Red bell pepper vs Sweet potato: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Red bell pepper has 31 kcal and Sweet potato has 86 kcal, so Red bell pepper has 64% fewer calories.

Sweet potato has more carbohydrates (20.1 g vs 6.03 g). Relative to calories, Red bell pepper is the better protein source (3.19 g vs 1.83 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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Total Fat g
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Saturated Fat g
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Cholesterol mg
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Dietary Fiber g
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Vitaminium C mg
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Calcium mg
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Iron mg
0%

Potassium 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.
Sweet Potato
Serving size:
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one sweet potato (230g)cup, cubes (150g)cup, mashed (210g)
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Protein g
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Calcium mg
0%

Iron mg
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Potassium 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 Sweet Potato 100g Compare


per 100gRed bell pepperSweet potato
Calories31 86
Carbohydrates6.03 g20.12 g
Fat0.3 g0.05 g
Dietary fiber2.1 g3 g
Protein0.99 g1.57 g
Calcium7 mg30 mg
Iron0.43 mg0.61 mg
Magnessium12 mg25 mg
Potassium211 mg337 mg
Sodium4 mg55 mg
Vitaminium A3131 IU14187 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.054 mg0.078 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.085 mg0.061 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)0.979 mg0.557 mg
Vitaminium B60.291 mg0.209 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)46 µg0.011 µg
Vitaminium C127.7 mg2.4 mg
Vitaminium E1.58 mg0.26 mg
Vitaminium K4.9 µg0.002 µg
Beta karoten20 µg8509 µg

Less Calories in Pepper

At first glance, you can see that in pepper is much less calories than in sweet potato.

Pepper has 31 kcal per 100g and sweet potato 86 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 177%.

In pepper and in sweet potato most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare pepper with sweet potato in details.

Red bell pepper 100g

31kcal

Calories source

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

Sweet potato 100g

86kcal

Calories source

  • 92% CARBS
  • 7% PROTEIN
  • 1% 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.