Watercress vs Collards: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Watercress has 11 kcal and Collards has 32 kcal, so Watercress has 66% fewer calories.

Collards has more fiber (4 g vs 0.5 g). Collards has more carbohydrates (5.42 g vs 1.29 g). Relative to calories, Watercress is the better protein source (20.9 g vs 9.44 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Watercress - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Watercress - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Watercress
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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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Watercress vs Collards 100g Compare


per 100g Watercress Collards
Calories 11 32
Carbohydrates 1.29 g 5.42 g
Fat 0.1 g 0.61 g
Dietary fiber 0.5 g 4 g
Protein 2.3 g 3.02 g
Calcium 120 mg 232 mg
Iron 0.2 mg 0.47 mg
Magnessium 21 mg 27 mg
Potassium 330 mg 213 mg
Sodium 41 mg 17 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine) 0.09 mg 0.054 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin) 0.12 mg 0.13 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin) 0.2 mg 0.742 mg
Vitaminium B6 0.129 mg 0.165 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid) 9 µg 0.129 µg
Vitaminium C 43 mg 35.3 mg
Vitaminium E 1 mg 2.26 mg
Vitaminium K 250 µg 0.437 µg

Less Calories in Watercress

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

Watercress has 11 kcal per 100g and collards 32 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 191%.

Additionally, it is also easy to notice that most of the calories in watercress comes from protein and in collard from carbs.

See tables below to compare watercress with collards in details.

Watercress 100g

11kcal

Calories source

  • 34% CARBS.
  • 60% PROTEIN
  • 6% 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.