Nutrition facts · Vegetables
Calories in Garlic
Raw garlic has 149 calories per 100 g, and a single clove (3 g) has about 4 calories. Most of those calories come from carbohydrates, with 33.1 g of carbs per 100 g, plus a modest 6.4 g of protein and almost no fat.
Calories come from: Carbs 81% · Fat 3% · Protein 16%
Common servings
| Serving | Weight | Calories | Protein | Carbs | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 149 kcal | 6.4 g | 33.1 g | 0.5 g |
| 1 clove | 3 g | 4 kcal | 0.2 g | 1 g | 0 g |
| 3 cloves | 9 g | 13 kcal | 0.6 g | 3 g | 0 g |
| 1 tsp | 2.8 g | 4 kcal | 0.2 g | 0.9 g | 0 g |
Full nutrition (Per 100 g)
| Calories | 149 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 6.4 g |
| Carbohydrates | 33.1 g |
| of which sugars | 1 g |
| Fiber | 2.1 g |
| Fat | 0.5 g |
| of which saturated | 0.1 g |
| Sodium | 17 mg |
What changes the calories
- Garlic is usually eaten in small amounts, so the number of cloves you use matters more than anything else about the garlic itself.
- Cooking garlic in oil or butter adds the calories of the fat it is cooked in, which can easily outweigh the garlic.
- Roasted garlic is often drizzled with oil before baking, so the finished cloves carry extra fat calories.
- Jarred minced garlic and garlic pastes may contain added oil or other ingredients, which changes the calories compared with fresh cloves.
Tips for logging it accurately
- Count your cloves or use the teaspoon measure: 1 clove is about 4 calories and 3 cloves are about 13 calories.
- Log the oil or butter you cook garlic in as a separate item, since that is where most of the calories in garlicky dishes come from.
- In BerryFit, add garlic to your meal with the number of cloves you used, or snap a photo and adjust the portion if needed.
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Snap a photo of your meal or search for Garlic in BerryFit to track calories and macros against your own daily target.
Frequently asked questions
How many calories are in one clove of garlic?
One clove of raw garlic (about 3 g) has about 4 calories, with roughly 1 g of carbs and 0.2 g of protein.
Is garlic high in carbs?
Per 100 g, garlic has 33.1 g of carbs, which is a lot by weight. In a typical portion like 3 cloves, though, that works out to about 3 g of carbs.
How many calories are in a teaspoon of garlic?
A teaspoon of raw garlic (2.8 g) has about 4 calories. Jarred garlic in oil will be higher because of the added oil.
Does garlic have any fat?
Raw garlic has only 0.5 g of fat per 100 g, so a clove has essentially none. Any fat in a garlic dish usually comes from the cooking oil or butter.
Similar foods
Calories in common foodsValues per 100 g from USDA FoodData Central (Garlic, raw, FDC ID 169230); 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.
