Shallot vs Red Onion: All Nutritional Differences

More Calories in Shallot

At first glance, you can see that in shallot is much more calories than in red onion.

Shallot has 72 kcal per 100g and red onion 33 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 118%.

In shallot and in red onion most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare shallot with red onion in details.

Shallot And Red onion Nutrition Difference

• Calories:
  shallot - 118% more than red onion
• Carbohydrates:
  shallot - 175% more than red onion
• Fat:
  red onion - 300% more than shallot
• Protein:
  shallot - 108% more than red onion

More protein in shallot

It is aslo easy to see see that in shallot is more protein than in red onion.

There is 1.2g per 100g of red onion and 2.5g per 100g of shallot so using simple math we can see that difference is about 108%.

More carbohydrates in shallot

In shallot is more carbohydrates than in red onion.

There is 6.1g/100g of carbohydrates in red onion and 16.8g/100g in shallot so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 175%.

Less fat in shallot

In shallot is less fats than in red onion.

The tables above show us that there is 0.4g/100g of fats in red onion and 0.1g/100g in shallot. In this case difference is about 300%.

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