How Many Calories Are in a Pineapple?
Sweet enough to pass for pudding, it barely dents the day: fresh pineapple is 45 calories per 100 g, so an 80 g serving of chunks costs 36 kcal. As for how many calories are in a pineapple whole, roughly 405 across 900 g of flesh. The traps wear different labels, and they are called syrup and dried.
You'd need to walk about 9 minutes to burn the 45 calories in 100 g of fresh flesh.
How long does it take to burn off a pineapple?
100 g of fresh flesh is 45 kcal. Enter your weight and the amount you ate to see how long it takes you to burn that off:
lb
| Activity | Time to burn 45 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 9 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 6 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 6 min |
| Jogging | 5 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 10 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 (100 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Quick facts
- Rings, chunks and the whole fruit
- Canned, dried and juiced
- Does pineapple burn fat?
- How does pineapple compare?
- Most popular pineapple brands
- FAQ
Quick facts
Figures are for fresh pineapple flesh, raw.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | RI% |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 45 kcal / 188 kJ | 2% |
| Protein | 0.5 g | 1% |
| Carbohydrates | 11.4 g | 4% |
| Fat | 0.1 g | <1% |
| Fibre | 1.2 g | – |
| Sugar | 11.4 g | 13% |
| Salt | trace | 0% |
RI = reference intake for an average adult (2,000 kcal a day).
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 →
Rings, chunks and the whole fruit
| Portion | kcal |
|---|---|
| 80 g fresh chunks | 36 |
| 1 thick ring (~80 g) | 36 |
| Whole pineapple (~900 g flesh) | ~405 |
The 80 g portion is the one that counts once towards your NHS 5 A Day, and at 36 kcal it is cheap for something this sweet. A thick ring off the fruit is the same 36; two rings after dinner still come in under a plain biscuit habit.
Even the extreme case behaves. Demolish an entire pineapple, all 900 g of flesh, and the bill is about 405 kcal: a full evening of eating for less than many single desserts. Fresh fruit is simply hard to overdo, which is precisely what stops being true once it is dried or syruped.
Canned, dried and juiced
| Pineapple | kcal |
|---|---|
| Fresh, raw | 45 per 100 g |
| Canned in juice | 47 per 100 g |
| Canned in syrup | 64 per 100 g |
| Juice, unsweetened | 41 per 100 ml (62 per 150 ml glass) |
| Dried | 303 per 100 g |
The canned aisle splits in two. Canned in juice is measured at 47 kcal per 100 g in CoFID, the UK's food composition dataset, which makes it fresh pineapple in a tin; drain it and eat it without a second thought. Canned in syrup is 64, over 40% more, for the same fruit sitting in sugar water.
Dried is the real transformation: 303 kcal per 100 g and a bracing 75.7 g of sugar, because removing the water concentrates everything nearly sevenfold. A handful of dried pineapple outscores a whole plate of fresh.
Juice sits in between. At 41 kcal per 100 ml, a small 150 ml glass is 62 kcal, but juicing frees the fruit's sugars, which then count towards the NHS free-sugar limit in a way whole pineapple does not. NHS advice caps juice at one 150 ml glass a day for 5 A Day purposes, however many you drink.
Does pineapple burn fat?
No food burns fat, pineapple included; the claim circulates because the fruit contains bromelain, an enzyme, and enzymes sound like they should do something. There is no evidence eating pineapple removes calories from anything else you ate.
What the fruit actually offers is arithmetic, not magic: at 45 kcal per 100 g it is easy to fit into any sensible eating pattern, which is the boring, true version of the claim. For weight questions the NHS healthy weight guidance is the place to start, not an enzyme.
How does pineapple compare?
Chunk for chunk, pineapple is the lightest of the sweet fruits here, undercutting mango by a quarter and grapes by nearly a third at the same 80 g weight.
The verdict: for grazing from a bowl, pineapple chunks are the best value on the table; grapes disappear fastest for the most calories. The banana's extra 45 kcal buy portability and a more filling snack, which is a different job.
Most popular pineapple 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. The slices are canned in syrup — juice-canned fruit sits at 47 kcal per 100 g.
| Product | Calories (per 100 g/ml) |
|---|---|
| Del Monte Sliced Pineapple | 63 kcal |
| Dole 100% Pineapple Juice | 54 kcal |
| Del Monte Pineapple Juice | 46 kcal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels.
FAQ
How many calories in 100g of pineapple?
45 kcal for fresh raw flesh, with 11.4 g of natural sugar and 1.2 g of fibre. Canned in juice is nearly identical at 47 kcal per 100 g, while canned in syrup rises to 64. The UK CoFID dataset measures all three, so the figures are directly comparable.
How many calories in pineapple chunks?
36 kcal for an 80 g serving of fresh chunks, the amount that counts once towards your NHS 5 A Day. A thick ring weighs about the same and costs the same 36. Supermarket pots vary in size, so weigh once to calibrate your eye; per 100 g the answer is always 45.
How many calories in pineapple juice?
41 kcal per 100 ml unsweetened, so a small 150 ml glass is 62 kcal. Juicing releases the fruit's sugars as free sugars, the kind the NHS asks you to limit, and only one 150 ml glass a day counts towards your 5 A Day, no matter how much you pour.
How many calories in canned pineapple?
47 kcal per 100 g canned in juice, practically the fresh figure, and 64 kcal per 100 g canned in syrup. The fruit is the same; the syrup adds over 40%. Buy in juice, drain well, and tinned pineapple is one of the cheapest fruit habits in the trolley.
How much sugar is in pineapple?
11.4 g per 100 g fresh, which is about 9 g in an 80 g portion, and all of it the intact-fruit kind rather than free sugar. Dried pineapple is another matter at 75.7 g of sugar per 100 g. Sweetness is not the warning sign here; processing is.
Is pineapple good for weight loss?
It fits easily: 36 kcal for an 80 g portion and 45 per 100 g means even generous bowls stay cheap, useful if you are replacing higher-calorie desserts. No fruit burns fat, though, and the dried version at 303 kcal per 100 g undoes the advantage fast. Fresh or canned in juice are the versions that help.
Is pineapple good for you?
It is a fruit at 45 kcal per 100 g with 1.2 g of fibre, and an 80 g portion ticks one of your NHS 5 A Day. Nutritionally it earns its place the way most fruit does: sweetness at a low calorie price, with fibre the juice version loses.
How many calories in dried pineapple?
303 kcal per 100 g, nearly seven times the fresh figure, with 75.7 g of sugar. Drying removes the water and leaves everything else concentrated, and portion sizes shrink to match: a small bag disappears in minutes. Treat it as confectionery that used to be fruit.
How many calories in a whole pineapple?
About 405 kcal for the roughly 900 g of flesh a typical fruit yields. Shared as dessert for four, that is 101 kcal each. It is one of the better party tricks in calorie counting: an entire pineapple costs less than many single slices of cake.
Similar foods
- Clementine — 45 kcal per 100 g
- Kiwi — 26 kcal per fruit
- Pear — 66 kcal per medium fruit
- Nectarine — 60 kcal per fruit
- Plum — 23 kcal per plum
- Blueberries — 32 kcal per 80 g handful
Fruit salad without the spreadsheet
Point the camera at the bowl and BodyPal logs the pineapple, fresh, tinned or juiced, in one go.
