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Butter Calories and nutrition facts · Butter, milk fat

103 kcal per tbsp (14.2 g)

Carbs: 0.11 g
Fibre: 0 g
Sugars: 0.11 g
Protein: 0.17 g
Fat: 11.5 g

Where the calories come from

Protein 1% Carbs 0% Fat 99%

Butter has 103 kcal per tbsp (14.2 g), with 0.11 g carbs, 0 g fibre, 0.17 g protein and 11.5 g fat. 100 g has 727 kcal.

Share of your daily needs in one tbsp

Vitamin A (RAE) 15%

How much is too much

About 42 g of butter a day uses up the EU daily limit for saturated fatty acids, 22.2 g for a healthy adult. That's 3 × tbsp (14.2 g).

Diet tags

Non alcoholic Egg free Gluten free Lacto-ovo vegetarian Lacto vegetarian No added salt Soy free

Last updated November 6, 2026 · Where the data comes from

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Nutrients in butter

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Amount

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Energy and macros

Energy 727 kcal (3,042 kJ)

36% of daily
Carbohydrates, net 0.80g

0% of daily
Protein 1.19g

2% of daily
Fat 81g

121% of daily
Water 15g

1% of daily
Alcohol 0g

Vitamins

Vitamin A (RAE) 706µg

109% of daily
Vitamin A (Retinol) 668µg
Vitamin D 0.33µg

2% of daily
Vitamin E 1.51mg

14% of daily
Vitamin K 18µg

26% of daily
Vitamin B1 0mg

0% of daily
Vitamin B2 0.03mg

2% of daily
Vitamin B3 (Niacin) equivalents 0.10mg

1% of daily
Vitamin B6 0mg

0% of daily
Vitamin B9 (Folate) 3µg

1% of daily
Vitamin B12 0µg

0% of daily
Vitamin C 0mg

0% of daily

Minerals

Salt 0mg

0% of max
Calcium 24mg

3% of daily
Chromium 6µg

24% of daily
Copper 0.01mg

1% of daily
Fluoride 0mg
Iodine 4µg

3% of daily
Iron 0.18mg

1% of daily
Magnesium 2.60mg

1% of daily
Manganese 0.01mg

0% of daily
Molybdenum 0mg

0% of daily
Phosphorus 34mg

6% of daily
Potassium 18mg

1% of daily
Selenium 0.50µg

1% of daily
Sodium 0mg

0% of max
Zinc 0.08mg

1% of daily

Carbohydrates

Starch 0g
Sugars 0.80g

2% of max
Added Sugars 0g

0% of max
Sucrose 0g
Maltose 0g
Fructose 0g
Galactose 0g
Glucose 0g
Fibre, total 0g

0% of daily
Polyols 0g

Fats

Amino acids

Histidine 0.03g

3% of daily
Isoleucine 0.07g

5% of daily
Leucine 0.12g

4% of daily
Lysine 0.09g

4% of daily
Methionine 0.03g

2% of daily
Cysteine no data
Phenylalanine 0.06g

2% of daily
Tyrosine 0.06g

5% of daily
Tryptophan 0.02g

5% of daily
Threonine 0.05g

4% of daily
Valine 0.08g

5% of daily
Alanine 0.04g
Arginine 0.04g
Asparagine no data
Aspartic acid 0.09g
Cystine 0.01g

2% of daily
Glutamic acid 0.25g
Glutamine no data
Glycine 0.03g
Proline 0.11g
Serine 0.06g
Hydroxyproline no data
Taurine no data

Amino acid data is mapped from the USDA database, for information only.

Butter in other food databases

The same food in national food composition databases, next to ours. Per 100 g.

Per 100 g	Nutriely	BLS	Fineli	USDA
Energy (kcal)	727	734	727	717
Protein (g)	1.19	0.59	1.19	0.85
Fat (g)	81	83	81	81
Carbohydrates (g)	0.8	0.6	0.8	0.06
Sugars (g)	0.8	0.6	0.8	0.06
Fibre (g)	0	0	0	0
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Iron
Calcium
Magnesium
Zinc
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BLS: “Sweet cream butter” · Fineli: “Butter, unsalted” · USDA: “Butter, without salt”. Databases measure different samples, so some spread is normal. Nutriely's values are what the app uses. Sources and licences.

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