Which has more calories, Lettuce or Onion?

Onion has more calories than Lettuce: 40 kcal vs 15 kcal per 100 g.

Which has more protein, Lettuce or Onion?

Lettuce has more protein than Onion: 1.36 g vs 1.1 g per 100 g.

Which has more fat, Lettuce or Onion?

Lettuce has more fat than Onion: 0.15 g vs 0.1 g per 100 g.

Which has more carbohydrates, Lettuce or Onion?

Onion has more carbohydrates than Lettuce: 9.34 g vs 2.87 g per 100 g.

Lettuce vs Onion: Which Has More Calories?

Per 100 g, Lettuce has 15 kcal and Onion has 40 kcal, so Lettuce has 63% fewer calories.

Onion has more carbohydrates (9.34 g vs 2.87 g). Relative to calories, Lettuce is the better protein source (9.07 g vs 2.75 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Lettuce - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Lettuce

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one lettuce (200g)cup, chopped (75g)1 large leaf (18g)

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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.

Onion

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one onion (110g)slice (15g)cup, sliced (115g)

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Glycemic Index: 15

* 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 Onion 100g Compare

per 100g	Lettuce	Onion
Calories	15	40
Carbohydrates	2.87 g	9.34 g
Fat	0.15 g	0.1 g
Dietary fiber	1.3 g	1.7 g
Protein	1.36 g	1.1 g
Calcium	36 mg	23 mg
Iron	0.86 mg	0.21 mg
Magnessium	13 mg	10 mg
Potassium	194 mg	146 mg
Sodium	28 mg	4 mg
Vitaminium A	7405 IU	2 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)	0.07 mg	0.046 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)	0.08 mg	0.027 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)	0.375 mg	0.116 mg
Vitaminium B5	0.134 mg	0.123 mg
Vitaminium B6	0.09 mg	0.12 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)	38 µg	0.019 µg
Vitaminium C	9.2 mg	7.4 mg
Vitaminium E	0.29 mg	0.02 mg
Beta karoten	4443 µg	1 µg

Less Calories in Lettuce

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

Lettuce has 15 kcal per 100g and onion 40 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 167%.

In lettuce and in onion most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare lettuce with onion in details.

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Lettuce 100g

15kcal

Calories source

63% CARBS.
30% PROTEIN
7% FAT

Onion 100g

40kcal

Calories source

88% CARBS
10% PROTEIN
2% FAT

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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.