Nutrition for Tumeric (ground)

Tumeric Nutrition Summary

One teaspoon of ground tumeric (3 grams or 0.11 oz) contains 9 calories and 0.3 grams of protein. Tumeric consist of 13% water, 67% carbohydrates, 10% protein, and 3% fat.

Tumeric is an excellent source of many nutrients, including dietary fiber, calcium, iron and potassium. It also contains significant amounts of magnesium, copper, manganese, phosphorus and zinc.

In one teaspoon of ground tumeric:

• Calories: 9
• Protein: 0.3 g
• Sugar: 0.1 g
• Dietary fiber: 0.7 g
• Fat: 0.1 g, (Saturated: 0.1 g)
• Sodium: 0.8 mg

There is no significant amounts of cholesterol in tumeric.

See the Tumeric Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Spices, turmeric, ground.

Calories in Tumeric

Tumeric has 9 calories per teaspoon or 300 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from carbohydrates and protein.

79% of calories in tumeric are from carbohydrates, 12% of calories are from protein and 9% of calories are from fat.

Calories from Carbs

Calories from Fat

Omega-6 in Tumeric

Calories Similar to Tumeric

Some other spices or herbs with similar calories to tumeric by weight:

• Cardamom: same
• Tea Powder: same
• Sage: same
• Cayenne Pepper: same

Protein in Tumeric

A single teaspoon of Tumeric contains 0.3 grams of protein. Although tumeric is relatively low in protein, it does contain all 9 essential amino acids at small amounts.

• Protein: 0.29 g
• Tryptophan: 0.01 g
• Threonine: 0.01 g
• Isoleucine: 0.01 g
• Leucine: 0.02 g
• Lysine: 0.01 g
• Methionine: < 0.1 g
• Phenylalanine: 0.02 g
• Valine: 0.02 g
• Histidine: < 0.1 g

Protein Similar to Tumeric

Some other spices or herbs with similar amounts of protein to tumeric by weight:

• Oregano: same
• Ginger: same
• Black Pepper: same
• Sage: same

Vitamins and Minerals in Tumeric

An good source of many nutrients, ground tumeric contains abundant amounts of calcium, iron and potassium. In fact, a single teaspoon of tumeric contains 9% of recommended daily values or 1.7 milligrams of iron. Also a single teaspoon of tumeric contains 5 milligrams of calcium.

Vitamins in tumeric (1 tsp):

• Thiamin: < 0.1 mg
• Riboflavin: < 0.1 mg
• Niacin: < 0.1 mg
• Vitamin b6: < 0.1 mg
• Vitamin c: < 0.1 mg
• Vitamin e: 0.1 mg
• Folate: 0.6 ug
• Vitamin k: 0.4 ug

Minerals in tumeric (1 tsp):

• Calcium: 5 mg
• Potassium: 62.4 mg
• Iron: 1.7 mg
• Magnesium: 6.2 mg
• Zinc: 0.1 mg
• Selenium: 0.2 ug
• Phosphorus: 9 mg
• Copper: < 0.1 mg
• Manganese: 0.6 mg
• Choline: 1.5 mg

There is no significant amounts of vitamin a, pantothenic acid or vitamin b12 in tumeric.

Similar to Tumeric for Iron

Here are some other spices or herbs with similarly abundant amounts of iron to tumeric:

• Cumin: +0.34 MG
• Oregano: -0.55 MG
• Sage: -0.81 MG
• Marjoram: +0.83 MG

Tumeric Nutrition Chart

Tumeric in Cooking

Most recipes call for one or two teaspoons of tumeric.