Nutrition for Heavy Cream

Heavy Cream Nutrition Summary

One cup of heavy cream (120 grams or 0.3 lb) contains 408 calories and 3.4 grams of protein. Heavy cream consist of 58% water, 3% carbohydrates, 3% protein, and 36% fat.

Heavy cream is an excellent source of many nutrients, including Vitamin A, Vitamin D and calcium. It also contains significant amounts of riboflavin.

In one cup of heavy cream:

• Calories: 408
• Protein: 3.4 g
• Sugar: 3.5 g
• Fat: 43.3 g, (Saturated: 27.6 g)
• Cholesterol: 135.6 mg
• Sodium: 32.4 mg

There is no significant amounts of dietary fiber in heavy cream.

See the Heavy Cream Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Cream, fluid, heavy whipping.

Calories in Heavy Cream

Heavy cream has 408 calories per cup or 340 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from fat.

94% of calories in heavy cream are from fat, 3% of calories are from carbohydrates and 3% of calories are from protein.

Calories from Carbs

Calories from Fat

Omega-3 and Omega-6 in Heavy Cream

Calories Similar to Heavy Cream

Some other dairy or egg products with similar calories to heavy cream by weight:

• Cream Cheese: +12 calories
• Blue Cheese: +16 calories
• Egg Yolk: -22 calories
• Condensed Milk: -23 calories

Protein in Heavy Cream

One cup of Heavy Cream has 3.4 grams of protein or about 7% of daily recommended intake. Although heavy cream is relatively low in protein, it does contain all 9 essential amino acids at small amounts.

• Protein: 3.41 g
• Tryptophan: 0.08 g
• Threonine: 0.15 g
• Isoleucine: 0.18 g
• Leucine: 0.28 g
• Lysine: 0.15 g
• Methionine: 0.08 g
• Phenylalanine: 0.16 g
• Valine: 0.2 g
• Histidine: 0.08 g

Protein Similar to Heavy Cream

Some other dairy or egg products with similar amounts of protein to heavy cream by weight:

• Half and Half: +0.3 grams
• Whole Milk: +0.4 grams
• Whipping Cream: +0.4 grams
• Buttermilk: +0.4 grams

Vitamins and Minerals in Heavy Cream

An good source of nutrients, heavy cream contains abundant amounts of Vitamin A and calcium. In fact, a single cup of heavy cream contains 70% of recommended daily values or 493.2 ug of Vitamin A.

Vitamins in heavy cream (1 cup):

• Vitamin a: 493.2 ug
• Riboflavin: 0.2 mg
• Niacin: 0.1 mg
• Vitamin c: 0.7 mg
• Vitamin e: 1.1 mg
• Folate: 4.8 ug
• Vitamin b12: 0.2 ug
• Vitamin k: 3.8 ug

Minerals in heavy cream (1 cup):

• Calcium: 79.2 mg
• Potassium: 114 mg
• Iron: 0.1 mg
• Magnesium: 8.4 mg
• Zinc: 0.3 mg
• Selenium: 3.6 ug
• Phosphorus: 69.6 mg
• Choline: 20.2 mg

There is no significant amounts of copper, manganese, thiamin, pantothenic acid or vitamin b6 in heavy cream.

Similar to Heavy Cream for Vitamin A

Here are some other dairy or egg products with similarly abundant amounts of Vitamin A to heavy cream:

• Goat Cheese: -4.8 UG
• Egg Yolk: -36 UG
• Cheddar Cheese: -89 UG
• Cream Cheese: -124 UG

Flavonoids and Carotenoids in Heavy Cream ^[3]

Heavy Cream Nutrition Chart

Heavy Cream in Cooking

Heavy cream is in the top 25 most popular ingredients for recipes. Most recipes call for one or two cups of heavy cream.

Friends and Relatives of Heavy Cream

Other similar relatives:

• Whipping Cream
• Whole Milk
• Egg Yolk