Coffee cream calories come to 29 for one tablespoon (15 g) and 195 per 100 g of light table cream. Fat supplies 87% of those calories, so this is a fat source, not a protein one. The real variable is the pour: three tablespoons already reach 88.
29kcal
1 tablespoon · 15 g, fluid, light table cream
6%protein
0.4 gProtein
1 gCarbs
2.9 gFat
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Nutrition facts
Fluid, light table cream · per 15 g
Calories
29 kcal
Protein
0.4 g
Carbohydrate
0.5 g
Fat
2.9 g
Saturated fat
1.5 g
Cholesterol
9 mg
Sodium
11 mg
Potassium
20 mg
Iron
0 mg
Source: USDA FoodData Central
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Coffee cream: 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 tbsp (15 g)
29
0.4 g
0.5 g
2.9 g
11 mg
1%
1 fl oz (30 g)
59
0.9 g
1.1 g
5.7 g
22 mg
3%
1 cup (240 g)
468
7.1 g
8.8 g
45.8 g
173 mg
23%
100 g
195
3 g
3.7 g
19.1 g
72 mg
10%
3 × 1 tbsp (15 g)
88
1.3 g
32 mg
5 × 1 tbsp (15 g)
146
2.2 g
54 mg
A tablespoon is 29 calories, a heavy pour is 146
One measured tablespoon of coffee cream (15 g) adds 29 calories, about 1% of the daily value for energy. Two tablespoons equal 1 fl oz (30 g) and bring 59 calories. Three tablespoons come to 88, and five tablespoons (75 g) reach 146.
Few people actually measure. A free pour from the carton into a large mug often lands at two or three tablespoons, and every refill repeats the cost. That is how a habit that looks like 29 calories on paper quietly turns into 88 or more per cup, sometimes several cups a day.
A full cup (240 g) holds 468 calories, 23% of the daily value, plus 45.8 g of fat. Nobody drinks that in one sitting, but it shows how fast a carton moves into your totals over a week of coffees. If you want a fixed number you can trust, keep a tablespoon next to the coffee maker and use it for a few days. Once you know what your usual splash looks like, logging it gets easy.
Fat supplies 87% of the calories
Per 100 g, coffee cream carries 19.1 g of fat, 3.7 g of carbohydrate and 3 g of protein. Translated into energy, that is 87% fat, 7% carbs and 6% protein. Light cream is thinner than the heavy kinds, but it is still a fat product first and a dairy drink a distant second.
Protein barely registers. A tablespoon gives 0.4 g, about 1% of the daily value, and even a full fl oz delivers only 0.9 g. If you want a coffee that keeps you full until lunch, the cream is not doing that work.
All of the carbohydrate is listed as sugar: 3.7 g per 100 g, or 0.6 g in a tablespoon. That is the plain USDA row for fluid light cream. Flavored and sweetened products sit in a different category, and items such as Nestle Coffee-Mate Coffee Cream Original or Copper Cow Coffee Vietnamese Coffee Cream Sweetened Condensed Milk can read very differently from this row, so check their own labels.
Saturated fat is the row to watch
Of the 19.1 g of fat in 100 g of coffee cream, 10.2 g is saturated. Against a daily value of 20 g for saturated fat, that 100 g portion covers about half. More than half of the fat in the carton is saturated, so this is the line to read if you track it.
A single tablespoon contributes only a small slice. The issue is repetition. Five tablespoons spread across a morning add up to 75 g of cream, and at that point saturated fat becomes a meaningful share of the daily value rather than a rounding error.
The other rows are calm. Cholesterol is 59 mg per 100 g against a 300 mg daily value. Sodium is low at 11 mg per tablespoon, 0% of the daily value, and 72 mg per 100 g. Potassium sits at 136 mg per 100 g. If sodium is your concern, the cream in your cup barely moves that number.
Count the cream, then count the cups
The calories in a coffee with cream depend on everything that goes into the mug. This page covers the cream: 29 per tablespoon, 59 per fl oz. Sugar, syrups and flavored creamers are separate entries and belong in your log on their own lines.
If you drink two or three cups a day, the cream is the line that compounds. One measured tablespoon in each of three cups totals 88 calories, still under 100. A loose pour that adds up to five tablespoons over the morning is 146. Same coffee, same cream, very different day.
Switching to a heavier cream for extra richness costs more per spoon, while a smaller pour of light cream keeps the taste with fewer calories. Store options such as Giant Eagle Light Coffee Cream or C.F. Burger Creamery Coffee Cream work the same way: measure once, then log the habit. BodyPal can log your coffee from a photo, which helps on days you lose count of refills.
How does coffee cream compare?
Here is coffee cream next to whipped cream, heavy cream and heavy whipping cream, per 100 g and per usual serving.
Verdict: For your daily coffee, light coffee cream is the lean pick: 195 calories per 100 g against 340 for heavy cream or heavy whipping cream, which carry about 1.7 times the energy. Whipped cream lands in between at 257, but with 12.5 g of carbs it works better as an occasional topping than a daily pour.
Most popular coffee cream brands in the United States
Powdered and sweetened condensed products carry far less water than fluid cream, so their per 100 g numbers read much higher than the table cream above. Source: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Coffee cream FAQs
How many calories are in coffee cream?
One tablespoon (15 g) of coffee cream is 29 calories. A full cup (240 g) is 468 calories.
Is coffee cream good for weight loss?
A tablespoon adds 29 calories and 2.9 g of fat, so three coffees a day come to 87 calories. Fat free liquid creamer is 71 calories per 100 g against 195 for coffee cream.
Coffee cream vs heavy cream: what is the difference?
Coffee cream is 195 calories per 100 g with 19.1 g of fat, while heavy cream is about 340 calories per 100 g.
How much fat is in coffee cream?
Coffee cream has 19.1 g of fat per 100 g, 10.2 g of it saturated. One tablespoon gives 2.9 g of fat, along with 0.4 g of protein.
How many calories are in a cup of coffee with cream?
The cream adds 29 calories per tablespoon, so a cup with two tablespoons gets 59 calories from the cream. Anything sweet you stir in, such as sugar or syrup, needs to be counted separately on top of that.
What are the nutrition facts for coffee cream?
Per 100 g, coffee cream has 195 calories, 19.1 g fat (10.2 g saturated), 3.7 g carbs, all of it sugar, 3 g protein, 72 mg sodium and 59 mg cholesterol, based on the USDA row for light table cream.
How many calories are in 1 tbsp of cream for coffee?
One tablespoon (15 g) of light coffee cream has 29 calories, with 2.9 g fat, 0.5 g carbs and 0.4 g protein. Sweetened or flavored creamers differ, so use their own labels for those.
How many calories does coffee with three tablespoons of cream have?
Three tablespoons of coffee cream (45 g) add 88 calories and 1.3 g of protein. That is about three times a single measured tablespoon, which is why measuring a free pour once is worth the effort.
How many calories are in a cup of coffee cream?
A full cup (240 g) of coffee cream has 468 calories, 23% of the daily value, with 45.8 g fat and 7.1 g protein. That is a carton-level amount, not what goes into a single coffee.
