Calories in Butter

Butter is considered by many people to be one of the unhealthy fats or oils, but all oils good and bad will make you gain weight.  Butter is often found as an ingredient for snacks and cookies and pasteries because it tastes so good. It is best to try and avoid butter although a little bit is not going to kill you and may even be good for you particularly if you have not eaten enouth fats and oils.  

To summarize:
1 pat of butter has 36 calories (0.25 calorie cash™)
1 stick of butter has 810 calories (8.00 calorie cash™)
1 tablespoon of butter has 102calories (1.00 in calorie cash™)
1 cup of butter has 1628 calories (16.25 in calorie cash™)  

For many people this (1 cups worth) is a whole days worth of calories!

Calories in Butter without salt
			cup	tbsp	pat	stick
		100.0g	227g	14.2g	5g	113g
Water	g	17.94	40.72	2.55	0.9	20.27
Energy	kcal	717	1628	102	36	810
Protein	g	0.85	1.93	0.12	0.04	0.96
Total lipid (fat)	g	81.11	184.12	11.52	4.06	91.65
Carbohydrate, by difference	g	0.06	0.14	0.01	0	0.07
Fiber, total dietary	g	0	0	0	0	0
Sugars, total	g	0.06	0.14	0.01	0	0.07
Minerals
Calcium, Ca	mg	24	54	3	1	27
Iron, Fe	mg	0.02	0.05	0	0	0.02
Magnesium, Mg	mg	2	5	0	0	2
Phosphorus, P	mg	24	54	3	1	27
Potassium, K	mg	24	54	3	1	27
Sodium, Na	mg	11	25	2	1	12
Zinc, Zn	mg	0.09	0.2	0.01	0	0.1
Vitamins
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid	mg	0	0	0	0	0
Thiamin	mg	0.005	0.011	0.001	0	0.006
Riboflavin	mg	0.034	0.077	0.005	0.002	0.038
Niacin	mg	0.042	0.095	0.006	0.002	0.047
Vitamin B-6	mg	0.003	0.007	0	0	0.003
Folate, DFE	mcg_DFE	3	7	0	0	3
Vitamin B-12	µg	0.17	0.39	0.02	0.01	0.19
Vitamin A, RAE	mcg_RAE	684	1553	97	34	773
Vitamin A, IU	IU	2499	5673	355	125	2824
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol)	mg	2.32	5.27	0.33	0.12	2.62
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)	µg	1.5	3.4	0.2	0.1	1.7
Vitamin D	IU	60	136	9	3	68
Vitamin K (phylloquinone)	µg	7	15.9	1	0.4	7.9
Lipids
Fatty acids, total saturated	g	51.368	116.605	7.294	2.568	58.046
Fatty acids, total monounsaturated	g	21.021	47.718	2.985	1.051	23.754
Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated	g	3.043	6.908	0.432	0.152	3.439
Cholesterol	mg	215	488	31	11	243
Other
Caffeine	mg	0	0	0	0	0

You might have noticed that butter has slightly fewer calories than the same amount of oil. This is because there is a small amount of water in butter.

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