Which has more calories, Watercress or Parsley?

Parsley has more calories than Watercress: 36 kcal vs 11 kcal per 100 g.

Which has more protein, Watercress or Parsley?

Parsley has more protein than Watercress: 2.97 g vs 2.3 g per 100 g.

Which has more fat, Watercress or Parsley?

Parsley has more fat than Watercress: 0.8 g vs 0.1 g per 100 g.

Which has more carbohydrates, Watercress or Parsley?

Parsley has more carbohydrates than Watercress: 6.33 g vs 1.29 g per 100 g.

Watercress vs Parsley: Which Has More Calories?

Per 100 g, Watercress has 11 kcal and Parsley has 36 kcal, so Watercress has 69% fewer calories.

Parsley has more fiber (3.3 g vs 0.5 g). Parsley has more carbohydrates (6.33 g vs 1.29 g). Relative to calories, Watercress is the better protein source (20.9 g vs 8.25 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Watercress - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Watercress

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Parsley

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Watercress vs Parsley 100g Compare

per 100g	Watercress	Parsley
Calories	11	36
Carbohydrates	1.29 g	6.33 g
Fat	0.1 g	0.8 g
Dietary fiber	0.5 g	3.3 g
Protein	2.3 g	2.97 g
Calcium	120 mg	138 mg
Iron	0.2 mg	6.2 mg
Magnessium	21 mg	50 mg
Phosphorus	60 mg	58 mg
Potassium	330 mg	554 mg
Sodium	41 mg	56 mg
Zink	0.11 mg	1.07 mg
Vitaminium A	3191 IU	8424 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)	0.09 mg	0.086 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)	0.12 mg	0.098 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)	0.2 mg	1.313 mg
Vitaminium B5	0.31 mg	0.4 mg
Vitaminium B6	0.129 mg	0.09 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)	9 µg	152 µg
Vitaminium C	43 mg	133 mg
Vitaminium E	1 mg	0.75 mg
Vitaminium K	250 µg	1640 µg

Less Calories in Watercress

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

Watercress has 11 kcal per 100g and parsley 36 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 227%.

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

See tables below to compare watercress with parsley in details.

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Watercress 100g

11kcal

Calories source

34% CARBS.
60% PROTEIN
6% FAT

Watercress calories per:
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Parsley 100g

36kcal

Calories source

57% CARBS
27% PROTEIN
16% FAT

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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.