Chorizo: Calories and Nutrition Analyse



How many calories in chorizo?

100g of chorizo has about 296 calories (kcal).
Calories per: ounce | one chorizo | slice

To give you an idea, one link (70 g) chorizo has about 207 calories.

It is about 9% of daily calories intake for adult person with medium weight and medium activity (for calculation we assumed 2400 kcal daily intake).

Chorizo - calories, kcal

Scroll down for details and nutrition tables.

To visualize how much 207 kcal actually is, take in mind that calories amount from one link chorizo is similar to calories amount from ie.:

  • 3.5 apples
  • 2.5 glasses of Coca Cola (220 ml glass)
  • 2 slices of cheese
  • 1.5 slices of bread
  • 1.5 glasses of milk
  • 10.5 cubes of sugar

Take a look at tables below to see details about chorizo nutrition.

Calories in Chorizo Based On Sausage Category

See all nutrition data of chorizo on charts.

Calories296kcal/100g(84 kcal/oz)
Protein13.6g/100g(3.9 g/oz)
Carbs Total3.8g/100g(1.1 g/oz)
Fat25.1g/100g(7.1 g/oz)

Calories And Nutrition in One Link (70 G), 100g and Ounce

per 100 gper ounceone link (70 g)
Calories296 83.92 207.2
Carbs Total3.78 g1.07 g2.6 g
Dietary fiber0 g0 g0 g
Fat25.1 g7.12 g17.6 g
Protein13.63 g3.86 g9.5 g
Water54.77 g15.53 g38.3 g

chorizo - vitamins per 100g

  • Vit B1 (Thiamine)0.207 mg
  • Vit B2 (riboflavin)0.31 mg
  • Vit B3 (Niacin)5.47 mg
  • Vit B60.313 mg
  • Vit E0.22 mg

Energy content of chorizo

  • 5% CARBS
  • 18% PROTEIN
  • 76% FAT

chorizo - minerals per 100g

  • Potassium308 mg
  • Phosphorus1.5 mg
  • Magnessium20 mg
  • Calcium19 mg
  • Sodium788 mg
  • Iron1.41 mg
  • Zink1.5 mg

How many calories in 1, 2, 3 or 5 chorizo?

As I wrote before one link (70 g) has 207 calories. It is easy to count that two chorizo have about 414 calories and three chorizo have about 621 calories. In table below you can also see calories amount for four and five chorizo.

  • One link (70 g)207 kcal
  • Slice of chorizo (10g)30 kcal
  • Ounce (oz) of chorizo84 kcal

Protein in chorizo

Chorizo has 13.63 g protein per 100g.
When you multiplay this value with weight of one link (70 g) you can see that you will get about 9.5 g of protein.

Carbs in chorizo

Chorizo has 3.78 g carbohydrates per 100g.
In the same way as for protein we can calculate that one link (70 g) has about 2.6 g of carbs.

Fat in chorizo

Chorizo has 25.1 g fat per 100g.
So it is easy to count that one link (70 g) has about 17.6 g of fat.

Chorizo - caloies, wieght

one link (70 g) has:

207kcalFor burning these calories you have to:
Bike30 min.Bike
Horse ride38 min.Horse ride
Play tennis20 min.Tennis
Run21 min.Run
Swim24 min.Swim

Interesting charts - compare chorizo with other sausage

When you look at charts below you will see how chorizo looks like in comparsion to other products from its category. When you click on selected product you will se detailed comparsion.

Fat in Chorizo Based On Sausage Category
Iron in Chorizo Based On Sausage Category
Magnesium in Chorizo Based On Sausage Category
Phosphorus in Chorizo Based On Sausage Category
Potassium in Chorizo Based On Sausage Category
Protein in Chorizo Based On Sausage Category
Sodium in Chorizo Based On Sausage Category
Vitamin B1 in Chorizo Based On Sausage Category
Vitamin B2 in Chorizo Based On Sausage Category
Vitamin B3 (Niacin) in Chorizo Based On Sausage Category
Vitamin B6 in Chorizo Based On Sausage Category
Vitamin E in Chorizo Based On Sausage Category
Water in Chorizo Based On Sausage Category
Zinc in Chorizo Based On Sausage Category
Cholesterol in Chorizo Based On Sausage Category
Carbohydrates in Chorizo Based On Sausage Category
Calories in Chorizo Based On Sausage Category
Calcium in Chorizo Based On Sausage Category
Marcin Piotrowicz
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Marcin Piotrowicz

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Healthy diet and healthy lifestyle promoter

All information about nutrition on this website was created with help of information from the official United States Department of Agriculture database.

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