Tofu: Calories and Nutrition Analyse
Tofu: calories, protein, carbs and fat exact data
How many calories in tofu?
100g of tofu has about 76 calories (kcal).
Calories per:
ounce
| tablespoon
| teaspoon
| slice
| cup
| half cup
In particular, tablespoon of tofu (20 g) has about 15 calories.
It is about 1% 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 tofu is similar to calories amount from ie.:
- 0.5 cube of sugar
To burn this calories you have to bike at least 2 minutes, swim for about 2 minutes or run for 2 minutes.
See all nutrition data of tofu on charts.
Tofu: calories and nutrition per 100g (and per ounce)
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How many calories in tablespoon, teaspoon, slice, cup or half cup of tofu?
As I wrote before 100g has 76 calories. It is also easy to count how many calories will be in ie. tablespoon, teaspoon, slice, cup or half cup of tofu.
- Tablespoon of tofu (20g)15 kcal
- Teaspoon of tofu (7g)5 kcal
- Slice of tofu (30g)23 kcal
- Cup of tofu (200g)152 kcal
- Half cup of tofu (100g)76 kcal
- Ounce (oz) of tofu22 kcal
- 10g of tofu8 kcal
- 20g of tofu15 kcal
- 50g of tofu38 kcal
- 100g of tofu76 kcal
Protein in tofu
Tofu has 8.08 g protein per 100g.
When you multiplay this value with weight of tablespoon of tofu (20 g) you can see that you will get about 1.6 g of protein.
Carbs in tofu
Tofu has 1.87 g carbohydrates per 100g.
In the same way as for protein we can calculate that tablespoon of tofu (20 g) has about 0.4 g of carbs.
Fat in tofu
Tofu has 4.78 g fat per 100g.
So it is easy to count that tablespoon of tofu (20 g) has about 1 g of fat.
tablespoon of tofu (20 g) has:
15kcalFor burning these calories you have to:tofu - vitamins per 100g
- Vitaminium A85 IU
- Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.081 mg
- Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.052 mg
- Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)0.195 mg
- Vitaminium B60.047 mg
- Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)0.015 mcg
- Vitaminium C0.1 mg
- Vitaminium E0.01 mg
- Vitaminium K0.002 mg
Energy content of tofu
- 9% CARBS
- 39% PROTEIN
- 52% FAT
tofu - minerals per 100g
- Potassium121 mg
- Phosphorus2.4 mg
- Magnessium30 mg
- Calcium350 mg
- Sodium7 mg
- Iron5.36 mg
- Zink2.4 mg
Does tofu make you fat and how it affect your weight?
Count of calories in tofu 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, tofu 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 mushroom soups, vegetable soups or tomato soups.
You should consider that not only calories are important when you are on a diet. If tofu contains nutrition you need than maybe you should add it to your daily menu anyway?
Interesting charts - compare tofu with other ready to eat
When you look at charts below you will see how tofu looks like in comparsion to other products from its category. When you click on selected product you will se detailed comparsion.