Which has more calories, Lettuce or Watercress?

Lettuce has more calories than Watercress: 15 kcal vs 11 kcal per 100 g.

Which has more protein, Lettuce or Watercress?

Watercress has more protein than Lettuce: 2.3 g vs 1.36 g per 100 g.

Which has more fat, Lettuce or Watercress?

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

Which has more carbohydrates, Lettuce or Watercress?

Lettuce has more carbohydrates than Watercress: 2.87 g vs 1.29 g per 100 g.

Lettuce vs Watercress: Which Has More Calories?

Per 100 g, Lettuce has 15 kcal and Watercress has 11 kcal, so Watercress has 27% fewer calories.

Lettuce has more carbohydrates (2.87 g vs 1.29 g). Relative to calories, Watercress is the better protein source (20.9 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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* 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.

Watercress

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handful (30g)cup (34g)half cup (17g)

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Lettuce vs Watercress 100g Compare

per 100g	Lettuce	Watercress
Calories	15	11
Carbohydrates	2.87 g	1.29 g
Fat	0.15 g	0.1 g
Dietary fiber	1.3 g	0.5 g
Protein	1.36 g	2.3 g
Calcium	36 mg	120 mg
Iron	0.86 mg	0.2 mg
Magnessium	13 mg	21 mg
Phosphorus	29 mg	60 mg
Potassium	194 mg	330 mg
Sodium	28 mg	41 mg
Zink	0.18 mg	0.11 mg
Vitaminium A	7405 IU	3191 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)	0.07 mg	0.09 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)	0.08 mg	0.12 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)	0.375 mg	0.2 mg
Vitaminium B5	0.134 mg	0.31 mg
Vitaminium B6	0.09 mg	0.129 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)	38 µg	9 µg
Vitaminium C	9.2 mg	43 mg
Vitaminium E	0.29 mg	1 mg
Vitaminium K	126.3 µg	250 µg

More Calories in Lettuce

At first glance, you can see that in lettuce is more calories than in watercress.

Lettuce has 15 kcal per 100g and watercress 11 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 36%.

In lettuce and in watercress most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare lettuce with watercress in details.

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Lettuce 100g

15kcal

Calories source

63% CARBS.
30% PROTEIN
7% FAT

Watercress 100g

11kcal

Calories source

34% CARBS
60% PROTEIN
6% 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.