Nutrition facts · Beans, nuts and seeds
Calories in Chickpeas (cooked)
Cooked chickpeas have 164 calories per 100 g, and a 1 cup serving (164 g) has 269 calories. Most of those calories come from carbohydrates, at 27.4 g per 100 g, with a useful 8.9 g of protein and only 2.6 g of fat.
Calories come from: Carbs 65% · Fat 14% · Protein 21%
Common servings
| Serving | Weight | Calories | Protein | Carbs | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 164 kcal | 8.9 g | 27.4 g | 2.6 g |
| 1 cup | 164 g | 269 kcal | 14.5 g | 45 g | 4.2 g |
Full nutrition (Per 100 g)
| Calories | 164 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 8.9 g |
| Carbohydrates | 27.4 g |
| of which sugars | 4.8 g |
| Fiber | 7.6 g |
| Fat | 2.6 g |
| of which saturated | 0.3 g |
| Sodium | 7 mg |
What changes the calories
- Dry chickpeas absorb water as they cook, so a gram of dry chickpeas has far more calories than a gram of cooked ones, and logging the wrong form can throw your numbers off a lot.
- Canned chickpeas are usually close to home-cooked ones, but the liquid in the can and any added salt or sugar can change the label values, so draining and checking the can helps.
- Roasting chickpeas with oil, frying them, or blending them into hummus with tahini and olive oil adds the calories of that fat on top of the chickpeas themselves.
- Portion habits matter: a heaped cup of chickpeas can weigh noticeably more than a level one, which shifts the calories.
Tips for logging it accurately
- Weigh chickpeas after cooking and draining, then log them as cooked chickpeas so the weight matches the nutrition values.
- If you cook from dry, either weigh the dry chickpeas and log a dry entry, or weigh the cooked batch and log cooked, but don't mix the two.
- Log any oil, tahini, dressing or spices with sugar separately, or snap a photo of your meal in BerryFit so the added ingredients are counted too.
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Frequently asked questions
How many calories are in a cup of cooked chickpeas?
A 1 cup serving of cooked chickpeas (164 g) has 269 calories, with 14.5 g protein, 45 g carbs and 4.2 g fat.
Are chickpeas high in protein?
Cooked chickpeas have 8.9 g of protein per 100 g, which is a good amount for a plant food, though carbohydrates still supply most of their calories.
How much fiber do chickpeas have?
Cooked chickpeas contain 7.6 g of fiber per 100 g, which is part of their 27.4 g of total carbohydrates.
Do chickpeas have more calories than other beans?
At 164 calories per 100 g, cooked chickpeas are a bit higher than cooked pinto beans (143), navy beans (140) and cannellini beans (139), and a little lower than cooked soybeans (172).
Similar foods
Calories in common foodsValues per 100 g from USDA FoodData Central (Chickpeas (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt, FDC ID 173757); 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.
