Protein in food · Vegetables, fruit & tofu

How much protein is in butter lettuce?

One cup of butter lettuce (55 g) has 0.8 g of protein (7 kcal); 100 g has 1.4 g.

Feast Factsper 100 g

PER 100 GProtein

1.4g

Calories13

Carbohydrate2.2g

Fiber1.1g

Sugars0.9g

Fat0.2g

Saturated0g

Sodium5 mg

10.8 g protein per 100 kcal · USDA FoodData Central

Protein verdictLow in protein

Only 1.4 g of protein per 100 g (10.8 g per 100 kcal, 43% of its calories).

25 g of protein from butter lettuce alone takes 1786 g (about 33 cups) and 232 kcal.

#21 of 32 in Vegetables, fruit & tofu for protein per 100 g, #7 for protein per calorie.

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Protein per portion

Protein, calories, carbs and fat in butter lettuce per portion
Portion	Protein	kcal	Carbs	Fat
100 g	1.4 g	13	2.2 g	0.2 g
1 oz (28 g)	0.4 g	4	0.6 g	0.1 g
1 cup (55 g)	0.8 g	7	1.2 g	0.1 g
1 head (163 g)	2.3 g	21	3.6 g	0.3 g
1 leaf (7.5 g)	0.1 g	1	0.2 g	0 g

One cup of butter lettuce (55 g) is 1% of a 120 g daily target, what our protein calculator gives a 165 lb person building muscle.

Most of its calories come from carbohydrate: about 68%.

How it compares

The 4 foods in the same aisle closest in calories per 100 g, ranked by protein per calorie. Per calorie, it has more protein than mixed greens, romaine and zucchini and less than baby bok choy.

butter lettuce compared with similar foods, per 100 g
Food	Protein	kcal	Protein per 100 kcal
Baby bok choy	1.5 g	13	11.5 g
Butter lettuce	1.4 g	13	10.8 g
Mixed greens	1.4 g	15	9.3 g
Romaine	1.2 g	17	7.1 g
Zucchini	1.2 g	17	7.1 g

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Recipes with butter lettuce

2 recipes in the Feast Mode library use butter lettuce, macros computed the same way.

Across the 2 library recipes that use it, a serving has 48 g of butter lettuce on average, which brings 0.7 g of protein: 1% of the dish’s protein. It carries the most in Korean BBQ Chicken Lettuce Wraps, at 2% of the protein.

51G
PROTEIN

Grape and Pecan Chicken Salad Sandwiches

50 min · 510 kcal

46G
PROTEIN

Korean BBQ Chicken Lettuce Wraps

45 min · 537 kcal

Questions

How much protein is in a cup of butter lettuce?

One cup of butter lettuce (55 g) has 0.8 g of protein and 7 kcal, with 1.2 g of carbohydrate and 0.1 g of fat.

How much protein is in 100 g of butter lettuce?

100 g of butter lettuce has 1.4 g of protein, 13 kcal, 2.2 g of carbohydrate and 0.2 g of fat (USDA FoodData Central 168429).

Is butter lettuce a good source of protein?

Low in protein: Only 1.4 g of protein per 100 g (10.8 g per 100 kcal, 43% of its calories). Getting 25 g of protein from butter lettuce alone takes 1786 g (about 33 cups) and 232 kcal.

Which has more protein, butter lettuce or baby bok choy?

Baby bok choy, with 1.5 g of protein per 100 g against 1.4 g for butter lettuce. Per 100 kcal: butter lettuce 10.8 g, baby bok choy 11.5 g.

Source: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 168429: “Lettuce, butterhead (includes boston and bibb types), raw”, per 100 g. Portion numbers multiply those values by the portion weight. Estimates for information, not medical advice. How we calculate

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