Nutrition facts · Vegetables
Calories in Beetroot
Raw beetroot has 43 calories per 100 g, and one 2-inch beet (82 g) has about 35 calories. Most of those calories come from carbohydrates, with 9.6 g of carbs per 100 g, including 2.8 g of fiber and 6.8 g of sugar. Beetroot is very low in fat, with 0.2 g per 100 g, and has a modest 1.6 g of protein.
Calories come from: Carbs 82% · Fat 4% · Protein 14%
Common servings
| Serving | Weight | Calories | Protein | Carbs | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 43 kcal | 1.6 g | 9.6 g | 0.2 g |
| 1 beet (2" diameter) | 82 g | 35 kcal | 1.3 g | 7.8 g | 0.1 g |
| 1 cup | 136 g | 58 kcal | 2.2 g | 13 g | 0.2 g |
Full nutrition (Per 100 g)
| Calories | 43 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 1.6 g |
| Carbohydrates | 9.6 g |
| of which sugars | 6.8 g |
| Fiber | 2.8 g |
| Fat | 0.2 g |
| of which saturated | 0 g |
| Sodium | 78 mg |
What changes the calories
- Cooking beets doesn't add calories on its own, but boiling or roasting changes their water content, so the same weight of cooked beets won't match the raw numbers exactly.
- Roasting beets with oil or butter adds the calories of the fat used, which can easily outweigh the beets themselves.
- Pickled beets often contain added sugar in the brine, which raises the calories compared with plain beets.
- Beets vary a lot in size, so counting "one beet" can be well off unless your beet is close to 2 inches across.
Tips for logging it accurately
- Weigh your beets on a kitchen scale rather than counting them, since sizes vary widely.
- Log the form you actually ate, such as raw, plain cooked, pickled or canned, and add any oil, dressing or cheese as separate entries.
- In BerryFit, snap a photo of your beet salad or roasted veg, then check the portion size and add the cooking oil if the scan didn't pick it up.
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Frequently asked questions
How many calories are in one beet?
One raw beet about 2 inches in diameter (82 g) has about 35 calories. Larger beets will have more, so weighing gives the most accurate count.
How many calories are in a cup of beetroot?
One cup of raw beetroot (136 g) has about 58 calories, with 13 g of carbs, 2.2 g of protein and 0.2 g of fat.
Is beetroot high in sugar?
Raw beetroot has 6.8 g of sugar per 100 g, out of 9.6 g of total carbs. It also provides 2.8 g of fiber per 100 g.
Do roasted beets have more calories than raw beets?
Roasting itself doesn't add calories, but any oil or butter used does. Roasting also drives off water, so a gram of roasted beet is slightly more concentrated than a gram of raw beet.
Similar foods
Calories in common foodsValues per 100 g from USDA FoodData Central (Beets, raw, FDC ID 169145); 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.
