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Calories in Lettuce, Lettuce Calories per Serving

How many calories in Lettuce? See below, the Lettuce calories for the different serving sizes. We provide you with Lettuce nutrition facts and the health benefits of Lettuce to help you lose weight and eat a healthy diet.

So which variety of Lettuce do you buy? Why? Well the bitter varieties have much higher nutrition content, especially those varieties with darker leaves. The Romaine or Cos variety contains several times as much vitamin C for example as a non-bitter variety, which is high in water content, such as an Iceberg, so choose carefully. A good Lettuce variety provides an excellent level of vitamins A, C and K, folic acid and iron, is very low in calories and fat is almost non-existent.

With some varieties of Lettuce, a milky fluid is secreted at the base of the stem. This fluid, Lactucarium, acts as a sedative to help us sleep, and as an analgesic for pain relief. Other Lettuce benefits are said to include an improved sex life for men if you regularly consume Lettuce juice. Calories in Lettuce, Lettuce Calories

See our vegetable calories comparison chart to compare Lettuce calories with the other calories in vegetables.

Also, have a look how nutritious Lettuce is in comparison to the other vegetable nutrition facts.

Learn why calorie counting will never work for long term weight loss and how restricting calories is probably the worst thing you can do to lose weight. Learn more...

Lettuce, green leaf, raw

Refuse: 36% (Outer leaves, core and trimmings)
Scientific Name: Lactuca sativa var. crispa

Serving Size	Calories per Serving
100 grams	15 kcal (62 kJ)
1 cup shredded, 36 grams	5 kcal (22 kJ)
1 head, 360 grams	54 kcal (223 kJ)
1 leaf inner, 4.8 grams	1 kcal (3 kJ)
1 leaf outer, 24 grams	4 kcal (15 kJ)

Lettuce, red leaf, raw

Refuse: 20% (Core and damaged outer leaves)
Scientific Name: Lactuca sativa var. crispa

Serving Size	Calories per Serving
100 grams	16 kcal (68 kJ)
1 cup shredded, 28 grams	4 kcal (19 kJ)
1 leaf inner, 2.6 grams	0 kcal (2 kJ)
1 leaf outer, 17 grams	3 kcal (12 kJ)
1 head, 309 grams	49 kcal (210 kJ)
1 NLEA serving, 85 grams	14 kcal (58 kJ)

Calories in Lettuce, Iceberg (includes crisphead types), raw

Refuse: 5% (Core)
Scientific Name: Lactuca sativa var. capitata

Serving Size	Calories per Serving
100 grams	14 kcal (58 kJ)
1 cup shredded, 72 grams	10 kcal (42 kJ)
1 cup, chopped (1/2" pieces, loosely packed), 57 grams	8 kcal (33 kJ)
1 head, large, 755 grams	106 kcal (438 kJ)
1 head, medium (6" dia), 539 grams	75 kcal (313 kJ)
1 head, small, 324 grams	45 kcal (188 kJ)
1 leaf, large, 15 grams	2 kcal (9 kJ)
1 leaf, medium, 8 grams	1 kcal (5 kJ)
1 leaf, small, 5 grams	1 kcal (3 kJ)
1 NLEA Serving, 89 grams	12 kcal (52 kJ)

Calories in Lettuce, Cos or Romaine, raw

Refuse: 6% (Core)
Scientific Name: Lactuca sativa var. logifolia

Serving Size	Calories per Serving
100 grams	17 kcal (72 kJ)
1 cup shredded, 47 grams	8 kcal (34 kJ)
1 leaf inner, 6 grams	1 kcal (4 kJ)
1 leaf outer, 28 grams	5 kcal (20 kJ)
1 head, 626 grams	106 kcal (451 kJ)
1 NLEA serving, 14 grams	14 kcal (61 kJ)

Calories in Lettuce, Butterhead (includes Boston and Bibb types), raw

Refuse: 26% (Outer leaves and core)
Scientific Name: Lactuca sativa var. capitata

Serving Size	Calories per Serving
100 grams	13 kcal (55 kJ)
1 cup, shredded or chopped, 55 grams	7 kcal (30 kJ)
1 head (5" dia), 163 grams	21 kcal (90 kJ)
1 leaf, large, 15 grams	2 kcal (8 kJ)
1 leaf, medium, 7.5 grams	1 kcal (4 kJ)
1 leaf, 5 grams	1 kcal (3 kJ)

Source: USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference

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