Onion vs Garlic: Choose Wisely

Less Calories in Onion

At first glance, you can see that in onion is much less calories than in garlic.

Onion has 40 kcal per 100g and garlic 149 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 273%.

In onion and in garlic most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare onion with garlic in details.

Onion And Garlic Nutrition Difference

• Calories:
  garlic - 273% more than onion
• Carbohydrates:
  garlic - 254% more than onion
• Fat:
  garlic - 400% more than onion
• Dietary fiber:
  garlic - 24% more than onion
• Protein:
  garlic - 478% more than onion

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Less protein in onion

It is aslo easy to see see that in onion is less protein than in garlic.

There is 6.36g per 100g of garlic and 1.1g per 100g of onion so using simple math we can see that difference is about 478%.

Less carbohydrates in onion

In onion is less carbohydrates than in garlic.

There is 33.06g/100g of carbohydrates in garlic and 9.34g/100g in onion so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 254%.

Less fat in onion

In onion is less fats than in garlic.

The tables above show us that there is 0.5g/100g of fats in garlic and 0.1g/100g in onion. In this case difference is about 400%.