Red Lentils vs Beef: All Nutritional Differences
Where is more calories, protein, carbs - what is more healthy?
More Calories in Red lentils
At first glance, you can see that in red lentils is more calories than in beef.
Red lentils has 358 kcal per 100g and beef 250 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 43%.
In red lentil and in beef most calories came from carbs.
See tables below to compare red lentils with beef in details.
Red lentils And Beef Nutrition Difference
- Calories:
red lentils - 43% more than beef - Fat:
beef - 610% more than red lentils - Protein:
beef - 8% more than red lentils - Water:
beef - 641% more than red lentils
Beef vs Red lentils: Vitamins and Minerals Comparison
| per 100g | Red lentils | Beef |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 358 | 250 |
| Fat | 2.17 g | 15.41 g |
| Protein | 23.91 g | 25.93 g |
| Water | 7.82 g | 57.98 g |
| Calcium | 48 mg | 18 mg |
| Iron | 7.39 mg | 2.6 mg |
| Magnessium | 59 mg | 21 mg |
| Potassium | 668 mg | 318 mg |
| Sodium | 7 mg | 72 mg |
| Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine) | 0.51 mg | 0.046 mg |
| Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin) | 0.106 mg | 0.176 mg |
| Vitaminium B3 (Niacin) | 1.495 mg | 5.378 mg |
| Vitaminium B6 | 0.403 mg | 0.382 mg |
| Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid) | 0.204 mg | 0.009 mg |
Less protein in red lentils
It is aslo easy to see see that in red lentils is less protein than in beef.
There is 25.93g per 100g of beef and 23.91g per 100g of red lentils so using simple math we can see that difference is about 8%.
Less fat in red lentils
In red lentils is less fats than in beef.
The tables above show us that there is 15.41g/100g of fats in beef and 2.17g/100g in red lentils. In this case difference is about 610%.
Red lentils
358kcal- Calories358
- Fat2.17 g
- Protein23.91 g
- Water7.82 g
100g | ounce | handfull | tablespoon | teaspoon | cup | half cup
Calories source
- 69% CARBS.
- 26% PROTEIN
- 5% FAT
Vitamins: beef vs red lentils
- Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine):
red lentils - 1009% more than beef - Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin):
beef - 66% more than red lentils - Vitaminium B3 (Niacin):
beef - 260% more than red lentils - Vitaminium B6:
red lentils - 5% more than beef - Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid):
red lentils - 2167% more than beef
Minerals: red lentils vs beef
- Calcium:
red lentils - 167% more than beef - Iron:
red lentils - 184% more than beef - Magnessium:
red lentils - 181% more than beef - Potassium:
red lentils - 110% more than beef - Sodium:
beef - 929% more than red lentils
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Marcin Piotrowicz
calories-info.com creator
Healthy diet and healthy lifestyle promoter
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