Red bell pepper vs Pumpkin: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Red bell pepper has 31 kcal and Pumpkin has 26 kcal, so Pumpkin has 16% fewer calories.

Red bell pepper has more fiber (2.1 g vs 0.5 g). Relative to calories, Pumpkin is the better protein source (3.85 g vs 3.19 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Red bell pepper - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Red bell pepper - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Pepper
Serving size:
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one pepper (250g)cup (136g)half cup (68g)
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Vitaminium C mg
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Iron mg
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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.
Pumpkin
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one pumpkin (850g)cup, mashed (245g)cup, cubes (140g)
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Iron mg
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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.

Pepper vs Pumpkin 100g Compare


per 100gRed bell pepperPumpkin
Calories31 26
Carbohydrates6.03 g6.5 g
Fat0.3 g0.1 g
Dietary fiber2.1 g0.5 g
Protein0.99 g1 g
Calcium7 mg21 mg
Iron0.43 mg0.8 mg
Magnessium12 mg12 mg
Phosphorus26 mg44 mg
Potassium211 mg340 mg
Sodium4 mg1 mg
Zink0.25 mg0.32 mg
Vitaminium A3131 IU7384 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.054 mg0.05 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.085 mg0.11 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)0.979 mg0.6 mg
Vitaminium B60.291 mg0.061 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)46 µg16 µg
Vitaminium C127.7 mg9 mg
Vitaminium E1.58 mg1.06 mg
Vitaminium K4.9 µg1.1 µg
Beta karoten20 µg3100 µg

More Calories in Pepper

At first glance, you can see that in pepper is more calories than in pumpkin.

Pepper has 31 kcal per 100g and pumpkin 26 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 19%.

In pepper and in pumpkin most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare pepper with pumpkin in details.

Red bell pepper 100g

31kcal

Calories source

  • 78% CARBS.
  • 13% PROTEIN
  • 9% FAT

Pumpkin 100g

26kcal

Calories source

  • 84% CARBS
  • 13% PROTEIN
  • 3% FAT

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.