Spinach vs Collards: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Spinach has 23 kcal and Collards has 32 kcal, so Spinach has 28% fewer calories.

Collards has more fiber (4 g vs 2.2 g). Collards has more carbohydrates (5.42 g vs 3.63 g). Relative to calories, Spinach is the better protein source (12.4 g vs 9.44 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Spinach - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Spinach - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Spinach
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.
Collards
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one collards (15g)handful (20g)bunch (40g)cup, chopped (190g)
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.

Spinach vs Collards 100g Compare


per 100gSpinachCollards
Calories23 32
Carbohydrates3.63 g5.42 g
Fat0.39 g0.61 g
Dietary fiber2.2 g4 g
Protein2.86 g3.02 g
Calcium99 mg232 mg
Iron2.71 mg0.47 mg
Magnessium79 mg27 mg
Potassium558 mg213 mg
Sodium79 mg17 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.078 mg0.054 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.189 mg0.13 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)0.724 mg0.742 mg
Vitaminium B60.195 mg0.165 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)194 µg0.129 µg
Vitaminium C28.1 mg35.3 mg
Vitaminium E2.03 mg2.26 mg
Vitaminium K482.9 µg0.437 µg

Less Calories in Spinach

At first glance, you can see that in spinach is less calories than in collards.

Spinach has 23 kcal per 100g and collards 32 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 39%.

In spinach and in collard most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare spinach with collards in details.

Spinach 100g

23kcal

Calories source

  • 49% CARBS.
  • 39% PROTEIN
  • 12% FAT

Collards 100g

32kcal

Calories source

  • 55% CARBS
  • 31% PROTEIN
  • 14% FAT

About the data

Nutrition values on this page are given per 100 g of the food and are based on the official United States Department of Agriculture FoodData Central database. The exact record used for each food is linked under the tables.

Marcin Piotrowicz – calories-info.com creator · Healthy diet and healthy lifestyle promoter. The information is for general purposes and is not medical or dietary advice.