Watercress: Calories and Nutrition Analyse



How many calories in watercress?

100g of watercress has about 11 calories (kcal).
Calories per: ounce | handful | cup | half cup

To show you what does it mean, handful of watercress (30 g) has about 3 calories.

Watercress - calories, kcal

Scroll down for details and nutrition tables.

To visualize how much 3 kcal actually is, take in mind that calories amount from handful of watercress is similar to calories amount from ie.:

  • less than half of sugar cube

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

Calories in Watercress Based On Vegetables Category

See all nutrition data of watercress on charts.

Calories11kcal/100g(3 kcal/oz)
Protein2.3g/100g(0.7 g/oz)
Carbs Total1.3g/100g(0.4 g/oz)
Fat0.1g/100g(0 g/oz)

Calories And Nutrition in Handful of Watercress (30 G), 100g and Ounce

per 100 gper ouncehandful of watercress (30 g)
Calories11 3.12 3.3
Carbs Total1.29 g0.37 g0.4 g
Dietary fiber0.5 g0.14 g0.2 g
Fat0.1 g< 0.1 g< 0.1 g
Protein2.3 g0.65 g0.7 g

watercress - vitamins per 100g

  • Vit A3191 IU
  • Vit B1 (Thiamine)0.09 mg
  • Vit B2 (riboflavin)0.12 mg
  • Vit B3 (Niacin)0.2 mg
  • Vit B50.31 mg
  • Vit B60.129 mg
  • Vit B9 (Folic acid)9 mcg
  • Vit C43 mg
  • Vit E1 mg
  • Vit K250 mg

Energy content of watercress

  • 34% CARBS
  • 60% PROTEIN
  • 6% FAT

watercress - minerals per 100g

  • Potassium330 mg
  • Phosphorus60 mg
  • Magnessium21 mg
  • Calcium120 mg
  • Sodium41 mg
  • Iron0.2 mg
  • Zink0.11 mg

How many calories in 1, 2, 3 or 5 watercresses?

As I wrote before handful of watercress (30 g) has 3 calories. It is easy to count that two watercresses have about 6 calories and three watercresses have about 9 calories. In table below you can also see calories amount for four and five watercresses.

  • Handful of watercresses (30g)3 kcal
  • Cup of watercress (34g)4 kcal
  • Half cup of watercress (17g)2 kcal
  • Ounce (oz) of watercress3 kcal
  • Half of medium size watercress1.5 kcal
  • Small size watercress (24g)2.4 kcal
  • Big size watercress (39g)3.9 kcal
  • Two medium size watercresses6 kcal
  • Three medium size watercresses9 kcal
  • Four medium size watercresses12 kcal
  • Five medium size watercresses15 kcal

Protein in watercress

Watercress has 2.3 g protein per 100g.
When you multiplay this value with weight of handful of watercress (30 g) you can see that you will get about 0.7 g of protein.

Carbs in watercress

Watercress has 1.29 g carbohydrates per 100g.
In the same way as for protein we can calculate that handful of watercress (30 g) has about 0.4 g of carbs.

Fat in watercress

Watercress has 0.1 g fat per 100g.
So it is easy to count that handful of watercress (30 g) has about 0 g of fat.

Watercress - caloies, wieght

handful of watercress (30 g) has:

3kcalFor 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 watercress with other vegetables

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

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

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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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