Discover which food has more nutrients per 100 calories - Common Cowpeas or Lentils?
Lets compare vitamin content per 100 calories of Common Cowpeas vs Lentils:
100 calories of Common Cowpeas have 1.4 times more Vitamin B9 than Lentils.
While 100 kcal of Raw Lentils contain 1.4 times more Vitamin B5 and 1.4 times more Vitamin B6 than Raw Common Cowpeas.
Both Common Cowpeas and Lentils provide similar amounts of Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2 and Vitamin B3 per 100 calories.
Both Raw Common Cowpeas as well as Raw Lentils have insufficient amounts of Vitamin A, Vitamin B12, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Vitamin E and Vitamin K in 100 calories.
Comparing minerals per 100 calories for Common Cowpeas vs Lentils:
100 calories of Common Cowpeas have 3.3 times more Calcium, 1.3 times more Iron, 4.1 times more Magnesium, 1.6 times more Phosphorus, 1.7 times more Potassium and 94.3 times more Selenium than Lentils.
Both Common Cowpeas and Lentils contain similar levels of Copper, Manganese and Zinc per 100 calories.
100 calories of Lentils lack sufficient amounts of Calcium and Selenium
Comparison of macro-nutrients per 100 calories:
100 calories of Common Cowpeas have 1.9 times more Omega 3 and 3.6 times more Sugars than Lentils.
Both Common Cowpeas and Lentils offer comparable quantities of Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber and Protein per 100 calories.
100 calories of Lentils provide inadequate amounts of Omega 3
Both Raw Common Cowpeas as well as Raw Lentils provide inadequate amounts of Omega 6 in 100 calories.