John Myers
The nutritional values of coffee are of interest to anyone who wants to eat a balanced and healthy diet. We will show you which ones it contains and in what quantity.
Overview of the nutritional values of coffee
Coffee is the lowest in calories when drunk black. This can be pure filter coffee from the coffee machine or a café crème from the fully automatic machine or the portafilter. The popular hot drink contains almost no vitamins, but numerous minerals, trace elements and amino acids. Here is a selection of ingredients that are particularly well represented and their average amount per 100 milliliters of black coffee:
- Calories: 2 kcal (equivalent to 9 kilojoules)
- Bread units: 0.0 BE
- Calcium : 2 milligrams
- Chloride: 1 milligram
- Iron: 0.2 milligrams
- Protein: 0.2 grams
- Fat: 0.1 grams
- Glutamic acid: 68 milligrams
- Potassium: 66 milligrams
- Caffeine: 55 milligrams
- Carbohydrates : 0.3 grams
- Magnesium: 6 milligrams
- Phosphorus: 2 milligrams
- Salt: 2.5 milligrams
- Vitamins B2 and E: 0.01 grams each
These nutritional values are found in popular coffee specialties
On average, every German drank around 168 liters of coffee in 2020. That was an increase of 1.5 percent compared to the previous year. A little milk or sugar is often added to the hot drink . But specially prepared coffee specialties are also very popular. However, the additional ingredients result in additional calories and nutritional values:
- Sugar : A teaspoon of sugar adds around 20 extra calories to the coffee.
- Milk : If you mix your cup of coffee with 30 milliliters of whole milk, the calorie content increases by 20 kcal. On the other hand, these coffee drinkers also benefit from the healthy ingredients in milk such as vitamins B2 and B12, the minerals calcium, chloride, potassium and phosphorus and a high protein content.
- Café au lait : This specialty is half coffee and half milk. A 200 milliliter cup has 66 calories.
- Iced coffee : This refreshment is a popular drink, especially in summer. Vanilla ice cream and whipped cream add around 270 calories to an 8-ounce glass.
- Cappuccino : This drink consists of one third espresso and two thirds creamy milk froth. It is most often served in a large bulbous cup. The calorie content is around 64 kcal for 200 milliliters.
- Latte macchiato : espresso and milk are the ingredients of this drink, which is popular mainly because of its beautiful three layers of milk, espresso and milk foam. A glass of 200 milliliters has around 130 calories.
- Caramel macchiato : It also gets higher in calories when sauces or syrups are added. For example, the caramel macchiato from a large American coffee shop chain has a calorie content of 125 kcal in the smallest size (350 milliliters) thanks to whole milk, vanilla and caramel syrup.
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