Butter stick calories come to 840 for one 113 g stick of salted butter and 743 per 100 g. The calorie split is 100 percent fat, with 0 from protein and 0 from carbs. So the only lever you have is portion size: a tablespoon is 104 calories and a pat is 52.
840kcal
1 stick · 113 g, salted, stick
0%protein
1 gProtein
0 gCarbs
93 gFat
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Nutrition facts
Salted, stick · per 113 g
Calories
840 kcal
Protein
1 g
Carbohydrate
0.1 g
Fat
93 g
Saturated fat
52 g
Cholesterol
266 mg
Sodium
592 mg
Potassium
26 mg
Iron
0.1 mg
Source: USDA FoodData Central
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Butter stick: calories, protein and sodium by serving
Percent of daily value uses the FDA reference of 2,000 kcal a day.
Serving
kcal
Protein
Carbs
Fat
Sodium
% DV kcal
1 stick (113 g)
840
1 g
0.1 g
92.9 g
592 mg
42%
1 tablespoon (14 g)
104
0.1 g
0 g
11.5 g
73 mg
5%
1 pat (7 g)
52
0.1 g
0 g
5.8 g
37 mg
3%
100 g
743
0.9 g
0.1 g
82.2 g
524 mg
37%
3 × 1 stick (113 g)
2,519
2.9 g
1,776 mg
5 × 1 stick (113 g)
4,198
4.8 g
2,961 mg
A tablespoon is 104 calories, a whole stick is 840
A standard stick weighs 113 g and carries 840 calories. That is 42 percent of the daily calorie value used on this page, packed into something you can hold in one hand. Nobody eats a stick in one sitting, but plenty of recipes use one, and that is where the number matters.
At the table the units shrink. A tablespoon of 14 g gives 104 calories, about 5 percent of the daily value. A pat of 7 g gives 52 calories, about 3 percent. The catch is that butter spread freely on toast or melted over vegetables usually lands closer to a tablespoon than a pat, which doubles the count without looking like much.
Baking is where totals climb fast. A recipe with 2 sticks puts 1,679 calories into the bowl. Three sticks reach 2,519, and 5 sticks hit 4,198. Those calories spread across every cookie or slice, so the honest way to count them is to divide by the number of pieces you actually cut, not the number the recipe promises.
Every calorie in butter comes from fat
Per 100 g, butter has 82.2 g of fat, 0.9 g of protein, 0.1 g of carbs and 0.6 g of sugars. Fiber is 0. That is why the calorie split reads 100 percent fat. Protein and carbs exist on the label, but they are too small to register in the calories.
Scale that to real servings and the picture stays the same. A stick holds 92.9 g of fat and just 1 g of protein, 2 percent of the protein daily value. A tablespoon holds 11.5 g of fat; a pat holds 5.8 g. Butter adds flavor and richness, not protein or volume, so it will not make a meal more filling on its own.
Saturated fat makes up a large share of that fat: 45.6 g per 100 g, against a daily value of 20 g. That is the number to keep in mind if you track saturated fat, because even modest servings add up across a day of cooking.
Salted sticks bring sodium and cholesterol along
These numbers are for salted butter, at 524 mg of sodium per 100 g. One stick carries 592 mg, which is 26 percent of the 2300 mg daily value. A tablespoon has 73 mg, about 3 percent, and a pat has 37 mg, about 2 percent. Small amounts are minor; baking quantities are not.
Look at the multiples. Two sticks bring 1,184 mg of sodium, 3 sticks bring 1,776 mg, and 5 sticks reach 2,961 mg, more than the full daily value. Spread over a batch of cookies that matters less, but it explains why some bakers prefer unsalted butter and add salt themselves.
Cholesterol is the other notable row: 235 mg per 100 g, against a daily value of 300 mg. If you watch sodium, unsalted sticks such as Kerrygold Unsalted Pure Irish Butter Sticks appear in the brand table below, alongside salted options like Land O'Lakes and Kerrygold.
Butter works best as a measured finish
Butter earns its place by taste, so use it where taste shows. A pat melted over steamed vegetables, a baked potato or a piece of fish delivers the flavor for 52 calories. The same pat lost in a pan of onions does far less work for the same number.
Measure instead of eyeballing. Stick wrappers are marked in tablespoons, which makes it easy to cut exactly what a recipe needs. For toast, a thin layer of softened butter covers more surface than a cold chunk, so you use less for the same effect.
Because butter brings fat and almost nothing else, pair it with foods that carry protein and fiber: eggs, beans, whole grains, vegetables. That way the meal fills you up and the butter is the finishing touch rather than the bulk of the calories. If you want to track it without weighing, BodyPal can log butter from a photo of your plate.
How does butter stick compare?
Here is a butter stick next to a spread, a cream and a buttery snack, compared per 100 g and per usual serving.
Verdict: If you want fewer calories per spoonful, coffee cream wins at 29 per tbsp and 195 per 100 g, while I Can't Believe It's Not Butter trims butter's 743 per 100 g to 533 but carries more sodium, 615 mg against 524 mg. Butter popcorn at 518 per 100 g is a snack, not a swap, so for cooking and spreading stick with real butter and just use less of it.
Most popular butter stick brands in the United States
Ranked by popularity in the BodyPal database
# Productkcal / 100 g
1Kerrygold Pure Irish Butter Sticks1 Tbsp · 14 g714 kcal
Brand labels round the tablespoon to 100 calories, so their per 100 g figure of 714 reads a little lower than the 743 above. Source: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Butter stick FAQs
How many calories are in a stick of butter?
A full stick weighs 113 g and has 840 calories. One tablespoon cut from it is 104 calories and a thin pat is 52.
Is butter good for weight loss?
Butter is dense: a tablespoon is 104 calories with 11.5 g of fat, and a whole stick is 840 calories. A 7 g pat on toast adds 52 calories.
Butter vs I Can't Believe It's Not Butter: which has fewer calories?
Butter has 743 calories per 100 g against 533 for I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, so a tablespoon is 104 calories versus about 75.
How much fat is in a stick of butter?
Butter is 82.2 g fat per 100 g, so a 113 g stick has 92.9 g of fat and a tablespoon 11.5 g. Saturated fat is 45.6 g per 100 g.
How many calories are in a tablespoon of butter?
A tablespoon of salted stick butter, 14 g, has 104 calories. It holds 11.5 g of fat and 73 mg of sodium, about 5 percent of daily calories and 3 percent of daily sodium.
How many calories are in a pat of butter?
A pat of butter, 7 g, has 52 calories and 5.8 g of fat. It also brings 37 mg of sodium, about 2 percent of the daily value, which makes it the lightest common way to use butter.
How much sodium is in a stick of salted butter?
One stick of salted butter has 592 mg of sodium, 26 percent of the 2300 mg daily value. Per 100 g that works out to 524 mg. Unsalted sticks are the option if you watch sodium.
How many calories are in 2 sticks of butter?
Two sticks of butter, 226 g, contain 1,679 calories and 1,184 mg of sodium. That is a common amount in cookie and cake recipes, so divide the total by the pieces you cut.
How much saturated fat is in butter?
Butter has 45.6 g of saturated fat per 100 g, well above the 20 g daily value. Total fat is 82.2 g per 100 g, so saturated fat makes up a large share of it.
