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🫘 Lentils: calories and nutrition
Per 1 cup cooked (198 g).
Nutrition facts
| Per 1 cup cooked | Per 100 g | |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 230 kcal | 116 kcal |
| Protein | 18 g | 9.1 g |
| Carbohydrate | 40 g | 20.2 g |
| of which sugars | 3.6 g | 1.8 g |
| Fat | 0.8 g | 0.4 g |
| of which saturates | 0.1 g | 0.1 g |
| Fibre | 16 g | 8.1 g |
| Sodium | 4 mg | 2 mg |
Where the calories come from
Protein 30% · Carbs 67% · Fat 3%
How it compares
Against the 72 foods on these pages, lentils is:
- higher in protein than 85% of the foods in our database
- higher in fibre than 99% of them
- more calorie-dense than 81% of them
Common questions
How many calories are in lentils?
1 cup cooked of lentils (198 g) contains about 230 calories.
Is lentils healthy?
On this page, lentils gets an A–E nutrient grade of A — excellent, a nutrient-dense choice you can eat freely. The grade blends calorie density, protein, fibre, sugar, saturated fat and sodium rather than looking at calories alone.
How much protein is in lentils?
About 18 g of protein per 1 cup cooked — roughly 36% of a 50 g daily target.
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