Spinach: Calories and Nutrition Analyse



How many calories in spinach?

100g of spinach has about 23 calories (kcal).
Calories per: ounce | handful | tablespoon | cup | half cup

Case in point, handful of spinach (1 oz) has about 6 calories.

Spinach - calories, kcal

Scroll down for details and nutrition tables.

To visualize how much 6 kcal actually is, take in mind that calories amount from handful of spinach is similar to calories amount from ie.:

  • less than half of sugar cube

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

Calories in Spinach Based On Vegetables Category

See all nutrition data of spinach on charts.

Calories23kcal/100g(7 kcal/oz)
Protein2.9g/100g(0.8 g/oz)
Carbs Total3.6g/100g(1 g/oz)
Fat0.4g/100g(0.1 g/oz)

Calories And Nutrition in Handful of Spinach (1 Oz), 100g and Ounce

per 100 gper ouncehandful of spinach (1 oz)
Calories23 6.52 6.4
Carbs Total3.63 g1.03 g1 g
Dietary fiber2.2 g0.62 g0.6 g
Fat0.39 g0.11 g0.1 g
Protein2.86 g0.81 g0.8 g

spinach - vitamins per 100g

  • Vit A9377 IU
  • Vit B1 (Thiamine)0.078 mg
  • Vit B2 (riboflavin)0.189 mg
  • Vit B3 (Niacin)0.724 mg
  • Vit B50.065 mg
  • Vit B60.195 mg
  • Vit B9 (Folic acid)194 mcg
  • Vit C28.1 mg
  • Vit E2.03 mg
  • Vit K482.9 mg

Energy content of spinach

  • 49% CARBS
  • 39% PROTEIN
  • 12% FAT

spinach - minerals per 100g

  • Potassium558 mg
  • Magnessium79 mg
  • Calcium99 mg
  • Sodium79 mg
  • Iron2.71 mg
  • Zink0.53 mg
  • Beta karoten5626 mg

How many calories in 1, 2, 3 or 5 spinach leaves?

As I wrote before handful of spinach (1 oz) has 6 calories. It is easy to count that two spinach leaves have about 12 calories and three spinach leaves have about 18 calories. In table below you can also see calories amount for four and five spinach leaves.

  • Handful of spinach leaves (28g)6 kcal
  • Tablespoon of spinach (5g)1 kcal
  • Cup of spinach (30g)7 kcal
  • Half cup of spinach (15g)3 kcal
  • Ounce (oz) of spinach7 kcal
  • Half of medium size spinach3 kcal
  • Small size spinach (22g)4.8 kcal
  • Big size spinach (36g)7.8 kcal
  • Two medium size spinach leaves12 kcal
  • Three medium size spinach leaves18 kcal
  • Four medium size spinach leaves24 kcal
  • Five medium size spinach leaves30 kcal

Protein in spinach

Spinach has 2.86 g protein per 100g.
When you multiplay this value with weight of handful of spinach (1 oz) you can see that you will get about 0.8 g of protein.

Carbs in spinach

Spinach has 3.63 g carbohydrates per 100g.
In the same way as for protein we can calculate that handful of spinach (1 oz) has about 1 g of carbs.

Fat in spinach

Spinach has 0.39 g fat per 100g.
So it is easy to count that handful of spinach (1 oz) has about 0.1 g of fat.

Spinach - caloies, wieght

handful of spinach (1 oz) has:

6kcalFor burning these calories you have to:
Bike1 min.Bike
Horse ride1 min.Horse ride
Play tennis1 min.Tennis
Run1 min.Run
Swim1 min.Swim

Interesting charts - compare spinach with other vegetables

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

Vitamin C in Spinach Based On Vegetables Category
Fiber in Spinach Based On Vegetables Category
Fat in Spinach Based On Vegetables Category
Iron in Spinach Based On Vegetables Category
Magnesium in Spinach Based On Vegetables Category
Potassium in Spinach Based On Vegetables Category
Protein in Spinach Based On Vegetables Category
Sodium in Spinach Based On Vegetables Category
Vitamin B1 in Spinach Based On Vegetables Category
Vitamin B2 in Spinach Based On Vegetables Category
Vitamin B3 (Niacin) in Spinach Based On Vegetables Category
Vitamin B5 (Acid Pantotenic) in Spinach Based On Vegetables Category
Vitamin B6 in Spinach Based On Vegetables Category
Vitamin B9 (Folic Acid) in Spinach Based On Vegetables Category
Vitamin E in Spinach Based On Vegetables Category
Vitamin K in Spinach Based On Vegetables Category
Zinc in Spinach Based On Vegetables Category
Carbohydrates in Spinach Based On Vegetables Category
Calories in Spinach Based On Vegetables Category
Calcium in Spinach Based On Vegetables Category
Vitamin A in Spinach Based On Vegetables Category
Marcin Piotrowicz
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Marcin Piotrowicz

calories-info.com creator
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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