Cucumber vs zucchini
In short
One serving each: 19 calories in cucumber (1 cup, 120 g), 33 calories in zucchini (1 medium, 196 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in cucumber: vitamin K (3.4×). More in zucchini: vitamin C (10×), vitamin B6 (6.7×), riboflavin (4.7×), folate (5.6×) and 6 more. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
1 cup (120 g) · 0.74 g protein · 3.5 g carbs (2 g sugars) · 0.22 g fat
1 medium (196 g) · 2.4 g protein · 6.1 g carbs (4.9 g sugars) · 0.63 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Each dot is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in one serving of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Vitamin C4% vs 39%
3.4 mg vs 35.1 mg
- Vitamin K24% vs 7%
28.8 µg vs 8.4 µg
- Vitamin B63% vs 19%
0.048 mg vs 0.32 mg
- Riboflavin (B2)3% vs 14%
0.04 mg vs 0.18 mg
- Folate2% vs 12%
8.4 µg vs 47 µg
- Potassium4% vs 11%
204 mg vs 512 mg
- Magnesium3% vs 8%
12 mg vs 35.3 mg
- Fiber2% vs 7%
0.6 g vs 2 g
- Niacin (B3)1% vs 6%
0.12 mg vs 0.88 mg
- Thiamin (B1)3% vs 7%
0.032 mg vs 0.088 mg
- Iron0% vs 4%
0 mg vs 0.73 mg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.
- Protein0.74 g · 2.4 g1%·5%
- Total fat0.22 g · 0.63 g<1%·1%
- Saturated fatlimit0.044 g · 0.16 g<1%·1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Carbohydrates3.5 g · 6.1 g1%·2%
- Sodiumlimit2.4 mg · 15.7 mg<1%·1%
- Calcium19.2 mg · 31.4 mg1%·2%
- Phosphorus27.6 mg · 74.5 mg2%·6%
- Zinc0.24 mg · 0.63 mg2%·6%
- Copper0.076 mg · 0.1 mg8%·12%
- Selenium0.36 µg · 0.39 µg1%·1%
- Vitamin A6 µg · 19.6 µg1%·2%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin E0.036 mg · 0.24 mg<1%·2%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Choline7.2 mg · 18.6 mg1%·3%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: manganese, pantothenic acid (B5).
From USDA FoodData Central: Cucumber, raw (Survey (FNDDS) 2709784), Zucchini, with skin, raw (SR Legacy 169291). Daily Values are the FDA's for adults and children 4 years and older. Missing values are never shown as zero. For exploring the data, not dietary advice.