Calories in common portions
| Portion | Weight | Calories | Protein | Carbs | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 g | 100 g | 120 | 4.4 g | 21.3 g | 1.9 g |
| 1 cup | 185 g | 222 | 8.1 g | 39.4 g | 3.6 g |
Where the calories come from
Protein 14.7%Carbohydrate 71%Fat 14.4%
Shares use 4 calories per gram for protein and carbohydrate and 9 for fat, so they may not match USDA’s calorie total exactly. Try the macro calculator.
Good to know
- These values are for cooked quinoa. Uncooked quinoa is a separate entry with far more calories per 100 g, because cooking adds water.
- A cup of cooked quinoa provides about 8.1 g of protein and 5.2 g of fiber, against 4.3 g of protein for a cup of white rice and 5.5 g for brown rice.
- Uncooked quinoa has 368 calories per 100 g. A cup of dry quinoa (170 g) is about 626 calories, and it makes roughly three cups cooked.
In our recipes
The Calorify recipes that use this food, how much they use, and the calories it adds to each whole recipe.
- Chicken quinoa salad1 cup · 185 g · recipe serves 2222 cal
Compare per 100 g
| Food | Calories | Protein | Carbs | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinoa (this page) | 120 | 4.4 g | 21.3 g | 1.9 g |
| Quinoa, uncooked | 368 | 14.1 g | 64.2 g | 6.1 g |
| White rice | 130 | 2.7 g | 28.2 g | 0.3 g |
| Brown rice | 123 | 2.7 g | 25.6 g | 1 g |
| Oats | 379 | 13.2 g | 67.7 g | 6.5 g |
| Pasta | 158 | 5.8 g | 30.9 g | 0.9 g |
| Whole-wheat bread | 252 | 12.5 g | 42.7 g | 3.5 g |
| Flour tortilla | 306 | 8.2 g | 49.4 g | 8 g |
Source
USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy (April 2019): Quinoa, cooked (FDC ID 168917) ↗. Values are per 100 g of edible portion; Calorify scaled them to each portion and rounded the results. Comparisons use FDC ID 168874, FDC ID 168878, FDC ID 169704.
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