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Calories in Garlic Per Serving

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Caloric Values, Single Serving

One clove of garlic contains only 4 calories.

It's so low in caloric values that an entire cup contains only a tab over 200 calories.

You're likely to use more energy by consuming that pod of garlic than it contains and it's considered one of the free foods.

Garlic is one - if not the most popular seasoning ingredient in today's culinary world.

Health & Nutrition Notes for Garlic

Garlic has been connected with many benefits - such as in fighting certain types of cancer.

For its tiny size, that single clove packs a lot of nutritional benefits - from a dash of protein to calcium to potassium and even zinc benefits. Three cloves prove almost three milligrams of Vitamin C benefits.

Nutrition Information for Garlic

Vitamins, Minerals

Units

100 Grams

1 Cup

1 Teaspoon

1 Clove

3 Cloves

Energy kcal 149 203 4 4 13
Protein g 6.36 8.65 0.18 0.19 0.57
Total lipid (fat) g 0.50 0.68 0.01 0.02 0.04
Carbohydrate, by difference g 33.06 44.96 0.93 0.99 2.98
Fiber, total dietary g 2.1 2.9 0.1 0.1 0.2
Sugars, total g 1.00 1.36 0.03 0.03 0.09
Minerals
Calcium, Ca mg 181 246 5 5 16
Iron, Fe mg 1.70 2.31 0.05 0.05 0.15
Magnesium, Mg mg 25 34 1 1 2
Phosphorus, P mg 153 208 4 5 14
Potassium, K mg 401 545 11 12 36
Sodium, Na mg 17 23 0 1 2
Zinc, Zn mg 1.16 1.58 0.03 0.03 0.10
Vitamins
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid mg 31.2 42.4 0.9 0.9 2.8

 

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