Quinoa vs Brown Rice: All Nutritional Differences

Fact 1: There is Less Calories in Quinoa

At first glance, you can see that in quinoa is just a little less calories than in brown rice.

Quinoa has 368 kcal per 100g and brown rice 370 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 1%.

In quinoa and in brown rice most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare quinoa with brown rice in details.

Fact 2: Quinoa And Brown rice Nutrition Difference

• Calories: brown rice - 1% more than quinoa
• Carbohydrates: brown rice - 23% more than quinoa
• Fat: quinoa - 121% more than brown rice
• Dietary fiber: quinoa - 100% more than brown rice
• Protein: quinoa - 86% more than brown rice

More protein in quinoa

It is aslo easy to see see that in quinoa is more protein than in brown rice.

There is 7.6g per 100g of brown rice and 14.12g per 100g of quinoa so using simple math we can see that difference is about 86%.

Less carbohydrates in quinoa

In quinoa is less carbohydrates than in brown rice.

There is 78.68g/100g of carbohydrates in brown rice and 64.16g/100g in quinoa so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 23%.

More fat in quinoa

In quinoa is more fats than in brown rice.

The tables above show us that there is 2.75g/100g of fats in brown rice and 6.07g/100g in quinoa. In this case difference is about 121%.

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