Onion vs Ginger: All Nutritional Differences

Fact 1: There is Less Calories in Onion

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

Onion has 40 kcal per 100g and ginger 80 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 100%.

In onion and in ginger most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare onion with ginger in details.

Fact 2: Onion And Ginger Nutrition Difference

• Calories: ginger - 100% more than onion
• Carbohydrates: ginger - 90% more than onion
• Fat: ginger - 650% more than onion
• Dietary fiber: ginger - 18% more than onion
• Protein: ginger - 65% more than onion

Less protein in onion

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

There is 1.82g per 100g of ginger and 1.1g per 100g of onion so using simple math we can see that difference is about 65%.

Less carbohydrates in onion

In onion is less carbohydrates than in ginger.

There is 17.77g/100g of carbohydrates in ginger and 9.34g/100g in onion so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 90%.

Less fat in onion

In onion is less fats than in ginger.

The tables above show us that there is 0.75g/100g of fats in ginger and 0.1g/100g in onion. In this case difference is about 650%.

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