Calories in raw carrots.
41 kcal per 100 g.
Carrots, raw · SR Legacy (2018-04) · USDA FDC 170393
Nutrition for your portion
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | 100 g |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 41 kcal | 41 kcal |
| Protein | 0.93 g | 0.93 g |
| Carbohydrates | 9.58 g | 9.58 g |
| Fat | 0.24 g | 0.24 g |
| Fibre | 2.8 g | 2.8 g |
| Sugars | 4.74 g | 4.74 g |
| Saturated fat | 0.03 g | 0.03 g |
| Sodium | 69 mg | 69 mg |
| Salt (calculated from sodium) | 0.17 g | 0.17 g |
| Vitamin A (RAE) | 835 ug | 835 ug |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 0 ug | 0 ug |
| Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) | 0.66 mg | 0.66 mg |
| Vitamin K (phylloquinone) | 13.2 ug | 13.2 ug |
| Vitamin C | 5.9 mg | 5.9 mg |
| Thiamin | 0.07 mg | 0.07 mg |
| Riboflavin | 0.06 mg | 0.06 mg |
| Niacin | 0.98 mg | 0.98 mg |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.14 mg | 0.14 mg |
| Folate, total | 19 ug | 19 ug |
| Vitamin B12 | 0 ug | 0 ug |
| Potassium | 320 mg | 320 mg |
| Calcium | 33 mg | 33 mg |
| Phosphorus | 35 mg | 35 mg |
| Magnesium | 12 mg | 12 mg |
| Iron | 0.3 mg | 0.3 mg |
| Zinc | 0.24 mg | 0.24 mg |
| Selenium | 0.1 ug | 0.1 ug |
| Iodine | Unknown | Unknown |
| Copper | 0.05 mg | 0.05 mg |
Energy comes from USDA nutrient 1008. Salt is calculated as sodium × 2.5, with unit conversion to grams. It is not a separately measured salt value.
Preparation
Raw carrots are 41 kcal per 100 g, most of it sugar, which is why they caramelise so well and why roasted carrots taste like a different vegetable. Cooking does not add energy; the oil on the tray does. Boiling softens the cell walls and makes the beta-carotene more available, which is one of the few cases where cooking a vegetable improves its nutrition rather than reducing it.
Logging this food
USDA's sizes: large 72 g and 30 kcal, medium 61 g and 25, small 50 g and 21. A cup chopped is 128 g and 52; grated 110 g and 45. A single slice is 3 g and 1 kcal. Baby carrots eaten from a bag are the practical case — a hundred grams is roughly a large handful and 41 kcal, which is less than most people assume for something this sweet.
Swaps and alternatives
Cucumber is 15 kcal per 100 g, tomatoes 18, mushrooms 22 — all lighter, none as sweet. Carrots sit at the denser end of this family with onions at 40, and both are dense because of sugar rather than fat. As a raw snack against crisps or crackers, the comparison is not close.