Jessica Vargas
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Nutrients of coffee at a glance
If you drink a cup of black filter coffee, it only has between four and five kilocalories. In detail, 100 milliliters of coffee contain the following nutritional values:
- Calories: 2 kilocalories or 9 kilojoules
- Protein: 0.1 grams
- Carbohydrates: 0.3 grams
- Fat: 0.1 grams
- Vitamin E: 0.01 milligrams
- Vitamin B1: 0.01 milligrams
- Vitamin B2: 0.08 milligrams
- Salt: 0.0051 grams
- Magnesium: 3 milligrams
- Chlorine: 1 milligram
- Sulfur: 1 milligram
- Potassium: 49 milligrams
- Calcium: 2 milligrams
- Phosphorus: 3 milligrams
- Caffeine: 55 milligrams
Things to know about coffee consumption
Coffee consists largely of water. However, you should not drink the hot drink like water, as the caffeine affects people.
- A cup of coffee has a beneficial effect for most people: concentration increases and sometimes coffee can even relieve headaches.
- However, large amounts of caffeine also have some side effects. Insomnia, restlessness and gastrointestinal complaints can occur with excessive consumption.
- The European Food Safety Authority therefore recommends a maximum of 200 milligrams of caffeine per single dose and 400 milligrams per day.
