). Relative to calories, Lettuce is the better protein source (9.07 g vs 5.68 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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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.
Moringa
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handful (45g)tablespoon (5g)cup (20g)half cup (10g)
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Iron mg
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Potassium mg
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Glycemic Index: 10

* 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 Moringa 100g Compare


per 100gLettuceMoringa
Calories15 37
Carbohydrates2.87 g8.53 g
Fat0.15 g0.2 g
Dietary fiber1.3 g3.2 g
Protein1.36 g2.1 g
Calcium36 mg30 mg
Iron0.86 mg0.36 mg
Magnessium13 mg45 mg
Phosphorus29 mg50 mg
Potassium194 mg461 mg
Sodium28 mg42 mg
Zink0.18 mg0.45 mg
Vitaminium A7405 IU74 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.07 mg0.053 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.08 mg0.074 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)0.375 mg0.68 mg
Vitaminium B60.09 mg0.12 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)38 µg44 µg
Vitaminium C9.2 mg141 mg

Less Calories in Lettuce

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

Lettuce has 15 kcal per 100g and moringa 37 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 147%.

In lettuce and in moringa most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare lettuce with moringa in details.

Lettuce 100g

15kcal

Calories source

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

Moringa 100g

37kcal

Calories source

  • 77% CARBS
  • 19% 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.