Nutrition for Sour Cream
Calories, Protein, Vitamins and More
Sour Cream Nutrition Summary
One cup of sour cream (192 grams or 0.4 lb) contains 380 calories and 4.7 grams of protein. Sour cream consist of 73% water, 5% carbohydrates, 2% protein, and 19% fat.Sour cream is an excellent source of many nutrients, including Vitamin A, calcium and potassium. It also contains significant amounts of riboflavin, phosphorus and selenium.
In one cup of sour cream:
- Calories: 380
- Protein: 4.7 g
- Sugar: 6.5 g
- Fat: 37.2 g, (Saturated: 19.5 g)
- Cholesterol: 113.3 mg
- Sodium: 59.5 mg
See the Sour Cream Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Cream, sour, cultured.
Calories in Sour Cream
Sour cream has 380 calories per cup or 198 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from fat.86% of calories in sour cream are from fat, 9% of calories are from carbohydrates and 5% of calories are from protein.
Calories from Carbs
A small portion, or 9% the calories in sour cream are from carbohydrates.
The carbs in sour cream are mostly in the form of sugar (100%).
- Sugar: 6.5 g
Calories from Fat
The majority, or 86% of the calories in Sour Cream are from fat. Sour cream is high in total fat, with 37.2 grams or 58% of recommended daily values per cup. Most of the fat in sour cream are saturated and it contains a high amount of saturated fat, about 110% of recommended daily values.
Sour cream contains 1.52832 grams of trans fat and113.3 mg of cholesterol.
Sour cream contains 1.52832 grams of trans fat and113.3 mg of cholesterol.
- Total fat: 37.2 g
- Cholesterol: 113.3 mg
- Trans fat: 1.5 g
- Saturated fat: 19.5 g
- Monounsaturated fat: 8.8 g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1.5 g
Omega-3 and Omega-6 in Sour Cream
Sour cream is a source of healthy omega-3 fatty acids, containing a total of 0.14 grams for every cup. It contains significant amounts of alpha linoleic acid.
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- alpha linoleic acid: 0.14 g
Also a good source of omega-6 fatty acids, every cup of sour cream contains a total of 1.2 grams of omega-6. In addition, a large portion of the omega-6 in sour cream comes from linolenic acid - the only essential omega-6 fatty acid.
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- linoleic acid: 1.24 g
Calories Similar to Sour Cream
Some other dairy or egg products with similar calories to sour cream by weight:- Vanilla Ice Cream: +17 calories
- Ricotta Cheese: -92 calories
- Egg: -106 calories
- Whipping Cream: +113 calories
Protein in Sour Cream
A great source of protein, a single cup of Sour Cream contains 9% of recommended daily values or 4.7 grams of protein. In addition, sour cream contains significant amounts of all 9 essential amino acids.- Protein: 4.68 g
- Tryptophan: 0.08 g
- Threonine: 0.27 g
- Isoleucine: 0.31 g
- Leucine: 0.62 g
- Lysine: 0.53 g
- Methionine: 0.15 g
- Phenylalanine: 0.3 g
- Valine: 0.37 g
- Histidine: 0.18 g
Protein Similar to Sour Cream
Some other dairy or egg products with similar amounts of protein to sour cream by weight:- Heavy Cream: +0.8 grams
- Half and Half: +1.3 grams
- Whole Milk: +1.4 grams
- Whipping Cream: +1.5 grams
Vitamins and Minerals in Sour Cream
An good source of many nutrients, sour cream contains abundant amounts of Vitamin A, calcium and potassium. In fact, a single cup of sour cream contains 34% of recommended daily values or 238.1 ug of Vitamin A.Vitamins in sour cream (1 cup):
- Vitamin a: 238.1 ug
- Riboflavin: 0.3 mg
- Niacin: 0.2 mg
- Vitamin b6: 0.1 mg
- Vitamin c: 1.7 mg
- Vitamin e: 0.7 mg
- Folate: 11.5 ug
- Vitamin b12: 0.4 ug
- Vitamin k: 2.9 ug
- Calcium: 193.9 mg
- Potassium: 240 mg
- Iron: 0.1 mg
- Magnesium: 19.2 mg
- Zinc: 0.6 mg
- Selenium: 7.1 ug
- Phosphorus: 145.9 mg
- Choline: 36.9 mg
Similar to Sour Cream for Vitamin A
Here are some other dairy or egg products with similarly abundant amounts of Vitamin A to sour cream:- Feta Cheese: +1.9 UG
- Ricotta Cheese: -7.7 UG
- Vanilla Ice Cream: -12 UG
- Boiled Egg: +48 UG
Flavonoids and Carotenoids in Sour Cream [3]
Sour cream contains a couple of healthy phytonutrients and antioxidants, specifically carotenoid beta-carotene. In one cup of sour cream:
- beta-carotene: 48 ug
Sour Cream Nutrition Chart
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