Red Lentils vs Quinoa: All Nutritional Differences

Less Calories in Red lentils

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

Red lentils has 358 kcal per 100g and quinoa 368 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 3%.

In red lentil and in quinoa most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare red lentils with quinoa in details.

Red lentils And Quinoa Nutrition Difference

• Calories:
  quinoa - 3% more than red lentils
• Carbohydrates:
  quinoa - 2% more than red lentils
• Fat:
  quinoa - 180% more than red lentils
• Dietary fiber:
  red lentils - 54% more than quinoa
• Protein:
  red lentils - 69% more than quinoa

More protein in red lentils

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

There is 14.12g per 100g of quinoa and 23.91g per 100g of red lentils so using simple math we can see that difference is about 69%.

Less carbohydrates in red lentils

In red lentils is less carbohydrates than in quinoa.

There is 64.16g/100g of carbohydrates in quinoa and 63.1g/100g in red lentils so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 2%.

Less fat in red lentils

In red lentils is less fats than in quinoa.

The tables above show us that there is 6.07g/100g of fats in quinoa and 2.17g/100g in red lentils. In this case difference is about 180%.

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