Romaine lettuce, raw vs Spinach, cooked

In short

One serving each: 7 calories in romaine lettuce, raw (1 cup, 35 g), 109 calories in spinach, cooked (1 cup, 185 g). Most of the calories in romaine lettuce, raw come from carbohydrate.

More in spinach, cooked: vitamin K, vitamin A (4.2×), vitamin C, magnesium and 18 more. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Romaine lettuce, raw7 cal

1 cup (35 g) · 0.34 g protein · 1.4 g carbs (0.42 g sugars) · 0.025 g fat

Spinach, cooked109 cal

1 cup (185 g) · 6.1 g protein · 5.6 g carbs (0.89 g sugars) · 6.8 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.

0%150%300%
  • Vitamin K24% vs 852%

    29.2 µg vs 1,022 µg

  • Vitamin A17% vs 71%

    153 µg vs 636 µg

  • Vitamin C2% vs 50%

    1.6 mg vs 44.8 mg

  • Magnesium1% vs 47%

    4.2 mg vs 196 mg

  • Folate4% vs 45%

    17.5 µg vs 179 µg

  • Vitamin E<1% vs 34%

    0.049 mg vs 5.1 mg

  • Riboflavin (B2)2% vs 30%

    0.025 mg vs 0.38 mg

  • Vitamin B61% vs 27%

    0.022 mg vs 0.46 mg

  • Sodiumlimit<1% vs 21%

    8.1 mg vs 488 mg

  • Potassium2% vs 21%

    91 mg vs 969 mg

  • Copper2% vs 18%

    0.017 mg vs 0.17 mg

  • Iron1% vs 12%

    0.095 mg vs 2.2 mg

  • Protein1% vs 12%

    0.34 g vs 6.1 g

  • Calcium1% vs 11%

    9.8 mg vs 142 mg

  • Thiamin (B1)2% vs 12%

    0.022 mg vs 0.14 mg

  • Fiber2% vs 12%

    0.63 g vs 3.3 g

  • Total fat<1% vs 9%

    0.025 g vs 6.8 g

  • Saturated fatlimit<1% vs 8%

    0.014 g vs 1.6 g

  • Zinc1% vs 8%

    0.087 mg vs 0.89 mg

  • Choline1% vs 8%

    3.5 mg vs 41.3 mg

  • Phosphorus1% vs 7%

    8.1 mg vs 87 mg

  • Niacin (B3)1% vs 6%

    0.13 mg vs 1 mg

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Where they are alike

Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.

  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 3.7 mg0%·1%
  • Carbohydrates1.4 g · 5.6 g1%·2%
  • Selenium0.14 µg · 0 µg<1%·0%
  • Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%

From USDA FoodData Central: Romaine lettuce, raw (Survey (FNDDS) 2709590), Spinach, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2709620). 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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