Red Lentils vs Rice: Make Healthy Choices

More Calories in Red lentils

At first glance, you can see that in red lentils is much more calories than in white rice.

Red lentils has 358 kcal per 100g and white rice 130 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 175%.

In red lentil and in white rice most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare red lentils with white rice in details.

Red lentils And White rice Nutrition Difference

• Calories:
  red lentils - 175% more than white rice
• Carbohydrates:
  red lentils - 124% more than white rice
• Fat:
  red lentils - 675% more than white rice
• Dietary fiber:
  red lentils - 2600% more than white rice
• Protein:
  red lentils - 789% more than white rice
• Water:
  white rice - 775% more than red lentils

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More protein in red lentils

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

There is 2.69g per 100g of white rice and 23.91g per 100g of red lentils so using simple math we can see that difference is about 789%.

More carbohydrates in red lentils

In red lentils is more carbohydrates than in white rice.

There is 28.17g/100g of carbohydrates in white rice and 63.1g/100g in red lentils so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 124%.

More fat in red lentils

In red lentils is more fats than in white rice.

The tables above show us that there is 0.28g/100g of fats in white rice and 2.17g/100g in red lentils. In this case difference is about 675%.