Mandarin (Tangerine) vs Navel Orange: Nutrition Guide

Where is more calories, protein, carbs - what is more healthy?

Marcin Piotrowicz, healthy lifestyle promoter

Mandarin (Tangerine) - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Navel orange vs Mandarin: Nutrition Comparison

per 100g	Mandarin (Tangerine)	Navel orange
Calories	53	47
Carbohydrates	13.34 g	11.75 g
Fat	0.31 g	0.12 g
Dietary fiber	1.8 g	2.4 g
Protein	0.81 g	0.94 g
Water	85.17 g	86.75 g
Calcium	37 mg	40 mg
Iron	0.15 mg	0.1 mg
Magnessium	12 mg	10 mg
Potassium	166 mg	181 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)	0.058 mg	0.087 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)	0.036 mg	0.04 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)	0.376 mg	0.282 mg
Vitaminium B6	0.078 mg	0.06 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)	0.016 mg	0.03 mg
Vitaminium C	26.7 mg	53.2 mg
Vitaminium E	0.2 mg	0.18 mg

More Calories in Mandarin

At first glance, you can see that in mandarin is more calories than in navel orange.

Mandarin has 53 kcal per 100g and navel orange 47 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 13%.

In mandarin and in navel orange most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare mandarin with navel orange in details.

Mandarin And Navel orange Nutrition Difference

Calories:
mandarin - 13% more than navel orange
Carbohydrates:
mandarin - 14% more than navel orange
Fat:
mandarin - 158% more than navel orange
Dietary fiber:
navel orange - 33% more than mandarin
Protein:
navel orange - 16% more than mandarin
Water:
navel orange - 2% more than mandarin

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Less protein in mandarin

It is aslo easy to see see that in mandarin is less protein than in navel orange.

There is 0.94g per 100g of navel orange and 0.81g per 100g of mandarin so using simple math we can see that difference is about 16%.

More carbohydrates in mandarin

In mandarin is more carbohydrates than in navel orange.

There is 11.75g/100g of carbohydrates in navel orange and 13.34g/100g in mandarin so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 14%.

More fat in mandarin

In mandarin is more fats than in navel orange.

The tables above show us that there is 0.12g/100g of fats in navel orange and 0.31g/100g in mandarin. In this case difference is about 158%.