Discover which food has more nutrients per 300 calories - Lentils or Common Cowpeas?
Lets compare vitamin content per 300 calories of Lentils vs Common Cowpeas:
300 calories of Lentils have 1.4 times more Vitamin B5 and 1.4 times more Vitamin B6 than Common Cowpeas.
While 300 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 300 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 300 calories.
Comparing minerals per 300 calories for Lentils vs Common Cowpeas:
300 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 300 calories.
300 calories of Lentils lack sufficient amounts of Calcium and Selenium
Comparison of macro-nutrients per 300 calories:
300 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 300 calories.
300 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 300 calories.