Onion vs Shallot: All Nutritional Differences

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Less Calories in Onion

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

Onion has 40 kcal per 100g and shallot 72 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 80%.

In onion and in shallot most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare onion with shallot in details.

Onion And Shallot Nutrition Difference

• Calories:
  shallot - 80% more than onion
• Carbohydrates:
  shallot - 80% more than onion
• Fat:
  shallot - 0% more than onion
• Protein:
  shallot - 127% more than onion

Less protein in onion

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

There is 2.5g per 100g of shallot and 1.1g per 100g of onion so using simple math we can see that difference is about 127%.

Less carbohydrates in onion

In onion is less carbohydrates than in shallot.

There is 16.8g/100g of carbohydrates in shallot and 9.34g/100g in onion so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 80%.

The same amount of fats

There is the same amount of fat in onion and shallot - 0.1g/100g.