Sugar (granulated) Calories and Macros — Nutrition Facts per 1 tsp (4g)

A serving of sugar (granulated) — 1 tsp (4g) — comes to 15 calories, with 0g of protein, 4g of carbs, and 0g of fat. Below is the complete USDA-sourced breakdown, plus how those numbers play with typical calorie and macro targets.

Sugar (granulated) nutrition facts

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000-calorie diet. Source: USDA FoodData Central.

About 16 calories a teaspoon. The calories hide in how many spoons go into coffee, tea, and baking rather than any single serving.

How does sugar (granulated) fit your goals?

Sugar (granulated) is a carb-dominant food, with 4g of carbohydrate per 1 tsp (4g). That makes it a useful pre- or post-training fuel source, especially for endurance work or higher-volume strength sessions. If you're tracking for fat loss, the lever isn't avoiding carbs — it's portioning them around the parts of your day where the energy is actually used.

Diet-wise, sugar (granulated) fits keto and low-carb eating patterns.

How sugar (granulated) compares to other condiments & sauces

Tracking sugar (granulated) in Bento Bunny

Logging foods like sugar (granulated) manually means digging through a database, picking the right entry, and adjusting the serving size — multiple taps per meal. With Bento Bunny's AI photo tracking, you snap one picture and the macros land in your daily total automatically. For sugar (granulated) specifically, the model recognises typical portion sizes well, so the numbers above will land within a few percent of what you'd get from manual weighing.

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