Lettuce vs Romaine Lettuce: All Nutritional Differences

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Less Calories in Lettuce

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

Lettuce has 15 kcal per 100g and romaine lettuce 17 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 13%.

In lettuce and in romaine lettuce most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare lettuce with romaine lettuce in details.

Lettuce And Romaine lettuce Nutrition Difference

• Calories:
  romaine lettuce - 13% more than lettuce
• Carbohydrates:
  romaine lettuce - 15% more than lettuce
• Fat:
  romaine lettuce - 100% more than lettuce
• Dietary fiber:
  romaine lettuce - 62% more than lettuce
• Protein:
  lettuce - 11% more than romaine lettuce

More protein in lettuce

It is aslo easy to see see that in lettuce is more protein than in romaine lettuce.

There is 1.23g per 100g of romaine lettuce and 1.36g per 100g of lettuce so using simple math we can see that difference is about 11%.

Less carbohydrates in lettuce

In lettuce is less carbohydrates than in romaine lettuce.

There is 3.29g/100g of carbohydrates in romaine lettuce and 2.87g/100g in lettuce so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 15%.

Less fat in lettuce

In lettuce is less fats than in romaine lettuce.

The tables above show us that there is 0.3g/100g of fats in romaine lettuce and 0.15g/100g in lettuce. In this case difference is about 100%.