Calories in Pesto Sauce
1 tbsp of pesto sauce (16 g) has 93 calories, with 1.4 g of protein, 9.5 g of fat and 0.9 g of carbohydrates. Per 100 grams, pesto sauce has 580 calories.
Most of the calories in pesto sauce come from fat (90%). Pesto sauce is high in sodium (988 mg per 100 g) and high in saturated fat (10 g per 100 g). It has more calories per gram than 99% of the 188 sauces and condiments in our database.
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Pesto Sauce: common questions
How many calories are in 1 tbsp of pesto sauce?
1 tbsp of pesto sauce (16 g) has 93 calories.
How many calories are in 100 grams of pesto sauce?
100 grams of pesto sauce has 580 calories, 8.6 g of protein, 59 g of fat and 5.7 g of carbohydrates.
How much protein is in pesto sauce?
Pesto sauce has 8.6 g of protein per 100 g. 1 tbsp of pesto sauce gives you 1.4 g.
Is pesto sauce high in calories?
Pesto sauce has 580 calories per 100 g. It has more calories per gram than 99% of the 188 sauces and condiments in our database. A 2,000 calorie day fits about 345 g of it.
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Source: USDA FoodData Central, FNDDS 2021-2023. FDC ID 2710175. Original description: Pesto sauce. Portion weights are USDA household measures.