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Lettuce Nutritional Value And Analysis

Nutrition Facts

Serving size 100g

Amount per serving

Calories 16

% Daily Value *

Total Fat 0g %0

Saturated Fat 0g %0

Trans Fat 0g

Cholesterol 0mg %0

Sodium 28mg %1

Total Carbohydrate 3g %0

Dietary Fiber 1g %4

Total Sugars 1g

Protein 1g

Vitamin D 0.0IU %0

Calcium 36.0mg %2

Iron 0.9mg %4

Potassium 194mg %5

Phosphorus 29.0mg %2

* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Vitamins in lettuce

Vitamin D 0.0IU %0

Vitamin B12 0.0µg %0

Vitamin E 0.2mg %1

Vitamin B3 (Niacin) 0.4mg %2

Choline, total 13.6mg %2

Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid) 0.1mg %3

Vitamin B1 (Thiamin) 0.1mg %6

Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) 0.1mg %6

Vitamin B6 0.1mg %7

Vitamin C 9.2mg %10

Vitamin K 126.3µg %105

Vitamin A 7405.0IU %247

Minerals in lettuce

Selenium 0.6µg %1

Zinc 0.2mg %1

Sodium 28.0mg %2

Calcium 36.0mg %3

Phosphorus 29.0mg %3

Magnesium 13.0mg %3

Copper 0.0mg %3

Iron 0.9mg %5

Potassium 194.0mg %5

Manganese 0.3mg %11

Amino Acids in lettuce

Methionine 0.0g %2

Leucine 0.1g %3

Histidine 0.0g %3

Tryptophan 0.0g %3

Tyrosine 0.0g %3

Valine 0.1g %4

Lysine 0.1g %4

Cystine 0.0g %5

Threonine 0.1g %5

Isoleucine 0.1g %6

Phenylalanine 0.1g %6

Fatty Acids in lettuce

DHA 0.00g %0

EPA 0.00g %0

DPA 0.00g %0

Omega-3 0.00g %0

"~" is missing data | Data Source

Macronutrients ratio

Carbohydrate Quality Score

Carbohydrates are made up of three components: fiber, starch, and sugar. Our score is based on Harvard research and our data analysis.

The Carbohydrate Quality Score of lettuce is 33.3/100 which makes it a excellent quality carbohydrate food.

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Protein Completeness

A protein is called complete when, proportionally to its overall amino-acid content, it has enough of each essential amino acids.

Lettuce has a complete source of protein.

amino acid mg/kg of BW mg/g of protein
Leucine 59 79
Histidine 15 22
Tryptophan 6 9
Valine 39 70
Lysine 45 84
Threonine 23 59
Isoleucine 30 84
Met+Cys 22 32
Phe+Tyr 30 87

Protein Energy Ratio

Improving the protein energy ratio of your diet can be an effective strategy of increasing your diet quality an may potentially lead to weight loss.

The protein energy ratio in lettuce is 3.0 which makes it a low P:E food.

3.0
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Energy density (ED)

Lowering the energy density of your food can be an effective strategy for the prevention and treatment of obesity without focusing on calorie intake.

The energy density of lettuce is 0.2 which makes it a low energy density food.

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How nutritious is this food?

Micronutrients in lettuce as % of Recommended Daily Intake per serving.

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Nutrient Density Score for lettuce is 49/100 good).

The Nutrient Density Score tells you how much of the essential minerals, vitamins, amino acids and fatty acids you get per calorie. It helps you get the nutrients you need without consuming excess energy.

nutrient density score

49%
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Micronutrient Ratios

Advising the ratios of micronutrients in a complete diet maybe more informative than each single nutrient on its own. The table below shows major micronutrient ratios for lettuce

Nutrient Ratio Value Ideal Ratio
Omega6:Omega3 N/A <4
Zinc:Copper 6.21 <12
Potassium:Sodium 6.93 >2
Caclcium:Magnesium 2.77 <2
Iron:Copper 31.03 <15
Calcium:Phosphorus 1.24 >1.3

Satiety Score

Satiety Score is a mathematical prediction of satiety based on macronutrients and micronutrients analysis of 650,000+ days of food logs.

satiety 79%

79%
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This food is insulinogenic with low insulin load.

Our insulinogenic formula determines the degree that food will raise your insulin levels in the short term.

54% of insulinogenic calories

54%
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