Which has more calories, Lettuce or Spinach?

Spinach has more calories than Lettuce: 23 kcal vs 15 kcal per 100 g.

Which has more protein, Lettuce or Spinach?

Spinach has more protein than Lettuce: 2.86 g vs 1.36 g per 100 g.

Which has more fat, Lettuce or Spinach?

Spinach has more fat than Lettuce: 0.39 g vs 0.15 g per 100 g.

Which has more carbohydrates, Lettuce or Spinach?

Spinach has more carbohydrates than Lettuce: 3.63 g vs 2.87 g per 100 g.

Lettuce vs Spinach: Which Has More Calories?

Per 100 g, Lettuce has 15 kcal and Spinach has 23 kcal, so Lettuce has 35% fewer calories.

Spinach has more protein (2.86 g vs 1.36 g). Relative to calories, Spinach is the better protein source (12.4 g vs 9.07 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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Spinach

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handful (28g)tablespoon (5g)cup (30g)half cup (15g)

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Lettuce vs Spinach 100g Compare

per 100g	Lettuce	Spinach
Calories	15	23
Carbohydrates	2.87 g	3.63 g
Fat	0.15 g	0.39 g
Dietary fiber	1.3 g	2.2 g
Protein	1.36 g	2.86 g
Calcium	36 mg	99 mg
Iron	0.86 mg	2.71 mg
Magnessium	13 mg	79 mg
Potassium	194 mg	558 mg
Sodium	28 mg	79 mg
Zink	0.18 mg	0.53 mg
Vitaminium A	7405 IU	9377 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)	0.07 mg	0.078 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)	0.08 mg	0.189 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)	0.375 mg	0.724 mg
Vitaminium B5	0.134 mg	0.065 mg
Vitaminium B6	0.09 mg	0.195 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)	38 µg	194 µg
Vitaminium C	9.2 mg	28.1 mg
Vitaminium E	0.29 mg	2.03 mg
Vitaminium K	126.3 µg	482.9 µg
Beta karoten	4443 µg	5626 µg

Less Calories in Lettuce

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

Lettuce has 15 kcal per 100g and spinach 23 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 53%.

In lettuce and in spinach most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare lettuce with spinach in details.

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Lettuce 100g

15kcal

Calories source

63% CARBS.
30% PROTEIN
7% FAT

Spinach 100g

23kcal

Calories source

49% CARBS
39% PROTEIN
12% 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.