Nutrition for Chocolate Syrup

Calories, Protein, Vitamins and More


Chocolate Syrup Nutrition Summary

One tablespoon of chocolate syrup (19.5 grams) contains 54 calories and 0.4 grams of protein. Chocolate syrup consist of 31% water, 65% carbohydrates, 2% protein, and 1% fat.

Chocolate syrup is an excellent source of a few nutrients, including carbohydrates and potassium. It also contains significant amounts of magnesium, phosphorus and copper.

In one tablespoon of chocolate syrup:

  • Calories: 54
  • Protein: 0.4 g
  • Sugar: 9.7 g
  • Dietary fiber: 0.5 g
  • Fat: 0.2 g, (Saturated: 0.1 g)
  • Sodium: 14 mg
There is no significant amounts of cholesterol in chocolate syrup.

See the Chocolate Syrup Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Beverages, chocolate syrup.

Calories in Chocolate Syrup

Chocolate syrup has 54 calories per tablespoon or 277 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from carbohydrates.

94% of calories in chocolate syrup are from carbohydrates, 3% of calories are from fat and 3% of calories are from protein.

Calories from Carbs

The majority, or 94% of the calories in chocolate syrup are from carbohydrates. The carbs in chocolate syrup are mostly in the form of dietary fiber and sugar (5% and 95%). An excellent high-fiber food, a single tablespoon of chocolate syrup contains 2% of recommended daily values or 0.5 grams of dietary fiber.

  • Dietary fiber: 0.5 g
  • Sugar: 9.7 g
There is no significant amounts of starch in chocolate syrup.

Calories from Fat

A small portion, or 3% the calories in Chocolate Syrup are from fat. Chocolate syrup is low in total fat, with 0.2 grams per tablespoon. Most of the fat in chocolate syrup are healthier unsaturated fats.

Chocolate syrup is cholesterol free and trans-fat free.

  • Total fat: 0.2 g
  • Saturated fat: 0.1 g
  • Monounsaturated fat: 0.1 g
There is no significant amounts of cholesterol, trans fat or polyunsaturated fat in chocolate syrup.

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Protein in Chocolate Syrup

A single tablespoon of Chocolate Syrup contains 0.4 grams of protein. Chocolate syrup 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: 0.41 g
There is no significant amounts of tryptophan, threonine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, valine or histidine in chocolate syrup.

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Vitamins and Minerals in Chocolate Syrup

An good source of nutrients, chocolate syrup contains abundant amounts of potassium. In fact, a single tablespoon of chocolate syrup contains 2% of recommended daily values or 43.7 milligrams of potassium.

Vitamins in chocolate syrup (1 tbsp):
  • Riboflavin: < 0.1 mg
  • Niacin: 0.1 mg
  • Vitamin c: < 0.1 mg
  • Folate: 0.4 ug
  • Vitamin k: 0.1 ug
Minerals in chocolate syrup (1 tbsp):
  • Calcium: 2.7 mg
  • Potassium: 43.7 mg
  • Iron: 0.4 mg
  • Magnesium: 12.7 mg
  • Zinc: 0.1 mg
  • Selenium: 0.3 ug
  • Phosphorus: 25.2 mg
  • Copper: 0.1 mg
  • Manganese: 0.1 mg
  • Choline: 0.3 mg
There is no significant amounts of vitamin a, thiamin, pantothenic acid, vitamin b6, vitamin e or vitamin b12 in chocolate syrup.

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Chocolate Syrup Nutrition Chart

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Nutrition calculations are from Harvard Medical's nutrient guidelines [1] and USDA's food central database (2019) [2].
We calculated values from 2000 kCal daily recommended diet.

Chocolate Syrup in Cooking

Chocolate syrup is in the top 25% most popular ingredients for recipes. Most recipes call for one or two tablespoons of chocolate syrup.

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