Potato vs Rice: All Nutritional Differences

Less Calories in Potato

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

Potato has 77 kcal per 100g and white rice 130 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 69%.

In potato and in white rice most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare potato with white rice in details.

Potato And White rice Nutrition Difference

• Calories:
  white rice - 69% more than potato
• Carbohydrates:
  white rice - 61% more than potato
• Fat:
  white rice - 180% more than potato
• Dietary fiber:
  potato - 425% more than white rice
• Protein:
  white rice - 31% more than potato

Less protein in potato

It is aslo easy to see see that in potato is less protein than in white rice.

There is 2.69g per 100g of white rice and 2.05g per 100g of potato so using simple math we can see that difference is about 31%.

Less carbohydrates in potato

In potato is less carbohydrates than in white rice.

There is 28.17g/100g of carbohydrates in white rice and 17.49g/100g in potato so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 61%.

Less fat in potato

In potato is less fats than in white rice.

The tables above show us that there is 0.28g/100g of fats in white rice and 0.1g/100g in potato. In this case difference is about 180%.

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