How Many Calories in a Monster?
235 calories sit in the standard 500 ml can of Monster Original — 47 kcal per 100 ml. Ask how many calories in a Monster, though, and the real question is which can: the fruit flavours land between 220 and 240, while an Ultra runs on about 8.
You'd need to walk about 47 minutes to burn the 235 calories in a 500 ml can of Monster Original.
How long does it take to burn off a Monster?
A 500 ml can of Monster Original is 235 kcal. Enter your weight and the amount you ate to see how long it takes you to burn that off:
lb ml
| Activity | Time to burn 235 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 47 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 29 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 34 min |
| Jogging | 28 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 52 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 (500 ml); change it to what you actually drank. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Monster quick facts
- The 500 ml can
- Flavours and Ultra
- Sugar: 14 cubes a can
- How does Monster compare?
- Most popular Monster flavours
- FAQ
Monster quick facts
Figures are from the manufacturer's label for Monster Energy Original (the green can).
| Nutrient | Can (500 ml) | Per 100 ml | RI%* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy | 235 kcal / 983 kJ | 47 kcal / 197 kJ | 12% |
| Protein | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| Carbohydrates | 57.5 g | 11.5 g | 22% |
| – of which sugars | 55 g | 11 g | 61% |
| Fat | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| Fibre | – | – | – |
| Salt | 0.25 g | 0.05 g | 4% |
*RI% = one can's share of an adult's daily reference intake, based on 2,000 kcal.
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 row that matters is sugars: one can spends 61% of a whole day's reference intake. The calories are entirely carbohydrate — no fat, no protein — which makes Monster nutritionally closer to a melted dessert than to a drink that happens to contain caffeine.
The 500 ml can
- Monster Original, 500 ml can: 235 kcal.
- Monster Ultra, 500 ml can: about 8 kcal — the sweetener-based line barely registers.
- Per 100 ml (Original): 47 kcal, if you're splitting a can or drinking an odd size.
The stealth factor is the can itself. At 500 ml it holds half as much again as a standard 330 ml soft-drink can, so "one can" of Monster means roughly a can and a half of cola's worth of liquid. People compare cans one-to-one; the cans aren't one-to-one.
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Flavours and Ultra
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The sugared flavours cluster tightly, 44-48 kcal per 100 ml:
- The Doctor: 44 kcal per 100 ml — about 220 a can.
- Pacific Punch: 46 per 100 ml — about 230 a can.
- Original: 47 per 100 ml — 235 a can.
- Mango Loco: 48 per 100 ml — about 240 a can.
Picking a "lighter" sugared flavour saves 15 kcal at best. The only switch that changes anything is to the Ultra/Zero line at 1-3 kcal per 100 ml — single digits for a whole can. That's not a marketing rounding trick; sweeteners genuinely carry almost no energy, so the 227-kcal gap between Original and Ultra is real.
Sugar: 14 cubes a can
A green can carries 55 g of sugar — roughly 14 cubes. The NHS advises adults to stay under 30 g of free sugars a day, so one Monster spends nearly two days' allowance before breakfast, lunch or anything else gets a look in. The World Health Organization's healthy diet guidance draws the same line on free sugars globally.
There's caffeine in the can too, which is its own subject. But the calories and the sugar are the measurable bill, and water, tea and lower-sugar drinks are the comparison the NHS keeps pointing back to. If the Monster habit is daily and the goal is weight, the Ultra swap alone deletes almost 1,600 kcal a week.
How does Monster compare?
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| Drink | Per serving |
|---|---|
| Monster Ultra (500 ml can) | ~8 kcal |
| Latte (mug) | 68 kcal |
| Cappuccino (cup) | 68 kcal |
| Red Bull (250 ml can) | 80 kcal |
| Coke (330 ml can) | 139 kcal |
| Monster Original (500 ml can) | 235 kcal |
The verdict: for an energy lift at the smallest calorie cost, a latte or cappuccino at 68 kcal beats every sugared can here — and a cup of tea does the caffeine job for 13. Monster Original tops this table mostly because its can is the biggest: per 100 ml it's 47 kcal against Red Bull's 32 and coke's 42, so it loses on both size and density, just not by the margin the can totals suggest.
Most popular Monster flavours 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. Every full-sugar flavour lands within a few calories; the Ultra line is a different product.
| Product | Calories (per 100 ml) |
|---|---|
| Monster Mango Loco | 48 kcal |
| Monster Pacific Punch | 46 kcal |
| Monster The Doctor | 44 kcal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels.
Monster FAQ
How many calories in a 500 ml can of Monster?
235 kcal for Monster Original, from the label's 47 kcal per 100 ml. All of it is carbohydrate — 55 g of sugar and no fat or protein — plus a modest 0.25 g of salt. The fruit flavours sit within about 15 kcal of the same figure.
How many calories in Monster Ultra?
About 8 kcal per 500 ml can. The Ultra and Zero lines run 1-3 kcal per 100 ml because they're sweetened instead of sugared, and sweeteners contribute almost no energy. The 227-kcal gap to an Original is the biggest single saving on the energy-drinks shelf.
How much sugar is in a Monster?
55 g per 500 ml can of Original — roughly 14 sugar cubes, and nearly twice the 30 g of free sugars the NHS advises adults to stay under for an entire day. The Ultra line replaces the sugar with sweeteners and drops to effectively zero.
Is Monster bad for you?
One can delivers 235 kcal and almost two days' free-sugar allowance, alongside a substantial caffeine dose — that's the factual load. As an occasional drink it's a big treat; as a daily habit the sugar alone outpaces NHS guidance. The Ultra line removes the sugar issue but not the caffeine.
Monster or Red Bull — which has more calories?
Monster, on both counts. A 500 ml Original is 235 kcal against a 250 ml Red Bull's 80, and Monster is denser too: 47 kcal per 100 ml versus Red Bull's 32. Drink a Red Bull can and you've had about a third of a Monster's calories.
How many calories in Mango Loco?
48 kcal per 100 ml — about 240 per 500 ml can, making it the heaviest of the mainstream flavours by a whisker. Pacific Punch runs 46 per 100 ml (~230 a can) and The Doctor 44 (~220). The differences between sugared flavours are pocket change.
How many calories in Monster per 100 ml?
47 kcal per 100 ml for Original, with the sugared flavours spanning 44-48 and Ultra/Zero at 1-3. Per 100 ml, Original is denser than cola (42) — and the can is half as big again, which is why the per-can totals diverge so sharply.
Is Monster Zero really zero calories?
Close enough to count as zero: 1-3 kcal per 100 ml, so mid-single digits for a full can. UK labelling lets drinks that low describe themselves as zero, and the rounding hides nothing meaningful. Sugar-wise there's genuinely none to speak of.
Similar foods
- Semi skimmed milk — 46 kcal per 100 ml
- Can of Coke — 139 kcal a 330 ml can
- Whole milk — 126 kcal a glass
- Protein shake — ~215 kcal per RTD bottle
- Cappuccino — 68 kcal per regular cup
- Latte — 68 kcal a mug at home
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