Chestnut Calories and nutrition facts · Nuts, seeds and dried fruits
- Carbs
- 4.4 g
- Fibre
- 0.82 g
- Sugars
- 0.84 g
- Protein
- 0.41 g
- Fat
- 0.26 g
Where the calories come from
Chestnut has 23 kcal per 1 nut (12 g), with 4.4 g carbs, 0.82 g fibre, 0.41 g protein and 0.26 g fat. 100 g has 195 kcal.
Share of your daily needs in one 1 nut
How much is too much
About 357 g of chestnut a day reaches the EU safe upper level for copper: 5 mg, the most an adult can have every day without risk of harm. That's 29.8 × 1 nut (12 g).
Diet tags
Last updated November 10, 2026 · Where the data comes from
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How it compares with other nuts, seeds and dried fruits
Per 100 g, against the 51 nuts, seeds and dried fruits in our catalog.
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Calories 195 kcal · typical 354 kcal
Fewer calories than 96% of nuts, seeds and dried fruits.
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Fibre 6.8 g · typical 9.7 g
Less fibre than 75% of nuts, seeds and dried fruits.
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Potassium 650 mg · typical 670 mg
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Protein 3.4 g · typical 8.2 g
Less protein than 80% of nuts, seeds and dried fruits.
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Selenium 0 µg · typical 6.8 µg
Less selenium than 98% of nuts, seeds and dried fruits.
The bar shows this food; the line marks the typical (median) value of the category.
Nutrients in chestnut
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% of the daily value for a healthy adult. Your own needs depend on age, sex and activity.
Energy and macros
Vitamins
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Vitamin A (RAE) 1.49µg0% of daily
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Vitamin D 0µg0% of daily
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Vitamin E 0.50mg5% of daily
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Vitamin K no data
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Vitamin B1 0.26mg31% of daily
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Vitamin B2 0.22mg14% of daily
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7% of daily
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Vitamin B6 0.33mg21% of daily
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Vitamin B9 (Folate) 62µg19% of daily
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Vitamin B12 0µg0% of daily
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Vitamin C 30mg32% of daily
Minerals
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Salt 1.53mg0% of max
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Calcium 140mg15% of daily
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Chromium 14µg56% of daily
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Copper 1.40mg108% of daily
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Fluoride 0.10mg
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Iodine 5µg3% of daily
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Iron 3.60mg23% of daily
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Magnesium 33mg11% of daily
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Manganese 7mg241% of daily
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Molybdenum 0.01mg15% of daily
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Phosphorus 310mg56% of daily
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Potassium 650mg19% of daily
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Selenium 0µg0% of daily
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Sodium 0.60mg0% of max
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Zinc 2mg22% of daily
Carbohydrates
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Starch 30g
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Sugars 7g14% of max
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Added Sugars 0g0% of max
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Sucrose 7g
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Maltose 0g
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Fructose 0.20g
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Galactose no data
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Glucose 0.30g
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Fibre, total 7g27% of daily
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Polyols no data
Fats
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Omega-3 0.05g
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Alpha-linolenic acid 53mg
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EPA fatty acid no data
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DHA fatty acid no data
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Omega-6 0.44g
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Linoleic acid 440mg
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Arachidonic acid no data
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Oleic acid 413mg
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Saturated fatty acids 0.30g1% of max
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Palmitic acid 212mg
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Stearic acid 0.01g
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Cholesterol 0mg
Amino acids
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Histidine 0.09g10% of daily
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Isoleucine 0.13g10% of daily
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Leucine 0.20g7% of daily
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Lysine 0.20g7% of daily
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Methionine 0.08g6% of daily
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Cysteine no data
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Phenylalanine 0.14g6% of daily
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Tyrosine 0.09g8% of daily
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Tryptophan 0.04g11% of daily
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Threonine 0.12g9% of daily
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Valine 0.19g11% of daily
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Alanine 0.23g
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Arginine 0.24g
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Asparagine no data
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Aspartic acid 0.58g
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Cystine 0.11g15% of daily
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Glutamic acid 0.44g
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Glutamine no data
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Glycine 0.17g
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Proline 0.18g
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Serine 0.17g
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Hydroxyproline no data
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Taurine no data
Amino acid data is mapped from the USDA database, for information only.
Chestnut in other food databases
The same food in national food composition databases, next to ours. Per 100 g.
| Per 100 g | Nutriely | BLS | Ciqual | Fineli | Swiss | USDA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy (kcal) | 195 | 212 | 190 | 195 | 191 | 196 |
| Protein (g) | 3.38 | 2.93 | 2.02 | 3.38 | 2.9* (from Souci-Fachmann-Kraut) | 1.63 |
| Fat (g) | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.76 | 2.2 | 1.9* (from Souci-Fachmann-Kraut) | 1.25 |
| Carbohydrates (g) | 37 | 41 | 37 | 37 | 37* (from Ciqual) | 44 |
| Sugars (g) | 7 | 14 | 7.92 | 7 | 7.9* (from Ciqual) | – |
| Fibre (g) | 6.8 | 8.37 | 8.1 | 6.8 | 7.5* (from Ciqual) | – |
Compare every nutrient across databases
Switch between Nutriely, BLS, Ciqual, Fineli, Swiss and USDA for all the vitamins, minerals and amino acids of chestnut in the Nutriely app.
BLS: “Sweet chestnut” · Ciqual: “Chestnut, raw” · Fineli: “Chestnut” · Swiss: “Chestnut, raw” · USDA: “Nuts, chestnuts, european, raw, peeled”. Databases measure different samples, so some spread is normal. Nutriely's values are what the app uses. * Value taken from another database (Ciqual, Souci-Fachmann-Kraut), not measured separately. Sources and licences.
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Where the data comes from
- Fineli (Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare)
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA FoodData Central)
How we combine and check nutrition data: Nutriely data sources.
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