Yuca vs Rice: All Nutritional Differences

Fact 1: There is Less Calories in Yuca

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

Yuca has 75 kcal per 100g and white rice 130 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 73%.

In yuca and in white rice most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare yuca with white rice in details.

Fact 2: Yuca And White rice Nutrition Difference

• Calories: white rice - 73% more than yuca
• Carbohydrates: white rice - 49% more than yuca
• Protein: white rice - 186% more than yuca

Less protein in yuca

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

There is 2.69g per 100g of white rice and 0.94g per 100g of yuca so using simple math we can see that difference is about 186%.

Less carbohydrates in yuca

In yuca is less carbohydrates than in white rice.

There is 28.17g/100g of carbohydrates in white rice and 18.87g/100g in yuca so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 49%.

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