Spinach vs kale
In short
For the same 100 calories you eat 370 g of spinach or 233 g of kale. More in spinach: vitamin K, folate (3×), magnesium (4.5×), vitamin A and 9 more.
More in kale: vitamin C (2.2×), calcium (2.3×), fiber, riboflavin and niacin. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
370 g · 10.6 g protein · 8.9 g carbs (1.6 g sugars) · 2.3 g fat
233 g · 6.8 g protein · 10.3 g carbs (1.9 g sugars) · 3.5 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.
- Vitamin K1490% vs 756%
1,789 µg vs 907 µg
- Vitamin C109% vs 241%
98.1 mg vs 217 mg
- Folate107% vs 36%
430 µg vs 144 µg
- Magnesium82% vs 18%
344 mg vs 76.7 mg
- Vitamin A116% vs 62%
1,048 µg vs 560 µg
- Vitamin E50% vs 10%
7.5 mg vs 1.5 mg
- Potassium46% vs 17%
2,156 mg vs 809 mg
- Calcium19% vs 45%
252 mg vs 591 mg
- Vitamin B642% vs 20%
0.72 mg vs 0.34 mg
- Copper34% vs 14%
0.3 mg vs 0.12 mg
- Fiber21% vs 34%
5.9 g vs 9.5 g
- Choline13% vs <1%
71.5 mg vs 1.2 mg
- Sodiumlimit18% vs 5%
411 mg vs 123 mg
- Protein21% vs 14%
10.6 g vs 6.8 g
- Zinc15% vs 8%
1.7 mg vs 0.91 mg
- Riboflavin (B2)55% vs 62%
0.72 mg vs 0.81 mg
- Iron26% vs 21%
4.7 mg vs 3.7 mg
- Niacin (B3)13% vs 17%
2 mg vs 2.7 mg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.
- Total fat2.3 g · 3.5 g3%·4%
- Saturated fatlimit0.23 g · 0.41 g1%·2%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Carbohydrates8.9 g · 10.3 g3%·4%
- Phosphorus144 mg · 128 mg12%·10%
- Selenium0 µg · 2.1 µg0%·4%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Thiamin (B1)0.29 mg · 0.26 mg24%·22%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
From USDA FoodData Central: Spinach, raw (Survey (FNDDS) 2709614), Kale, raw (Survey (FNDDS) 2709599). 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.