Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
cooked
chickpeas
versus
basil
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in chickpeas and basil:
Chickpea is high in calories and basil has 86% less calories than chickpea - basil has 23 calories per 100 grams and chickpea has 164 calories.
Chickpeas | Basil | |
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Protein | 21% | 43% |
Carbohydrates | 65% | 32% |
Fat | 14% | 24% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Basil has signficantly less carbohydrates than chickpea - basil has 2.7g of total carbs per 100 grams and chickpea has 27.4g of carbohydrates.
Chickpea is an excellent source of dietary fiber and it has 375% more dietary fiber than basil - basil has 1.6g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and chickpea has 7.6g of dietary fiber.
Basil has 15 times less sugar than chickpea - basil has 0.3g of sugar per 100 grams and chickpea has 4.8g of sugar.
Chickpea is a great source of protein and it has 181% more protein than basil - basil has 3.2g of protein per 100 grams and chickpea has 8.9g of protein.
Both basil and chickpeas are low in saturated fat - basil has 0.04g of saturated fat per 100 grams and chickpea has 0.27g of saturated fat.
Basil is a great source of Vitamin C and it has 12 times more Vitamin C than chickpea - basil has 18mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and chickpea has 1.3mg of Vitamin C.
Basil is an excellent source of Vitamin A and it has 263 times more Vitamin A than chickpea - basil has 264ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and chickpea has 1ug of Vitamin A.
Basil and chickpeas contain similar amounts of Vitamin E - basil has 0.8mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and chickpea has 0.35mg of Vitamin E.
Basil is an excellent source of Vitamin K and it has 102 times more Vitamin K than chickpea - basil has 414.8ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and chickpea has 4ug of Vitamin K.
Chickpea has more thiamin and folate. Both chickpeas and basil contain significant amounts of riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid and Vitamin B6.
Chickpeas | Basil | |
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Thiamin | 0.116 MG | 0.034 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.063 MG | 0.076 MG |
Niacin | 0.526 MG | 0.902 MG |
Pantothenic acid | 0.286 MG | 0.209 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 0.139 MG | 0.155 MG |
Folate | 172 UG | 68 UG |
Both basil and chickpeas are high in calcium. Basil has 261% more calcium than chickpea - basil has 177mg of calcium per 100 grams and chickpea has 49mg of calcium.
Both basil and chickpeas are high in iron. Basil has a little more iron (10%) than chickpea by weight - basil has 3.2mg of iron per 100 grams and chickpea has 2.9mg of iron.
Both basil and chickpeas are high in potassium. Basil is very similar to chickpea for potassium - basil has 295mg of potassium per 100 grams and chickpea has 291mg of potassium.
For omega-3 fatty acids, basil has more alpha linoleic acid (ALA) than chickpea per 100 grams.
Chickpeas | Basil | |
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alpha linoleic acid | 0.043 G | 0.316 G |
Total | 0.043 G | 0.316 G |
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, chickpea has more linoleic acid than basil per 100 grams.
Chickpeas | Basil | |
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linoleic acid | 1.113 G | 0.073 G |
Total | 1.113 G | 0.073 G |
The comparison below is by common portions, e.g. cups, packages. You can also see a more concrete comparison by weight at equal weight (by grams) comparison.
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G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||