Discover which food has more nutrients per 100 calories - Lentils or Common Cowpeas?
Lets compare vitamin content per 100 calories of Lentils vs Common Cowpeas:
100 calories of Lentils have 1.4 times more Vitamin B5 and 1.4 times more Vitamin B6 than Common Cowpeas.
While 100 kcal of Raw Common Cowpeas contain 1.4 times more Vitamin B9 than Raw Lentils.
Both Lentils and Common Cowpeas provide similar amounts of Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2 and Vitamin B3 per 100 calories.
Both Raw Lentils as well as Raw Common Cowpeas 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 Lentils vs Common Cowpeas:
100 kcal of Raw Common Cowpeas contain 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 Raw Lentils.
Both Lentils and Common Cowpeas 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 kcal of Raw Common Cowpeas contain 1.9 times more Omega 3 and 3.6 times more Sugars than Raw Lentils.
Both Lentils and Common Cowpeas offer comparable quantities of Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber and Protein per 100 calories.
100 calories of Lentils provide inadequate amounts of Omega 3
Both Raw Lentils as well as Raw Common Cowpeas provide inadequate amounts of Omega 6 in 100 calories.