Falafel: Calories and Nutrition Analyse
Falafel: calories, protein, carbs and fat exact data
How many calories in falafel?
100g of falafel has about 505 calories (kcal).
Calories per:
ounce
| single piece
| cup
| half cup
To illustrate, one ball (27 g) falafel has about 136 calories.
It is about 6% 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 one ball falafel is similar to calories amount from ie.:
- 2.5 apples
- 1.5 glasses of Coca Cola (220 ml glass)
- 1 slice of cheese
- 1 slice of bread
- 1 glass of milk
- 7 cubes of sugar
To burn this calories you have to bike at least 19 minutes, swim for about 16 minutes or run for 14 minutes.
See all nutrition data of falafel on charts.
Falafel: calories and nutrition per 100g (and per ounce)
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How many calories in 1, 2, 3 or 5 falafels?
As I wrote before one ball (27 g) has 136 calories. It is easy to count that two falafels have about 272 calories and three falafels have about 408 calories. In table below you can also see calories amount for four and five falafels.
- One ball (27 g)136 kcal
- Cup of falafel (164g)828 kcal
- Half cup of falafel (82g)414 kcal
- Ounce (oz) of falafel143 kcal
Protein in falafel
Falafel has 8.33 g protein per 100g.
When you multiplay this value with weight of one ball (27 g) you can see that you will get about 2.2 g of protein.
Carbs in falafel
Falafel has 29.32 g carbohydrates per 100g.
In the same way as for protein we can calculate that one ball (27 g) has about 7.9 g of carbs.
Fat in falafel
Falafel has 40.54 g fat per 100g.
So it is easy to count that one ball (27 g) has about 10.9 g of fat.
one ball (27 g) has:
136kcalFor burning these calories you have to:falafel - vitamins per 100g
- Vitaminium A13 IU
- Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.129 mg
- Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.103 mg
- Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)0.768 mg
- Vitaminium B60.159 mg
- Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)0.085 mcg
- Vitaminium C7.7 mg
- Vitaminium E4.85 mg
- Vitaminium K0.079 mg
Energy content of falafel
- 23% CARBS
- 6% PROTEIN
- 71% FAT
falafel - minerals per 100g
- Potassium260 mg
- Magnessium31 mg
- Calcium87 mg
- Sodium505 mg
- Iron2.28 mg
Does falafel make you fat and how it affect your weight?
Count of calories in falafel is one of the highest from all products in ready to eat category. If you are on diet and you are looking for low-calorific ready to eat, falafel seems to be a bad choice. It is easy to find something better among other ready to eat.
It is really much as for ready to eat. Similar energy amount have only such products as baked beans, McDonalds hamburgers or hummus.
You should consider that not only calories are important when you are on a diet. If falafel contains nutrition you need than maybe you should add it to your daily menu anyway?
Interesting charts - compare falafel with other ready to eat
When you look at charts below you will see how falafel looks like in comparsion to other products from its category. When you click on selected product you will se detailed comparsion.