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Food calories · USDA data

Calories in cherries

97 calories

in 1 cup, without pits, 154 g

Protein
1.6 g
Carbs
24.7 g
Fat
0.3 g
Fiber
3.2 g
Weigh your own portion

Cherries have 97 calories. That is USDA's figure for 1 cup, without pits, which weighs 154 g. Per 100 g, cherries have 63 calories.

Almost all of its calories, 91%, come from carbohydrate. This portion has 3.2 g of fiber, 12% of the 28 g Daily Value.

It takes 159 g of cherries to reach 100 calories, about the same as 1 cup, without pits.

Calories by portion

PortionWeightCaloriesProteinCarbsFat
1 cup, without pits154 g971.6 g24.7 g0.3 g
1 cup, with pits, yields138 g871.5 g22.1 g0.3 g
1 cherry8.2 g50.1 g1.3 g0 g
1 serving (food label)140 g881.5 g22.4 g0.3 g
1 oz28.3 g180.3 g4.5 g0.1 g
100 g100 g631.1 g16 g0.2 g

Portion weights are USDA's own. Your cherries may weigh more or less; for an exact number, weigh it and enter the grams in the food calorie lookup.

Where the calories come from

  • Protein: 6% of calories (1.1 g per 100 g)
  • Carbohydrate: 91% (16 g per 100 g, of which 2.1 g fiber)
  • Fat: 3% (0.2 g per 100 g)

Shares use the general factors of 4 calories per gram of protein and carbohydrate and 9 per gram of fat, so they can differ a little from USDA's calorie figure. Daily Values are the FDA's adult Daily Values.

Compared with similar foods

Weight for weight, mango has the fewest calories of these four (60 per 100 g) and grapes the most (69).

Per 100 gCaloriesProteinCarbsFat
Cherries631.1 g16 g0.2 g
Kiwi611.1 g14.7 g0.5 g
Mango600.8 g15 g0.4 g
Grapes690.7 g18.1 g0.2 g

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Questions people ask

How many calories are in cherries?

Cherries have 97 calories. USDA weighs 1 cup, without pits at 154 g, and cherries has 63 calories per 100 g.

How much protein do cherries have?

1 cup, without pits (154 g) has 1.6 g of protein, 3% of the 50 g Daily Value. Per 100 g it is 1.1 g.

How many carbs do cherries have?

1 cup, without pits has 24.7 g of carbohydrate, including 3.2 g of fiber, and 0.3 g of fat.

Source: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy (2018). USDA entry: Cherries, sweet, raw (FDC ID 171719). Values are averages; a packaged food's label may differ.