Lettuce vs Potato: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Lettuce has 15 kcal and Potato has 77 kcal, so Lettuce has 81% fewer calories.

Potato has more carbohydrates (17.5 g vs 2.87 g). Relative to calories, Lettuce is the better protein source (9.07 g vs 2.66 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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Total Fat g
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Saturated Fat g
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Cholesterol mg
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Total Carbohydrates g
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Dietary Fiber g
0%

Sugars g

Protein g
0%

Vitaminium C mg
0%

Calcium mg
0%

Iron mg
0%

Potassium mg
0%

* 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.
Potato
Serving size:
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one potato (90g)cup, sliced (130g)
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Total Fat g
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Saturated Fat g
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Cholesterol mg
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Total Carbohydrates g
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Dietary Fiber g
0%

Sugars g

Protein g
0%

Vitaminium C mg
0%

Calcium mg
0%

Iron mg
0%

Potassium mg
0%

* 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 Potato 100g Compare


per 100gLettucePotato
Calories15 77
Carbohydrates2.87 g17.49 g
Fat0.15 g0.09 g
Dietary fiber1.3 g2.1 g
Protein1.36 g2.05 g
Calcium36 mg12 mg
Iron0.86 mg0.81 mg
Magnessium13 mg23 mg
Potassium194 mg425 mg
Sodium28 mg6 mg
Vitaminium A7405 IU2 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.07 mg0.081 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.08 mg0.032 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)0.375 mg1.061 mg
Vitaminium B50.134 mg0.279 mg
Vitaminium B60.09 mg0.298 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)38 µg0.015 µg
Vitaminium C9.2 mg19.7 mg
Vitaminium E0.29 mg0.01 mg
Vitaminium K126.3 µg0.002 µg
Beta karoten4443 µg4 µg

Less Calories in Lettuce

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

Lettuce has 15 kcal per 100g and potato 77 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 413%.

In lettuce and in potato most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare lettuce with potato in details.

Lettuce 100g

15kcal

Calories source

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

Potato 100g

77kcal

Calories source

  • 89% CARBS
  • 10% PROTEIN
  • 1% 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.