Yuca vs Plantain: Nutrition Showdown

Less Calories in Yuca

At first glance, you can see that in yuca is much less calories than in plantain.

Yuca has 75 kcal per 100g and plantain 122 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 63%.

In yuca and in plantain most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare yuca with plantain in details.

Yuca And Plantain Nutrition Difference

• Calories:
  plantain - 63% more than yuca
• Carbohydrates:
  plantain - 69% more than yuca
• Protein:
  plantain - 38% more than yuca

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Less protein in yuca

It is aslo easy to see see that in yuca is less protein than in plantain.

There is 1.3g per 100g of plantain and 0.94g per 100g of yuca so using simple math we can see that difference is about 38%.

Less carbohydrates in yuca

In yuca is less carbohydrates than in plantain.

There is 31.89g/100g of carbohydrates in plantain and 18.87g/100g in yuca so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 69%.