Lettuce vs Tomato: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Lettuce has 15 kcal and Tomato has 18 kcal, so Lettuce has 17% fewer calories.

Tomato has more carbohydrates (3.9 g vs 2.87 g). Relative to calories, Lettuce is the better protein source (9.07 g vs 5 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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* 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.
Tomato
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one tomato (123g)slice (20g)cup (180g)half cup (90g)
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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.

Lettuce vs Tomato 100g Compare


per 100gLettuceTomato
Calories15 18
Carbohydrates2.87 g3.9 g
Fat0.15 g0.2 g
Dietary fiber1.3 g1.2 g
Protein1.36 g0.9 g
Calcium36 mg10 mg
Iron0.86 mg0.3 mg
Magnessium13 mg11 mg
Phosphorus29 mg24 mg
Potassium194 mg237 mg
Sodium28 mg5 mg
Zink0.18 mg0.17 mg
Vitaminium A7405 IU833 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.07 mg0.037 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)0.375 mg0.594 mg
Vitaminium B60.09 mg0.08 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)38 µg15 µg
Vitaminium C9.2 mg13 mg
Vitaminium E0.29 mg0.54 mg
Vitaminium K126.3 µg7.9 µg
Beta karoten4443 µg101 µg

Less Calories in Lettuce

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

Lettuce has 15 kcal per 100g and tomato 18 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 20%.

In lettuce and in tomato most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare lettuce with tomato in details.

Lettuce 100g

15kcal

Calories source

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

Tomato 100g

18kcal

Calories source

  • 74% CARBS
  • 17% PROTEIN
  • 9% 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.