Lettuce vs Moringa: What Should You Choose?

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

Moringa vs Lettuce: Nutrition Comparison

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 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 mg44 mg
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 And Moringa Nutrition Difference

  • Calories:
    moringa - 147% more than lettuce
  • Carbohydrates:
    moringa - 197% more than lettuce
  • Fat:
    moringa - 33% more than lettuce
  • Dietary fiber:
    moringa - 146% more than lettuce
  • Protein:
    moringa - 54% more than lettuce

Less protein in lettuce

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

There is 2.1g per 100g of moringa and 1.36g per 100g of lettuce so using simple math we can see that difference is about 54%.

Less carbohydrates in lettuce

In lettuce is less carbohydrates than in moringa.

There is 8.53g/100g of carbohydrates in moringa and 2.87g/100g in lettuce so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 197%.

Less fat in lettuce

In lettuce is less fats than in moringa.

The tables above show us that there is 0.2g/100g of fats in moringa and 0.15g/100g in lettuce. In this case difference is about 33%.

Lettuce

15kcal
  • Calories15
  • Carbohydrates2.87 g
  • Fat0.15 g
  • Dietary fiber1.3 g
  • Protein1.36 g
Lettuce calories per:
100g
| ounce | single piece | cup | chopped | 1 large leaf

Calories source

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

Moringa

37kcal
  • Calories37
  • Carbohydrates8.53 g
  • Fat0.2 g
  • Dietary fiber3.2 g
  • Protein2.1 g
Moringa calories per:
100g
| ounce | handfull | tablespoon | cup | half cup

Calories source

  • 77% CARBS
  • 19% PROTEIN
  • 4% FAT

Vitamins: moringa vs lettuce

  • Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine):
    lettuce - 32% more than moringa
  • Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin):
    lettuce - 8% more than moringa
  • Vitaminium B3 (Niacin):
    moringa - 81% more than lettuce
  • Vitaminium B6:
    moringa - 33% more than lettuce
  • Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid):
    moringa - 16% more than lettuce
  • Vitaminium C:
    moringa - 1433% more than lettuce

Minerals: lettuce vs moringa

  • Calcium:
    lettuce - 20% more than moringa
  • Iron:
    lettuce - 139% more than moringa
  • Magnessium:
    moringa - 246% more than lettuce
  • Phosphorus:
    moringa - 72% more than lettuce
  • Potassium:
    moringa - 138% more than lettuce
  • Sodium:
    moringa - 50% more than lettuce
  • Zink:
    moringa - 150% more than lettuce
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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