Dried fig calories and nutrition analyse
Dried fig: calories, protein, carbs and fat exact data
How many calories in dried fig?
100g of dried figs have about 249 calories (kcal).
To illustrate, medium size dried fig (15 g) have about 37 calories.
It is about 2% 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 medium size dried fig (15 g) is similar to calories amount from ie.:
- 0.5 apple
- 1.5 cubes of sugar
To burn this calories you need to bike at least 5 minutes, swim for about 4 minutes or run for 4 minutes.
Calories in dried fig came from protein in 5%, from carbs in 92% and from fat in 3%.
See also: Vitamins and health benefits of dried fig.
Dried fig - calories and nutrition per 100g
Check compares of dried fig with other products from dried fruits category:
How many calories in 1, 2, 3 or 5 dried figs?
As I wrote before medium size dried fig (15 g) have 37 calories. It is easy to count that two dried figs have about 74 calories and three dried figs have about 111 calories. In table below you can also see calories amount for four and five dried figs.
- Medium size dried fig (15g)37 kcal
- Handfull of dried figs (85g)212 kcal
- Two dried figs74 kcal
- Three dried figs111 kcal
- Four dried figs148 kcal
- Five dried figs185 kcal
How much protein in dried figs?
Dried figs have 3.3 g protein per 100g.
When you multiplay this value with weight of medium size dried fig (15 g) you can see that you will get about 0.5 g of protein.
How much carbs in dried figs?
Dried figs have 63.87 g carbohydrates per 100g.
In the same way as for protein we can calculate that medium size dried fig (15 g) has about 9.6 g of carbs.
How much fat in dried figs?
Dried figs have 0.93 g fat per 100g.
So it is easy to count that medium size dried fig (15 g) has about 0.1 g of fat.
Does dried fig make you fat and how it affect your weight?
Very hight count of calories in dried fig puts this product at the top of hight calorific dried fruits. If you are on diet and you are looking for low-calorific dried fruits, dried fig seems to be a bad choice. It is easy to find something better among other dried fruits.
It is hard to find product with higher calories count in dried fruits. Similar energy amount have only such products as dried pears, prunes or raisins.
You should consider that not only calories are important when you are on a diet. If dried figs contain nutrition you need than maybe you should add it to your daily menu anyway?
Similar calories number have:
See also:
medium size dried fig (15 g) has:
37kcal For burning these calories you have to:
