Red Potato vs Rice: All Nutritional Differences

Fact 1: There is Less Calories in Red potato

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

Red potato has 70 kcal per 100g and white rice 130 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 86%.

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

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

Fact 2: Red potato And White rice Nutrition Difference

• Calories: white rice - 86% more than red potato
• Carbohydrates: white rice - 77% more than red potato
• Fat: white rice - 100% more than red potato
• Dietary fiber: red potato - 325% more than white rice
• Protein: white rice - 42% more than red potato
• Water: red potato - 18% more than white rice

Less protein in red potato

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

There is 2.69g per 100g of white rice and 1.89g per 100g of red potato so using simple math we can see that difference is about 42%.

Less carbohydrates in red potato

In red potato is less carbohydrates than in white rice.

There is 28.17g/100g of carbohydrates in white rice and 15.9g/100g in red potato so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 77%.

Less fat in red potato

In red 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 0.14g/100g in red potato. In this case difference is about 100%.

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