Chia Seeds: Calories and Nutrition Analyse
Chia seeds: calories, protein, carbs and fat in 100g, ounce, tablespoon, teaspoon and more
How many calories in chia seeds?
100g of chia seeds have about 486 calories (kcal).
Calories per:
ounce
| tablespoon
| teaspoon
| cup
| half cup
In particular, tablespoon of chia seeds (15 g) have about 73 calories.
It is about 3% of daily calories intake for adult person with medium weight and medium activity (for calculation we assumed 2400 kcal daily intake).
To visualize how much it actualy is, take in mind that calories amount from tablespoon chia seeds is similar to calories amount from ie.:
- 1 apple
- 0.5 glass of Coca Cola (220 ml glass)
- 0.5 slice of cheese
- 0.5 slice of bread
- 0.5 glass of milk
- 3.5 cubes of sugar
To burn this calories you need to bike at least 10 minutes, swim for about 9 minutes or run for 7 minutes.
See all nutrition data of chia seeds on charts.
Chia seeds: calories and nutrition per 100g (and per ounce)
| per 100 g | per ounce | |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 486 | ~ 137.8 |
| Carbs Total | 42.12 g | ~ 11.9 g |
| Dietary fiber | 34.4 g | ~ 9.8 g |
| Fat | 30.74 g | ~ 8.7 g |
| Saturated fat | 3.3 g | ~ 0.9 g |
| Protein | 16.54 g | ~ 4.7 g |
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How many calories in tablespoon, teaspoon, cup or half cup of chia seeds?
As I wrote before 100g have 486 calories. It is also easy to count how many calories will be in ie. tablespoon, teaspoon, cup or half cup of chia seeds.
- Tablespoon of chia seeds (15g)73 kcal
- Teaspoon of chia seeds (5g)24 kcal
- Cup of chia seeds (172g)836 kcal
- Half cup of chia seeds (86g)418 kcal
- Ounce (oz) of chia seeds138 kcal
- 10g of chia seeds49 kcal
- 20g of chia seeds97 kcal
- 50g of chia seeds243 kcal
- 100g of chia seeds486 kcal
Protein in chia seeds
Chia seeds have 16.54 g protein per 100g.
When you multiplay this value with weight of tablespoon of chia seeds (15 g) you can see that you will get about 2.5 g of protein.
Carbs in chia seeds
Chia seeds have 42.12 g carbohydrates per 100g.
In the same way as for protein we can calculate that tablespoon of chia seeds (15 g) has about 6.3 g of carbs.
Fat in chia seeds
Chia seeds have 30.74 g fat per 100g.
So it is easy to count that tablespoon of chia seeds (15 g) has about 4.6 g of fat.
tablespoon of chia seeds (15 g) has:
73kcalFor burning these calories you have to:chia seeds - vitamins per 100g
- Vitaminium A54 IU
- Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.62 mg
- Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.17 mg
- Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)8.83 mg
- Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)49 mcg
- Vitaminium C1.6 mg
- Vitaminium E0.5 mg
Energy content of chia seeds
- 33% CARBS
- 13% PROTEIN
- 54% FAT
chia seeds - minerals per 100g
- Potassium407 mg
- Phosphorus860 mg
- Magnessium335 mg
- Calcium631 mg
- Sodium16 mg
- Iron7.72 mg
- Zink4.58 mg
Interesting charts - compare chia seeds with other seeds
When you look at charts below you will see how chia seeds look like in comparsion to other products from its category. When you click on selected product you will se detailed comparsion.
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