Nutrition for Garlic
Calories, Protein, Vitamins and More
Garlic Nutrition Summary
One clove of garlic (3 grams or 0.11 oz) contains 4 calories and 0.2 grams of protein. Garlic consist of 59% water, 33% carbohydrates, 6% protein, and less than 1% of total fat.Garlic is an excellent source of many nutrients, including calcium, potassium and Vitamin B6. It also contains significant amounts of Vitamin C and manganese.
In one clove of garlic:
- Calories: 4
- Protein: 0.2 g
- Dietary fiber: 0.1 g
- Sodium: 0.5 mg
See the Garlic Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Garlic, raw.
Calories in Garlic
Garlic has 4 calories per clove or 133 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from carbohydrates and protein.83% of calories in garlic are from carbohydrates and 17% of calories are from protein.
Calories from Carbs
The majority, or 83% of the calories in garlic are from carbohydrates.
The carbs in garlic are mostly in the form of dietary fiber (100%). A great high-fiber food, a single clove of garlic contains 0% of recommended daily values or 0.1 grams of dietary fiber.
- Dietary fiber: 0.1 g
- Sugar: < 0.1 g
Calories from Fat
Garlic does not contain a significant amount of calories from fat (less than 1%). Garlic is very low in total fat, with <0.1 grams per clove. Most of the fat in garlic are healthier unsaturated fats.
Garlic is cholesterol free and trans-fat free.
Garlic is cholesterol free and trans-fat free.
- Total fat: < 0.1 g
- Saturated fat: < 0.1 g
- Polyunsaturated fat: < 0.1 g
Calories Similar to Garlic
Some other vegetables with similar calories to garlic by weight:- Sprouted Peas: -1 calories
- Edamame: -1 calories
- Heart of Palm: -1 calories
- Lima Beans: -1 calories
Protein in Garlic
A single clove of Garlic contains 0.2 grams of protein. Although garlic is relatively low in protein, it does contain all 9 essential amino acids at small amounts.- Protein: 0.19 g
- Tryptophan: < 0.1 g
- Threonine: < 0.1 g
- Isoleucine: 0.01 g
- Leucine: 0.01 g
- Lysine: 0.01 g
- Methionine: < 0.1 g
- Phenylalanine: 0.01 g
- Valine: 0.01 g
- Histidine: < 0.1 g
Protein Similar to Garlic
Some other vegetables with similar amounts of protein to garlic by weight:- Lima Beans: same
- Nori: same
- Peas: same
- Alfalfa Sprouts: -0.1 grams
Vitamins and Minerals in Garlic
An good source of many nutrients, garlic contains abundant amounts of calcium, potassium and Vitamin B6. Also a single clove of garlic contains 5.4 milligrams of calcium.Vitamins in garlic (1 clove):
- Vitamin a: 0.1 ug
- Thiamin: < 0.1 mg
- Riboflavin: < 0.1 mg
- Niacin: < 0.1 mg
- Vitamin b6: < 0.1 mg
- Vitamin c: 0.9 mg
- Vitamin e: < 0.1 mg
- Folate: 0.1 ug
- Vitamin k: 0.1 ug
- Calcium: 5.4 mg
- Potassium: 12 mg
- Iron: 0.1 mg
- Magnesium: 0.8 mg
- Zinc: < 0.1 mg
- Selenium: 0.4 ug
- Phosphorus: 4.6 mg
- Copper: < 0.1 mg
- Manganese: 0.1 mg
- Choline: 0.7 mg
Similar to Garlic for Vitamin B6
Here are some other vegetables with similarly abundant amounts of Vitamin B6 to garlic:- Heart of Palm: -0.02 MG
- Serrano Pepper: -0.02 MG
- Jalapeno: -0.02 MG
- Spirulina: -0.03 MG
Flavonoids and Carotenoids in Garlic [3]
Garlic contains a couple of healthy phytonutrients and antioxidants, specifically carotenoid lutein + zeaxanthin and flavonoid kaempferol, myricetin and quercetin. In one clove of garlic:
- lutein + zeaxanthin: 0 ug
- kaempferol: 0.01 mg
- myricetin: 0.05 mg
- Quercetin: 0.05 mg
Garlic Nutrition Chart
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