Potato (Baked Or Cooked) vs Red Potato: The Healthier Choice

Where is more calories, protein, carbs - what is more healthy?

Marcin Piotrowicz, healthy lifestyle promoter

Potato (baked or cooked) - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Red potato vs Potato: Nutrition Comparison

per 100g	Potato (baked or cooked)	Red potato
Calories	93	70
Carbohydrates	21.15 g	15.9 g
Fat	0.13 g	0.14 g
Dietary fiber	2.2 g	1.7 g
Protein	2.5 g	1.89 g
Water	74.89 g	80.96 g
Calcium	15 mg	10 mg
Iron	1.08 mg	0.73 mg
Magnessium	28 mg	22 mg
Potassium	535 mg	455 mg
Sodium	10 mg	18 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)	0.064 mg	0.081 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)	0.048 mg	0.031 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)	1.41 mg	1.149 mg
Vitaminium B6	0.311 mg	0.17 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)	0.028 mg	0.018 mg
Vitaminium C	9.6 mg	8.6 mg
Vitaminium E	0.04 mg	0.01 mg
Vitaminium K	0.002 mg	0.003 mg

More Calories in Potato

At first glance, you can see that in potato is more calories than in red potato.

Potato has 93 kcal per 100g and red potato 70 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 33%.

In potato and in red potato most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare potato with red potato in details.

Potato And Red potato Nutrition Difference

Calories:
potato - 33% more than red potato
Carbohydrates:
potato - 33% more than red potato
Fat:
red potato - 8% more than potato
Dietary fiber:
potato - 29% more than red potato
Protein:
potato - 32% more than red potato
Water:
red potato - 8% more than potato

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More protein in potato

It is aslo easy to see see that in potato is more protein than in red potato.

There is 1.89g per 100g of red potato and 2.5g per 100g of potato so using simple math we can see that difference is about 32%.

More carbohydrates in potato

In potato is more carbohydrates than in red potato.

There is 15.9g/100g of carbohydrates in red potato and 21.15g/100g in potato so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 33%.

Less fat in potato

In potato is less fats than in red potato.

The tables above show us that there is 0.14g/100g of fats in red potato and 0.13g/100g in potato. In this case difference is about 8%.