Nutrition for Kefir

Calories, Protein, Vitamins and More


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Kefir Nutrition Summary

One cup of kefir (243 grams or 0.5 lb) contains 104 calories and 9.2 grams of protein. Kefir consist of 90% water, 5% carbohydrates, 4% protein, and 1% fat.

Kefir is an excellent source of many nutrients, including protein, Vitamin A, Vitamin D, calcium and potassium. It also contains significant amounts of riboflavin, Vitamin B12, phosphorus, selenium and zinc.

In one cup of kefir:

  • Calories: 104
  • Protein: 9.2 g
  • Sugar: 11.2 g
  • Fat: 2.5 g, (Saturated: 1.6 g)
  • Cholesterol: 12.2 mg
  • Sodium: 97.2 mg
There is no significant amounts of dietary fiber in kefir.

See the Kefir Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Kefir, lowfat, plain, LIFEWAY.

Calories in Kefir

Kefir has 104 calories per cup or 43 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from carbohydrates, protein and fat.

44% of calories in kefir are from carbohydrates, 35% of calories are from protein and 21% of calories are from fat.

Calories from Carbs

A good portion, or 44% of the calories in kefir are from carbohydrates. The carbs in kefir are mostly in the form of sugar (100%).

  • Sugar: 11.2 g
There is no significant amounts of dietary fiber or starch in kefir.

Calories from Fat

About 21% the calories in Kefir are from fat. Kefir is low in total fat, with 2.5 grams or 4% of recommended daily values per cup. Most of the fat in kefir are saturated.

Kefir contains 0.08991 grams of trans fat and12.2 mg of cholesterol.

  • Total fat: 2.5 g
  • Cholesterol: 12.2 mg
  • Trans fat: 0.1 g
  • Saturated fat: 1.6 g
  • Monounsaturated fat: 0.8 g
  • Polyunsaturated fat: 0.1 g

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Protein in Kefir

An excellent source of protein, a single cup of Kefir contains 18% of recommended daily values or 9.2 grams of protein. However, the protein in kefir is not complete, meaning it does not contain all 9 essential amino acids. Specifically, kefir is low in tryptophan, threonine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, valine and histidine.

  • Protein: 9.21 g
There is no significant amounts of tryptophan, threonine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, valine or histidine in kefir.

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Vitamins and Minerals in Kefir

An good source of many nutrients, kefir contains abundant amounts of Vitamin A, calcium and potassium. In fact, a single cup of kefir contains 59% of recommended daily values or 415.5 ug of Vitamin A.

Vitamins in kefir (1 cup):
  • Vitamin a: 415.5 ug
  • Thiamin: 0.1 mg
  • Riboflavin: 0.3 mg
  • Niacin: 0.4 mg
  • Vitamin b6: 0.1 mg
  • Vitamin c: 0.5 mg
  • Folate: 31.6 ug
  • Vitamin b12: 0.7 ug
  • Vitamin k: 0.2 ug
Minerals in kefir (1 cup):
  • Calcium: 315.9 mg
  • Potassium: 398.5 mg
  • Iron: 0.1 mg
  • Magnesium: 29.2 mg
  • Zinc: 1.1 mg
  • Selenium: 8.7 ug
  • Phosphorus: 255.2 mg
  • Choline: 36.9 mg
There is no significant amounts of copper, manganese, pantothenic acid or vitamin e in kefir.

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Kefir Nutrition Chart

Kefir:

( cup - 243g )

calories
104KCAL 5%
carbohydrates
12G 5%
sugar 11G
total fat
2.5G 4%
saturated fat
1.6G 9%
monounsaturated fat 0.75G
polyunsaturated fat 0.13G
trans fat 0.09G
protein
9.2G 18%
cholesterol 12MG
sodium
97MG 7%
Vitamin A
416UG 59%
Vitamin C
0.49MG 1%
Vitamin D
100IU 20%
calcium
316MG 32%
iron
0.1MG 1%
magnesium
29MG 9%
potassium
399MG 17%
thiamin (Vitamin B1)
0.07MG 7%
riboflavin (Vitamin B2)
0.33MG 30%
niacin (Vitamin B3)
0.36MG 3%
Vitamin B6
0.14MG 11%
pantothenic acid (Vitamin B5)
0.94MG 19%
folate (Vitamin B9)
32UG 8%
Vitamin B12
0.7UG 29%
Vitamin K
0.24UG 0%
Vitamin E
0.05MG 0%
phosphorus
255MG 36%
selenium
8.7UG 16%
copper
0.02MG 2%
manganese
0.01MG 1%
choline
37MG 9%
zinc
1.1MG 14%
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.


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