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🍙 Brown Rice: calories and nutrition
Per 1 cup cooked (195 g).
Nutrition facts
| Per 1 cup cooked | Per 100 g | |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 218 kcal | 112 kcal |
| Protein | 5 g | 2.6 g |
| Carbohydrate | 46 g | 23.6 g |
| of which sugars | 0.7 g | 0.4 g |
| Fat | 1.6 g | 0.8 g |
| of which saturates | 0.3 g | 0.2 g |
| Fibre | 3.5 g | 1.8 g |
| Sodium | 2 mg | 1 mg |
Where the calories come from
Protein 9% · Carbs 84% · Fat 7%
How it compares
Against the 72 foods on these pages, brown rice is:
- higher in fibre than 82% of them
Common questions
How many calories are in brown rice?
1 cup cooked of brown rice (195 g) contains about 218 calories.
Is brown rice healthy?
On this page, brown rice gets an A–E nutrient grade of B — good, a solid everyday choice. The grade blends calorie density, protein, fibre, sugar, saturated fat and sodium rather than looking at calories alone.
How much protein is in brown rice?
About 5 g of protein per 1 cup cooked — roughly 10% of a 50 g daily target.
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