Calories in a Carrot: 27 kcal [5 Minutes of Walking]

Q: How many calories are in carrots?

Raw carrots have 34 kcal per 100 g, so a medium carrot (~80 g) is 27 kcal and a 100 g snack pot of batons is 34 kcal. Boiled in unsalted water they drop slightly to 29 kcal per 100 g. Either way, one carrot costs about 1% of a 2000 kcal day.

Q: How many calories are in 100g of carrots?

100 g of raw carrot provides 34 kcal (142 kJ), with 0.5 g protein, 7.7 g carbohydrate, 0.4 g fat, 3.9 g fibre, 7.2 g sugar and 0.068 g salt. The same weight boiled is 29 kcal. The standout figure is the fibre — higher per gram than most fresh produce.

Q: How many calories are in raw carrots?

Raw carrots are 34 kcal per 100 g — 27 kcal for a typical medium carrot. Raw also keeps the most fibre, at 3.9 g per 100 g versus 2.8 g once boiled. If you're snacking on batons, a full 100 g pot is 34 kcal before any dip.

Q: How many calories are in 1 cup of carrots?

With carrots at 34 kcal per 100 g, cup measures aren't worth the guesswork — a cup is a US volume unit, and grated, sliced or whole carrots pack completely differently. Weigh instead: one medium carrot is 27 kcal, and an 80 g boiled serving is 23 kcal.

Q: Are carrots good for dogs?

Plain carrot — 27 kcal for a whole medium one — is generally considered a safe, low-calorie chew for dogs, raw or cooked without seasoning. Cut it to a size that suits your dog to avoid choking, and treat it as an occasional extra. Ask your vet about your own dog's diet.

Q: Is a carrot a fruit or vegetable?

A vegetable, on every definition that matters — the 34-kcal-per-100 g carrot is a taproot, not a seed-bearing fruit, so botany and the kitchen agree for once. An 80 g serving counts as one of your NHS 5-a-day, raw or boiled.

Q: Is carrot juice good for you?

Whole raw carrots carry 3.9 g of fibre per 100 g; juicing strips most of that out and concentrates the sugars. NHS guidance also caps juice at one 5-a-day portion daily, however much you drink. If you're tracking calories or fullness, the whole 27 kcal carrot beats its juice.

Q: Is a carrot a fruit?

No — a carrot is the root of the plant, so the 27-kcal medium carrot is a vegetable both botanically and in the shop. The confusion mostly stems from its sweetness: at 7.2 g sugar per 100 g it's sweeter than many salad vegetables, but sweetness doesn't make a fruit.

Raw or boiled, the answer barely moves: calories in a carrot come to 27 kcal for a medium raw carrot (~80 g), from 34 kcal per 100 g, while boiling drops the flesh to 29 kcal per 100 g — a boiled 80 g serving is 23 kcal. What carrots really sell is fibre: 3.9 g per 100 g raw.

You'd need to walk about 5 minutes to burn the 27 calories in a medium carrot (~80 g).

How long does it take to burn off a carrot?

A medium carrot (~80 g) is 27 kcal. Enter your weight and the amount you ate to see how long it takes you to burn that off:

Your weight Amount

Activity	Time to burn 27 kcal
Walking, brisk	5 min
Cycling, moderate	3 min
Swimming, moderate	4 min
Jogging	3 min
Weight training, moderate	6 min

Times are for a 154 lb (11 st) adult at a steady pace; change the weight to see yours. The amount is set to the portion in the text (80 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.

Quick facts (per 100 g raw and per medium carrot)

Nutrient	Per 100 g	Per medium carrot (~80 g)	% RI (portion)
Energy	34 kcal / 142 kJ	27 kcal / 113 kJ	1%
Protein	0.5 g	0.4 g	1%
Carbohydrates	7.7 g	6.2 g	2%
Fat	0.4 g	0.3 g	<1%
Fibre	3.9 g	3.1 g	—
Sugar	7.2 g	5.8 g	6%
Salt	0.068 g	0.054 g	1%

Verified nutrition data

Numbers on this page come from CoFID, the UK government’s Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset, and from manufacturer labels where a branded product is named. Last verified August 2026. How we verify our data →

The 3.9 g of fibre is the number worth remembering — that's more per gram than most fruit and veg on our site, strawberries excepted. The 7.2 g of sugar is what makes carrots sweet, but it's intrinsic sugar in whole veg, not the free sugar the NHS asks you to cap. And the salt, at 0.068 g, is trivial against a 6 g daily limit.

For kilojoule trackers: 142 kJ per 100 g raw, 113 kJ for the medium carrot. UK labels print kJ first, so these are the figures you'll match against a bag of supermarket carrots.

Portion sizes in UK terms

Portion	Weight	Calories
Boiled serving	80 g	23 kcal
Medium raw carrot	~80 g	27 kcal
Carrot batons snack pot	~100 g	34 kcal

An 80 g serving — one medium carrot, or a few spoonfuls of boiled slices — is exactly one NHS 5-a-day portion. A 100 g snack pot of batons is 34 kcal, which makes it one of the cheapest desk snacks in calorie terms; the hummus you dip them in will typically cost more than the entire pot of carrots.

If you're weighing food, note which state you're weighing. Raw and boiled figures differ slightly per 100 g, and mixing them up is a small but repeatable logging error.

Grated carrot deserves a mention, because it sneaks into so many dishes: coleslaw, side salads, wraps. The carrot itself stays cheap at 34 kcal per 100 g raw — coleslaw's calories live in the mayonnaise, not the vegetable. The same logic applies to carrot cake, where the carrot is the least of your worries.

Raw vs boiled carrots

CoFID lists boiled carrots (in unsalted water) at 29 kcal per 100 g against 34 kcal raw, with 0.5 g protein, 6.0 g carbs, 0.5 g fat, 5.5 g sugar and 0.072 g salt. Fibre eases from 3.9 g to 2.8 g per 100 g. In portion terms the difference is four calories — 23 kcal boiled versus 27 kcal raw for 80 g — so cook them however you enjoy them most.

The honest caveat: these boiled figures assume unsalted water and nothing added afterwards. A knob of butter or a honey glaze rewrites the numbers far more than any cooking method does, so log the glaze, not just the carrot.

How does it compare?

Food (per 100 g)	Calories	Fibre
Carrot, raw (this page)	34 kcal	3.9 g
Broccoli	28 kcal	2.8 g
Cucumber	14 kcal	0.7 g
Tomato	14 kcal	1.0 g

Verdict: the carrot is the priciest vegetable in this line-up and still costs almost nothing — and it buys the most fibre of the four by a clear margin. Between a 34 kcal carrot and a 14 kcal cucumber, take the carrot; twenty calories has rarely bought so much.

All figures are from the UK Government's CoFID composition dataset, the reference behind the Eatwell Guide's advice to build meals around veg.

Seeing in the dark

The claim that carrots give you night vision is Second World War propaganda — a British cover story invented to hide radar from the Germans by crediting pilots' carrot intake. Carrots' orange pigment does matter in a normal diet, but no quantity of 27 kcal carrots grants headlights.

The myth survives because it flatters a genuinely good food. It doesn't need the help: a medium carrot delivers 3.1 g of fibre for 27 kcal, ranking among the best fibre-per-calorie deals in the supermarket.

One genuine oddity is worth knowing instead: eat truly enormous amounts of carrots for long enough and skin can take on an orange tint from the pigment. It's harmless, rare and reversible — and at 27 kcal a carrot, you'd struggle to do your calorie budget any damage on the way there.

Most popular carrot brands in the United Kingdom

Ranked by how widely each product appears among foods sold in the United Kingdom, from the BodyPal food database of over 3.3 million products. Calories are the figures printed on each label.

Product	Calories (per 100 g)
Carotella Baby Carrots	33 kcal

Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels.

FAQ

How many calories are in carrots?

Raw carrots have 34 kcal per 100 g, so a medium carrot (~80 g) is 27 kcal and a 100 g snack pot of batons is 34 kcal. Boiled in unsalted water they drop slightly to 29 kcal per 100 g. Either way, one carrot costs about 1% of a 2000 kcal day.

How many calories are in 100g of carrots?

100 g of raw carrot provides 34 kcal (142 kJ), with 0.5 g protein, 7.7 g carbohydrate, 0.4 g fat, 3.9 g fibre, 7.2 g sugar and 0.068 g salt. The same weight boiled is 29 kcal. The standout figure is the fibre — higher per gram than most fresh produce.

How many calories are in raw carrots?

Raw carrots are 34 kcal per 100 g — 27 kcal for a typical medium carrot. Raw also keeps the most fibre, at 3.9 g per 100 g versus 2.8 g once boiled. If you're snacking on batons, a full 100 g pot is 34 kcal before any dip.

How many calories are in 1 cup of carrots?

With carrots at 34 kcal per 100 g, cup measures aren't worth the guesswork — a cup is a US volume unit, and grated, sliced or whole carrots pack completely differently. Weigh instead: one medium carrot is 27 kcal, and an 80 g boiled serving is 23 kcal.

Are carrots good for dogs?

Plain carrot — 27 kcal for a whole medium one — is generally considered a safe, low-calorie chew for dogs, raw or cooked without seasoning. Cut it to a size that suits your dog to avoid choking, and treat it as an occasional extra. Ask your vet about your own dog's diet.

Is a carrot a fruit or vegetable?

A vegetable, on every definition that matters — the 34-kcal-per-100 g carrot is a taproot, not a seed-bearing fruit, so botany and the kitchen agree for once. An 80 g serving counts as one of your NHS 5-a-day, raw or boiled.

Is carrot juice good for you?