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
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.
Parsley
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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.

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.

Watercress 100g

11kcal

Calories source

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

Parsley 100g

36kcal

Calories source

  • 57% CARBS
  • 27% PROTEIN
  • 16% 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.