Raw lentils vs Lentils, boiled, with salt

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 28 g of raw lentils or 88 g of lentils, boiled, with salt. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in raw lentils: thiamin. More in lentils, boiled, with salt: fiber (2.3×), sodium, phosphorus, iron and 3 more. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Raw lentils100 cal

28.4 g · 7 g protein · 18 g carbs (0.58 g sugars) · 0.3 g fat

Lentils, boiled, with salt100 cal

87.7 g · 7.9 g protein · 17.1 g carbs (1.6 g sugars) · 0.33 g fat

Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat

Where they differ

Each dot is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in 100 calories of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.

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  • Fiber11% vs 25%

    3 g vs 6.9 g

  • Sodiumlimit<1% vs 9%

    1.7 mg vs 209 mg

  • Thiamin (B1)21% vs 12%

    0.25 mg vs 0.15 mg

  • Phosphorus6% vs 13%

    79.8 mg vs 158 mg

  • Iron10% vs 16%

    1.8 mg vs 2.9 mg

  • Folate34% vs 40%

    136 µg vs 159 µg

  • Selenium<1% vs 4%

    0.028 µg vs 2.5 µg

  • Magnesium3% vs 8%

    13.4 mg vs 31.6 mg

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Where they are alike

Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.

  • Protein7 g · 7.9 g14%·16%
  • Total fat0.3 g · 0.33 g<1%·<1%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.044 g · 0.046 g<1%·<1%
  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Carbohydrates18 g · 17.1 g7%·6%
  • Potassium192 mg · 324 mg4%·7%
  • Calcium9.9 mg · 16.7 mg1%·1%
  • Zinc0.93 mg · 1.1 mg8%·10%
  • Copper0.21 mg · 0.22 mg24%·24%
  • Manganese0.4 mg · 0.43 mg17%·19%
  • Vitamin A0.57 µg · 0 µg<1%·0%
  • Vitamin C1.3 mg · 1.3 mg1%·1%
  • Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin E0.14 mg · 0.096 mg1%·1%
  • Vitamin K1.4 µg · 1.5 µg1%·1%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.06 mg · 0.064 mg5%·5%
  • Niacin (B3)0.74 mg · 0.93 mg5%·6%
  • Pantothenic acid (B5)0.61 mg · 0.56 mg12%·11%
  • Vitamin B60.15 mg · 0.16 mg9%·9%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Choline27.4 mg · 28.7 mg5%·5%

From USDA FoodData Central: Raw lentils (SR Legacy 172420), Lentils, boiled, with salt (SR Legacy 175254). 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.

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