Nutrition for Cardamom
Calories, Protein, Vitamins and More
Cardamom Nutrition Summary
One teaspoon of cardamom (2 grams or 0.07 oz) contains 6 calories and 0.2 grams of protein. Cardamom consist of 8% water, 69% carbohydrates, 11% protein, and 7% fat.Cardamom is an excellent source of many nutrients, including dietary fiber, calcium, iron and potassium. It also contains significant amounts of magnesium, zinc and manganese.
In one teaspoon of cardamom:
- Calories: 6
- Protein: 0.2 g
- Dietary fiber: 0.6 g
- Fat: 0.1 g
- Sodium: 0.4 mg
See the Cardamom Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Spices, cardamom.
Calories in Cardamom
Cardamom has 6 calories per teaspoon or 300 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from carbohydrates, fat and protein.77% of calories in cardamom are from carbohydrates, 12% of calories are from fat and 11% of calories are from protein.
Calories from Carbs
The majority, or 77% of the calories in cardamom are from carbohydrates.
The carbs in cardamom are mostly in the form of dietary fiber (100%). An excellent high-fiber food, a single teaspoon of cardamom contains 2% of recommended daily values or 0.6 grams of dietary fiber.
- Dietary fiber: 0.6 g
Calories from Fat
About 12% the calories in Cardamom are from fat. Cardamom has a moderate amount of total fat, with 0.1 grams per teaspoon. Most of the fat in cardamom are healthier unsaturated fats.
Cardamom is cholesterol free and trans-fat free.
Cardamom is cholesterol free and trans-fat free.
- Total fat: 0.1 g
- Saturated fat: < 0.1 g
- Monounsaturated fat: < 0.1 g
- Polyunsaturated fat: < 0.1 g
Calories Similar to Cardamom
Some other spices or herbs with similar calories to cardamom by weight:- Tumeric: same
- Sage: same
- Tea Powder: same
- Cayenne Pepper: same
Protein in Cardamom
A single teaspoon of Cardamom contains 0.2 grams of protein. Cardamom 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: 0.22 g
Protein Similar to Cardamom
Some other spices or herbs with similar amounts of protein to cardamom by weight:- Sage: same
- Black Pepper: same
- Tumeric: same
- Cayenne Pepper: same
Vitamins and Minerals in Cardamom
An good source of many nutrients, cardamom contains abundant amounts of calcium, iron and potassium. In fact, a single teaspoon of cardamom contains 2% of recommended daily values or 0.3 milligrams of iron. Also a single teaspoon of cardamom contains 7.7 milligrams of calcium.Vitamins in cardamom (1 tsp):
- Thiamin: < 0.1 mg
- Riboflavin: < 0.1 mg
- Niacin: < 0.1 mg
- Vitamin b6: < 0.1 mg
- Vitamin c: 0.4 mg
- Calcium: 7.7 mg
- Potassium: 22.4 mg
- Iron: 0.3 mg
- Magnesium: 4.6 mg
- Zinc: 0.1 mg
- Phosphorus: 3.6 mg
- Copper: < 0.1 mg
- Manganese: 0.6 mg
Similar to Cardamom for Iron
Here are some other spices or herbs with similarly abundant amounts of iron to cardamom:- Coriander Seeds: +0.05 MG
- Thyme: +0.07 MG
- Poppy Seeds: -0.08 MG
- Black Pepper: -0.09 MG
Cardamom Nutrition Chart
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