Calories per serving
| Serving | Kcal | P | F | C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teaspoon, 10 g | 32 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 7.9 |
| Tablespoon, 20 g | 64 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 15.8 |
| 100 g | 320 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 79.0 |
| 250 g jar | 800 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 197.5 |
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| Version | Serving |
|---|---|
| Honey | 32 kcal |
| Crystallized honey | 32 kcal |
| Sugar, for comparison | 40 kcal |
How many calories are in a spoon of honey
Honey is mostly sugars, fructose and glucose, plus a little water: about 320 kcal per 100 g, 79 g of carbs and under a gram of protein. A slightly heaped teaspoon holds about 10 g of honey, that is 32 kcal, a tablespoon about 20 g and 64 kcal. Honey clings to the spoon, so the real portion is often bigger: a generous teaspoon becomes 15 g and 48 kcal.
Honey or sugar
Honey is lighter than sugar by weight: 320 kcal against 399, because it is 17-20% water. But it is also sweeter, so on the plate the difference nearly disappears. A teaspoon of honey is 32 kcal, a heaped teaspoon of sugar about 28-30. Honey is not a healthy sugar: the body handles it like ordinary sugar, and its vitamins and minerals are too few to matter.
Honey in tea, porridge and baking
Two teaspoons of honey in tea are 64 kcal, and three such cups a day add up to almost 200 kcal. Oatmeal usually gets one teaspoon, which is 32 kcal on top of 141 kcal of porridge. Varieties like buckwheat, linden or wildflower honey barely differ in calories, within 10-15 kcal per 100 g. Crystallized honey does not become more caloric.
Honey for weight loss
Honey can be eaten on a diet the same way as sugar: in small amounts and counted. One or two teaspoons a day are 32-64 kcal and easy to fit into a deficit. The trouble is that honey is often seen as healthy and not counted at all, in tea, yogurt and baking. It helps to measure honey with the same spoon every time and keep the jar away from your desk.
How to count your serving
Count by spoons, 32 kcal per teaspoon and 64 per tablespoon, or put the jar on the scale and see how many grams went. If the honey is in porridge, yogurt or baking, take a photo in MyFoodMate AI and the app counts everything together.