Lard - calories, weight, nutrition Check glycemic index, dietary fiber and carbs

100g of lard has about 898 calories (kcal).

To give you an idea, tablespoon of lard (12 g) has about 108 calories.

It is about 5% 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 of lard (12 g) is similar to calories amount from 2 apples, 1 glass of Coca Cola, 1 slice of cheese, 1 slice of bread, 0.5 glasses of milk, 5.5 of sugar.

To burn this calories you need to bike at least 15 minutes, swim for about 13 minutes or run for 11 minutes.

Calories in lard came from protein in 0%, from carbs in 0% and from fat in 100%.

Very hight count of calories in lard puts this product at the top of hight calorific fats and oils. If you are on diet and you are looking for low-calorific fats and oils, lard seems to be a bad choice. It is easy to find something better among other fats and oils.

It is hard to find product with higher calories count in fats and oils. Similar energy amount have only such products as argan oil.