Lentil, red Calories and nutrition facts · Pulses
- Carbs
- 16 g
- Fibre
- 1.7 g
- Sugars
- 0.84 g
- Protein
- 8.3 g
- Fat
- 0.46 g
Where the calories come from
Lentil, red has 106 kcal per serving (35 g), with 16 g carbs, 1.7 g fibre, 8.3 g protein and 0.46 g fat. 100 g has 304 kcal.
Share of your daily needs in one serving
How much is too much
About 526 g of lentil, red a day reaches the EU safe upper level for iron: 40 mg, the most an adult can have every day without risk of harm. That's 15 × serving (35 g).
Diet tags
Last updated November 6, 2026 · Where the data comes from
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How it compares with other pulses
Per 100 g, against the 36 pulses in our catalog.
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Calories 304 kcal · typical 123 kcal
More calories than 72% of pulses.
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Folate 35 µg · typical 107 µg
Less folate than 86% of pulses.
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Fibre 4.9 g · typical 6.3 g
Less fibre than 72% of pulses.
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Protein 23.8 g · typical 9.1 g
More protein than 92% of pulses.
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Iron 7.6 mg · typical 2.3 mg
More iron than 92% of pulses.
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Zinc 3.1 mg · typical 1.3 mg
More zinc than 89% of pulses.
The bar shows this food; the line marks the typical (median) value of the category.
Nutrients in lentil, red
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% of the daily value for a healthy adult. Your own needs depend on age, sex and activity.
Energy and macros
Vitamins
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Vitamin A (RAE) 4.98µg1% of daily
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Vitamin D 0µg0% of daily
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Vitamin E 0.49mg4% of daily
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Vitamin K 9µg13% of daily
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Vitamin B1 0.50mg60% of daily
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Vitamin B2 0.20mg13% of daily
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43% of daily
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Vitamin B6 0.60mg38% of daily
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Vitamin B9 (Folate) 35µg11% of daily
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Vitamin B12 0µg0% of daily
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Vitamin C 0mg0% of daily
Minerals
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Salt 92mg2% of max
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Calcium 51mg5% of daily
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Chromium 9µg35% of daily
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Copper 0.58mg45% of daily
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Fluoride 0.03mg
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Iodine no data
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Iron 8mg48% of daily
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Magnesium 83mg28% of daily
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Manganese 1.72mg57% of daily
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Molybdenum no data
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Phosphorus 320mg58% of daily
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Potassium 710mg20% of daily
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Selenium 6µg9% of daily
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Sodium 36mg2% of max
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Zinc 3.10mg33% of daily
Carbohydrates
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Starch 51g
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Sugars 2.40g5% of max
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Added Sugars 0g0% of max
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Sucrose 2.20g
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Maltose 0g
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Fructose 0.20g
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Galactose no data
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Glucose 0g
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Fibre, total 4.90g20% of daily
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Polyols no data
Fats
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Polyunsaturated fatty acids no data
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Omega-3 0.25g
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Alpha-linolenic acid 250mg
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EPA fatty acid 0mg
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DHA fatty acid 0mg
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Omega-6 0.89g
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Linoleic acid 886mg
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Arachidonic acid no data
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Monounsaturated fatty acids no data
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Oleic acid 490mg
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Saturated fatty acids no data
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Palmitic acid 284mg
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Stearic acid 0.04g
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Cholesterol 0mg
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Trans fatty acids no data
Amino acids
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Histidine 0.70g72% of daily
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Isoleucine 1.08g81% of daily
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Leucine 1.81g62% of daily
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Lysine 1.74g65% of daily
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Methionine 0.21g16% of daily
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Cysteine no data
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Phenylalanine 1.23g53% of daily
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Tyrosine 0.67g56% of daily
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Tryptophan 0.22g64% of daily
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Threonine 0.90g64% of daily
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Valine 1.24g74% of daily
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Alanine 1.04g
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Arginine 1.93g
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Asparagine no data
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Aspartic acid 2.76g
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Cystine 0.33g47% of daily
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Glutamic acid 3.87g
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Glutamine no data
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Glycine 1.01g
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Proline 1.04g
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Serine 1.15g
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Hydroxyproline no data
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Taurine no data
Amino acid data is mapped from the USDA database, for information only.
Lentil, red in other food databases
The same food in national food composition databases, next to ours. Per 100 g.
BLS: “Lentil red mature” · Fineli: “Lentils, red, dried” · USDA: “Lentils, pink or red, raw”. Databases measure different samples, so some spread is normal. Nutriely's values are what the app uses. Sources and licences.
Similar pulses
Closest in calories first.
- Bean, common bean, brown bean, white bean, average 305 kcal / 100 g
- Lentil, green/brown 312 kcal / 100 g
- Adzuki bean, dried 292 kcal / 100 g
- Bean, black bean, turtle bean, dried 318 kcal / 100 g
- White bean, navy bean 288 kcal / 100 g
- Lima bean, dried 338 kcal / 100 g
- Bean, pink, mature 343 kcal / 100 g
- Chickpea, dried 343 kcal / 100 g
Where the data comes from
- Bundeslebensmittelschlüssel (BLS) 4.0
- Fineli (Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare)
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA FoodData Central)
How we combine and check nutrition data: Nutriely data sources.
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