How many calories are in coffee with cream?
A 1 fl oz pour of liquid creamer — 30 g, about two tablespoons — is 41 calories, and creamer runs 136 calories per 100 g. That is the whole story of coffee with cream: brewed coffee brings almost nothing, so every calorie came out of the jug. A single-serve creamer cup is 20.
You'd need to walk about 8 minutes to burn the 41 calories in a 1 fl oz (30 g) pour.
How long does it take to burn off 41 kcal of coffee with cream?
A 1 fl oz (30 g) pour is 41 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 41 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 8 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 5 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 6 min |
| Jogging | 5 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 9 min |
Times are for a 155 lb adult at a steady pace; change the weight to see yours. The amount is set to the portion in the text (30 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Coffee with cream quick facts
- US pours from a splash to a full cup
- Fat-free and flavored creamers
- Real cream instead of creamer
- The saturated fat and sugar rows
- How does coffee with cream compare?
- Most popular coffee with cream brands
- Coffee with cream FAQs
Coffee with cream quick facts
USDA has no record for "brewed coffee with cream" as one drink, and it does not need one. The calories sit entirely in what you pour, so this page is built on FNDDS 2705600, "Coffee creamer, liquid" — the half-and-half-style liquid that Americans actually tip into a mug at home, at the office and at the gas station counter. It is also the only creamer record in the database that carries a full set of household measures: a cup, a fluid ounce, an individual container and a guideline amount per fluid ounce of beverage.
The serving column below is 1 fl oz, or 30 g. That is a real pour, not a token splash, and it is the amount most people mean when they say they take their coffee with cream.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 1 fl oz (30 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 136 | 41 | — |
| Total fat | 9.97 g | 3.0 g | 4% |
| Saturated fat | 1.94 g | 0.6 g | 3% |
| Carbohydrate | 11.38 g | 3.4 g | 1% |
| Dietary fiber | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| Total sugars | 11.38 g | 3.4 g | — |
| Protein | 1 g | 0.3 g | 1% |
| Sodium | 67 mg | 20 mg | 1% |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 191 mg | 57 mg | 1% |
% Daily Value is based on a 2,000-calorie diet.
Verified nutrition data
Numbers on this page come from USDA FoodData Central, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s food composition database, and from manufacturer labels where a branded product is named. Last verified September 2026. How we verify our data →
Two label rows are missing on purpose. USDA does not publish added sugars or trans fat for this record, so neither can be shown here, and the total sugars row has no Daily Value under the FDA's Daily Value table. Notice what the carbohydrate row does: 11.38 g per 100 g, and every gram of it is sugar. Liquid creamer is a sweetened product even when nothing on the front of the bottle says so.
US pours from a splash to a full cup
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| Guideline amount per fl oz of coffee | 2.5 g | 3 kcal |
| 1 individual container | 15 g | 20 kcal |
| 1 oz | 28.4 g | 39 kcal |
| 1 fl oz | 30 g | 41 kcal |
| 1 cup | 240 g | 326 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 136 kcal |
Four of those are USDA household measures. The 1 oz row is our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, not a USDA serving, and it exists only because ounce and fluid ounce are not the same thing — creamer is slightly denser than water, so a fluid ounce weighs 30 g while a dry ounce is 28.4 g. Two calories apart, but it is the kind of mix-up that quietly bends a food log.
The 1 cup row is a reference point rather than a drink. Nobody pours 240 g of creamer into one mug; the number is there so you can scale a week of pours or a shared carafe at the office.
The most useful row is the smallest. USDA's guideline amount is 2.5 g of creamer per fluid ounce of beverage, which lets you cost a real cup instead of guessing. An 8 fl oz coffee poured to that guideline takes 20 g of creamer and lands at about 27 calories. A 12 fl oz travel mug takes 30 g and lands at 41 — the same as our headline pour. Both figures are our arithmetic from the USDA 100 g value. If you are the kind of person who pours until the coffee turns beige, double them and you are closer to the truth.
Fat-free and flavored creamers
The word on the bottle moves the number more than the volume does. Here is every liquid creamer USDA separates out, costed at the same 1 fl oz pour so the versions are comparable.
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical pour | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liquid creamer, plain | 136 kcal | 1 fl oz (30 g) | 41 kcal |
| Fat-free liquid creamer | 71 kcal | 1 fl oz (30 g) | 21 kcal |
| Sugar-free flavored creamer | 71 kcal | 1 fl oz (30 g) | 21 kcal |
| Fat-free flavored creamer | 154 kcal | 1 fl oz (30 g) | 46 kcal |
| Flavored creamer | 251 kcal | 1 fl oz (30 g) | 75 kcal |
| Single-serve creamer cup | 136 kcal | 1 container (15 g) | 20 kcal |
| Coffee-with-cream liqueur | 327 kcal | 1.5 fl oz (47 g) | 154 kcal |
Read that table twice, because one line contradicts the label logic most people carry around. Fat-free flavored creamer is 154 calories per 100 g — more than the plain full-fat version at 136. Taking the fat out and putting syrup in is a net loss. Per pour it is 46 calories against 41.
Plain flavored creamer is the real cost center: 251 calories per 100 g, 75 per fl oz, with total sugars at 33.04 g per 100 g against 11.38 g in the plain liquid. That is close to triple the sugar for the same splash. Three flavored pours across a working day is 225 calories, which is a snack you never sat down for.
Fat-free liquid creamer does halve the calories, but not the way the name suggests. Fat falls from 9.97 g to 3.5 g per 100 g; carbohydrate barely moves, from 11.38 g to 9.1 g. Sugar-free flavored creamer lands in the same place at 71 calories per 100 g. If you want a lighter cup, either of those gets you to 21 calories a pour.
Powder is its own animal. USDA's powdered creamer record is 529 calories per 100 g, and that number is not comparable to any liquid on this page because the water has been removed. Judge it by the spoon: a 2 g scoop of a typical branded powder such as Nestlé Coffee-mate is around 10 calories. Branded liquid coffee creams — C.F. Burger Creamery, Giant Eagle Light — sit near 200 calories per 100 g with a 1 Tbsp label serving of 30 calories, and a sweetened condensed Vietnamese-style coffee cream packet such as Copper Cow runs 100 calories for 30 g.
Real cream instead of creamer
Some people mean actual dairy when they say cream. USDA lists that separately as light cream, sold as coffee cream or table cream, at 195 calories per 100 g. It is richer than creamer and the trade is not the one you expect.
Scaled from the USDA 100 g figure — our arithmetic, since that record carries no household serving — a tablespoon of light cream is 15 g and about 29 calories, with 2.9 g of fat, 1.5 g of saturated fat and 0.6 g of sugar. A tablespoon of liquid creamer is 20 calories with 1.5 g of fat and 1.7 g of sugar.
So real cream costs you nine more calories a tablespoon and twice the fat, and buys you roughly a third of the sugar. Carbohydrate per 100 g is 3.66 g in light cream against 11.38 g in creamer. For anyone counting carbs rather than calories, dairy cream is the lighter pour by a wide margin. For anyone counting saturated fat, it is the heavier one. Pick the column that matters to you and stop arguing about the other.
The saturated fat and sugar rows
At the pour size on this page, neither row is alarming. A 1 fl oz splash of liquid creamer is 0.6 g of saturated fat, 3% of the 20 g Daily Value, and 3.4 g of total sugars. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans put saturated fat under 10% of daily calories, which is about 22 g on a 2,000-calorie day; one coffee is nowhere near it.
The problem is repetition. Coffee is not a food you eat once. Four pours of plain creamer across a day is 164 calories and 2.4 g of saturated fat. Four pours of flavored creamer is 300 calories, and at that point the creamer outweighs a lot of breakfasts. Light dairy cream flips the risk: 10.18 g of saturated fat per 100 g means four tablespoons carry about 6 g, over a quarter of the day's Daily Value, from something you did not think of as food.
None of these are dairy servings in the sense MyPlate uses — cream and creamer are counted as fats, not as dairy, so they do not move you toward a dairy target. If you are watching sodium, ignore this page entirely: 20 mg per pour is 1% of the Daily Value.
How does coffee with cream compare?
| Pour | Per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liquid creamer, plain | 136 kcal | 1 fl oz (30 g) | 41 kcal |
| Fat-free creamer | 71 kcal | 1 fl oz (30 g) | 21 kcal |
| Fat-free flavored creamer | 154 kcal | 1 fl oz (30 g) | 46 kcal |
| Flavored creamer | 251 kcal | 1 fl oz (30 g) | 75 kcal |
Our take: for weight loss, fat-free or sugar-free flavored creamer at 21 calories a pour is the only version that meaningfully changes your day, and the saving is 20 calories per cup, not the 100 people imagine. For taste with an honest number, stick to plain liquid creamer at 41 and pour it once. The version to drop is fat-free flavored, which is the one self-defeating idea of the four at 46 calories — heavier than the full-fat original it was supposed to replace. And if the flavored bottle is what gets you through the morning, log it at 75 a pour and spend the calories on purpose.
Most popular coffee with cream brands in the United States
Ranked by how widely each product appears among foods sold in the United States, from the BodyPal food database of over 3.3 million products. Calories are the figures printed on each Nutrition Facts label, checked against USDA FoodData Central.
| Product | Calories (per 100 g) |
|---|---|
| Nestlé Coffee-mate Coffee Cream Original | 500 cal |
| Copper Cow Vietnamese Coffee Cream | 333 cal |
| C.F. Burger Creamery Coffee Cream | 200 cal |
| Giant Eagle Light Coffee Cream | 200 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Coffee with cream FAQs
How many calories are in coffee with cream?
41 calories for a 1 fl oz pour of liquid creamer, which is 30 g or about two tablespoons. Liquid creamer is 136 calories per 100 g. Brewed coffee itself contributes so little that the pour is effectively the whole number, which is why this page counts the cream rather than the coffee.
How many calories in a cup of coffee with cream?
About 27 calories for an 8 fl oz cup poured to USDA's guideline amount of 2.5 g of creamer per fluid ounce, and 41 calories for a 12 fl oz cup. That is our arithmetic from the 136-calorie-per-100-g figure, not a USDA serving. Pour twice the guideline and you double it.
How many calories in one single-serve creamer cup?
20 calories per individual container. USDA lists that cup at 15 g, half a fluid ounce, so it carries 1.5 g of fat and 1.7 g of sugar. Two of them land at 40 calories, which is still under the 41 in a full 1 fl oz pour.
How many calories in a tablespoon of coffee cream?
29 calories for a tablespoon of real light cream, the dairy product labeled coffee or table cream, at 195 calories per 100 g. A tablespoon of liquid creamer is 20 calories instead. The cream carries more fat, 2.9 g against 1.5 g, but far less sugar, 0.6 g against 1.7 g.
How many calories in flavored coffee creamer?
75 calories per 1 fl oz pour, against 41 for plain liquid creamer. Flavored creamer is 251 calories per 100 g because syrup pushes total sugars to 33.04 g per 100 g, roughly triple the plain version's 11.38 g. The fat-free flavored version still lands at 46 calories.
Is fat-free creamer actually lower in sugar?
No. Fat-free liquid creamer is 71 calories per 100 g against 136, but carbohydrate only falls from 11.38 g to 9.1 g. The fat is what left, dropping from 9.97 g to 3.5 g. Fat-free flavored creamer is worse still at 154 calories per 100 g, above the plain full-fat version.
Is coffee with cream keto friendly?
A 1 fl oz pour of liquid creamer carries 3.4 g of carbohydrate, all of it sugar, which is a lot for a drink people refill. Real light cream is the lower-carb pour at 3.66 g per 100 g, about 0.5 g in a tablespoon. Check your own daily target.
Does cream in coffee break a fast?
A 1 fl oz pour is 41 calories and a single-serve container is 20, so cream is never calorie-free. Rules for fasting windows vary by protocol and none of them come from USDA, but the arithmetic does not: three creamer cups across a morning is 60 calories.
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- Root beer — 152 cal for 12 fl oz glass
Count it without the math
Point the camera at the mug and BodyPal counts the pour for you, flavored bottle and all.
