Nutrition for Honey

Honey Nutrition Summary

One tablespoon of honey (21.2 grams or 0.75 oz) contains 64 calories and 0.1 grams of protein. Honey consist of 17% water, 82% carbohydrates, and less than 1% of total fat or protein.

Honey is an excellent source of a few nutrients, including carbohydrates.

In one tablespoon of honey:

• Calories: 64
• Protein: 0.1 g
• Sugar: 17.4 g
• Sodium: 0.8 mg

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

See the Honey Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Honey.

Calories in Honey

Honey has 64 calories per tablespoon or 302 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from carbohydrates.

99% of calories in honey are from carbohydrates.

Calories from Carbs

Calories from Fat

Calories Similar to Honey

Some other fruits or fruit juices with similar calories to honey by weight:

• Raisins: -2 calories
• Dates: -6 calories
• Goji Berry: +10 calories
• Avocado: -29 calories

Protein in Honey

A single tablespoon of Honey contains 0.1 grams of protein. Honey 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: 0.06 g

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

Protein Similar to Honey

Some other fruits or fruit juices with similar amounts of protein to honey by weight:

• Apple: same
• Lemon juice: same
• Pears: same
• Pineapple Juice: same

Vitamins and Minerals in Honey

Honey is not known for its vitamin and minerals, but still contain trace amounts of a few nutrients.

Vitamins in honey (1 tbsp):

• Niacin: < 0.1 mg
• Vitamin c: 0.1 mg
• Folate: 0.4 ug

Minerals in honey (1 tbsp):

• Calcium: 1.3 mg
• Potassium: 11 mg
• Iron: 0.1 mg
• Magnesium: 0.4 mg
• Zinc: < 0.1 mg
• Selenium: 0.2 ug
• Phosphorus: 0.8 mg
• Manganese: < 0.1 mg
• Choline: 0.5 mg

There is no significant amounts of copper, vitamin a, thiamin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, vitamin b6, vitamin e, vitamin b12 or vitamin k in honey.

Honey Nutrition Chart

Honey in Cooking

Honey is in the top 25 most popular ingredients for recipes. Honey can be consumed raw. Most recipes call for one or two tablespoons of honey.

Friends and Relatives of Honey

Foods commonly cooked with honey:

• Maple Syrup
• Brown Sugar
• Raw Pork
• Molasses
• Agave Syrup
• White Sugar