Nutrition facts · Sweets and baking
Calories in Agar (dried)
Dried agar has 306 calories per 100 g, with 80.9 g of carbs, 6.2 g of protein and 0.3 g of fat. Almost all of its calories come from carbohydrates. Because agar is usually used in small amounts to set liquids, the calories in a typical recipe often come more from the other ingredients than from the agar itself.
Calories come from: Carbs 92% · Fat 1% · Protein 7%
Common servings
| Serving | Weight | Calories | Protein | Carbs | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 306 kcal | 6.2 g | 80.9 g | 0.3 g |
Full nutrition (Per 100 g)
| Calories | 306 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 6.2 g |
| Carbohydrates | 80.9 g |
| of which sugars | 3 g |
| Fiber | 7.7 g |
| Fat | 0.3 g |
| of which saturated | 0.1 g |
| Sodium | 102 mg |
What changes the calories
- Agar is weighed dry, and once it is dissolved and set in water or juice the same amount of agar is spread across a much larger, heavier dish.
- Most of the calories in agar jellies and desserts come from the sugar, juice, milk or fruit added, not the agar.
- Agar comes as powder, flakes or strips, and flakes and strips are less dense than powder, so a spoonful of each weighs a different amount.
Tips for logging it accurately
- Weigh the dry agar on a kitchen scale rather than estimating by the spoon, since small amounts are easy to misjudge.
- Log the dry weight of agar you used for the whole recipe, then divide by the number of portions, and log the sweeteners and liquids separately.
- In BerryFit, save your agar dessert as a recipe so each serving is calculated from all its ingredients.
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Frequently asked questions
How many calories are in agar?
Dried agar has 306 calories per 100 g. Recipes typically use only a small amount, so its contribution to a finished dish is usually modest.
Is agar high in carbs?
By dry weight, yes: agar has 80.9 g of carbs per 100 g, including 7.7 g of fiber and 3 g of sugar.
How much protein and fat does agar have?
Dried agar has 6.2 g of protein and 0.3 g of fat per 100 g, so it is very low in fat.
Does agar jelly have the same calories as dry agar?
No. Once agar is set with liquid, the dish weighs much more, so calories per gram drop, while added sugar, juice or milk add their own calories.
Similar foods
Calories in common foodsValues per 100 g from USDA FoodData Central (Seaweed, agar, dried, FDC ID 170090); servings use USDA portion weights. Real foods vary by variety, ripeness and preparation.
The text on this page was written with the help of AI (Anthropic's Claude) and checked against the numbers in a separate review. The numbers themselves come only from USDA.
