Nutrition for Carrots

Carrots Nutrition Summary

One carrot (72 grams or 2.54 oz) contains 30 calories and 0.7 grams of protein. Carrots consists of 88% water, 10% carbohydrates, and less than 1% of protein or fat.

Carrots are an excellent source of many nutrients, including dietary fiber, Vitamin A and potassium. It also contains significant amounts of calcium.

In one carrot:

• Calories: 30
• Protein: 0.7 g
• Sugar: 3.4 g
• Dietary fiber: 2 g
• Fat: 0.2 g
• Sodium: 49.7 mg

There is no significant amounts of saturated fat or cholesterol in carrots.

See the Carrots Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Carrots, raw.

Calories in Carrots

Carrots have 30 calories per carrot or 42 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from carbohydrates.

86% of calories in carrots are from carbohydrates, 9% of calories are from protein and 6% of calories are from fat.

Calories from Carbs

Calories from Fat

Omega-6 in Carrots

Calories Similar to Carrots

Some other vegetables with similar calories to carrots by weight:

• Squash: -1 calories
• Carrot Juice: -1 calories
• Chili Pepper: -1 calories
• Onion: -1 calories

Protein in Carrots

A single carrot contains 0.7 grams of protein. Although carrots are relatively low in protein, it does contain all 9 essential amino acids at small amounts.

• Protein: 0.67 g
• Threonine: 0.14 g
• Isoleucine: 0.06 g
• Leucine: 0.07 g
• Lysine: 0.07 g
• Phenylalanine: 0.04 g
• Valine: 0.05 g
• Histidine: 0.03 g

There is no significant amounts of tryptophan or methionine in carrots.

Protein Similar to Carrots

Some other vegetables with similar amounts of protein to carrots by weight:

• Carrot Juice: same
• Jalapeno: same
• Squash: same
• Iceberg Lettuce: same

Vitamins and Minerals in Carrots

An good source of nutrients, carrots contain abundant amounts of Vitamin A and potassium. In fact, a single carrot contains 86% of recommended daily values or 601.2 ug of Vitamin A.

Vitamins in carrots (1 large):

• Vitamin a: 601.2 ug
• Thiamin: < 0.1 mg
• Riboflavin: < 0.1 mg
• Niacin: 0.7 mg
• Vitamin b6: 0.1 mg
• Vitamin c: 4.2 mg
• Vitamin e: 0.5 mg
• Folate: 13.7 ug
• Vitamin k: 9.5 ug

Minerals in carrots (1 large):

• Calcium: 23.8 mg
• Potassium: 230.4 mg
• Iron: 0.2 mg
• Magnesium: 8.6 mg
• Zinc: 0.2 mg
• Selenium: 0.1 ug
• Phosphorus: 25.2 mg
• Manganese: 0.1 mg
• Choline: 6.3 mg

There is no significant amounts of copper, pantothenic acid or vitamin b12 in carrots.

Similar to Carrots for Vitamin A

Here are some other vegetables with similarly abundant amounts of Vitamin A to carrots:

• Pumpkin Puree: -41 UG
• Carrot Juice: +87 UG
• Sweet Potatoes: -91 UG
• Squash: -199 UG

Flavonoids and Carotenoids in Carrots ^[3]

Carrots Nutrition Chart

Carrots in Cooking

Carrots are in the top 25 most popular ingredients for recipes. Carrots can be consumed raw and is often chopped, peeled or sliced before cooking or serving. Most recipes call for one or two carrots.

Friends and Relatives of Carrots

Foods commonly cooked with carrots:

• Barley
• Lentils

Other similar relatives:

• Baby Carrots
• Leeks