Nutrition for Brown Sugar

Brown Sugar Nutrition Summary

One cup of brown sugar (144 grams or 0.3 lb) contains 547 calories and 0.2 grams of protein. Brown sugar consist of 1% water, 98% carbohydrates, and less than 1% of total fat or protein.

Brown sugar is an excellent source of a few nutrients, including carbohydrates and calcium. It also contains significant amounts of potassium.

In one cup of brown sugar:

• Calories: 547
• Protein: 0.2 g
• Sugar: 139.7 g
• Sodium: 40.3 mg

There is no significant amounts of dietary fiber, total fat, saturated fat or cholesterol in brown sugar.

See the Brown Sugar Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Sugar, brown.

Calories in Brown Sugar

Brown sugar has 547 calories per cup or 380 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from carbohydrates.

99.9% of calories in brown sugar are from carbohydrates.

Calories from Carbs

Calories from Fat

Calories Similar to Brown Sugar

Some other sweets or candy with similar calories to brown sugar by weight:

• Vanilla Pudding Mix: -4 calories
• White Sugar: +10 calories
• Agave Syrup: -101 calories
• Molasses: -130 calories

Protein in Brown Sugar

A single cup of Brown Sugar contains 0.2 grams of protein. Brown sugar is relatively low in protein, and is not a source of complete protein, containing little or small amounts of the majority of the nine essential amino acids.

• Protein: 0.17 g

There is no significant amounts of tryptophan, threonine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, valine or histidine in brown sugar.

Protein Similar to Brown Sugar

Some other sweets or candy with similar amounts of protein to brown sugar by weight:

• Agave Syrup: same
• Maple Syrup: -0.1 grams
• Simple Syrup: -0.2 grams
• White Sugar: -0.2 grams

Vitamins and Minerals in Brown Sugar

An good source of nutrients, brown sugar contains abundant amounts of calcium. In fact, a single cup of brown sugar contains 12% of recommended daily values or 119.5 milligrams of calcium.

Vitamins in brown sugar (1 cup):

• Niacin: 0.2 mg
• Vitamin b6: 0.1 mg
• Folate: 1.4 ug

Minerals in brown sugar (1 cup):

• Calcium: 119.5 mg
• Potassium: 191.5 mg
• Iron: 1 mg
• Magnesium: 13 mg
• Selenium: 1.7 ug
• Phosphorus: 5.8 mg
• Copper: 0.1 mg
• Manganese: 0.1 mg
• Choline: 3.3 mg

There is no significant amounts of zinc, vitamin a, thiamin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, vitamin c, vitamin e, vitamin b12 or vitamin k in brown sugar.

Similar to Brown Sugar for Calcium

Here are some other sweets or candy with similarly abundant amounts of calcium to brown sugar:

• Bittersweet Chocolate: +26 MG
• Maple Syrup: +27 MG
• Chocolate Hazelnut Spread: +36 MG
• Chocolate Ice Cream: +37 MG

Brown Sugar Nutrition Chart

Brown Sugar in Cooking

Brown sugar is in the top 10 most popular ingredients for recipes. Most recipes call for one or two cups of brown sugar.

Friends and Relatives of Brown Sugar

Foods commonly cooked with brown sugar:

• Honey
• Allspice

Other similar relatives:

• Molasses
• Maple Syrup
• White Sugar