Yam vs Burdock: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Yam has 118 kcal and Burdock has 72 kcal, so Burdock has 39% fewer calories.

Yam has more carbohydrates (27.9 g vs 17.3 g). Relative to calories, Burdock is the better protein source (2.13 g vs 1.3 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Yam - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Yam - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Yam
Serving size:
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one yam (240g)cup, cubes (150g)
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Total Fat g
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Saturated Fat g
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Cholesterol mg
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Dietary Fiber g
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Vitaminium C mg
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Calcium mg
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Iron mg
0%

Potassium mg
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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.
Burdock
Serving size:
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one burdock (156g)cup, pieces (118g)
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Dietary Fiber g
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Sugars g

Protein g
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Vitaminium C mg
0%

Calcium mg
0%

Iron mg
0%

Potassium mg
0%

* 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.

Yam vs Burdock 100g Compare


per 100gYamBurdock
Calories118 72
Carbohydrates27.88 g17.34 g
Fat0.17 g0.15 g
Dietary fiber4.1 g3.3 g
Protein1.53 g1.53 g
Calcium17 mg41 mg
Iron0.54 mg0.8 mg
Magnessium21 mg38 mg
Potassium816 mg308 mg
Sodium9 mg5 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.112 mg0.01 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.032 mg0.3 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)0.552 mg0.3 mg
Vitaminium B50.314 mg0.321 mg
Vitaminium B60.293 mg0.24 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)0.023 µg23 µg
Vitaminium C17.1 mg3 mg
Vitaminium E0.35 mg0.38 mg
Vitaminium K0.002 µg1.6 µg

More Calories in Yam

At first glance, you can see that in yam is much more calories than in burdock.

Yam has 118 kcal per 100g and burdock 72 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 64%.

In yam and in burdock most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare yam with burdock in details.

Yam 100g

118kcal

Calories source

  • 94% CARBS.
  • 5% PROTEIN
  • 1% FAT

Burdock 100g

72kcal

Calories source

  • 90% CARBS
  • 8% PROTEIN
  • 2% 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.