How many calories are in a bottle of Coke?
A 20 fl oz bottle of regular Coke holds 614 g of soda and 258 calories. Per 100 g cola runs 42 calories, which sounds tiny until you notice how much liquid is in your hand. Nearly all of it is sugar: 61.0 g in the bottle, and nothing else worth logging.
You'd need to walk about 52 minutes to burn the 258 calories in a 20 fl oz bottle (614 g).
How long does it take to burn off a Coke bottle?
A 20 fl oz bottle (614 g) is 258 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 258 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 52 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 32 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 37 min |
| Jogging | 30 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 57 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 (614 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Coke bottle quick facts
- US servings from a bottle to a fountain cup
- Every other cola on the shelf
- The carbohydrate row is the whole story
- How does a bottle of Coke compare?
- Most popular coke bottle brands
- Coke bottle FAQs
Coke bottle quick facts
The number below comes from USDA SR Legacy 174852, "Beverages, carbonated, cola, regular". That is the record for full-sugar bottled and canned cola, and it is the one that matches what a person is actually holding when they search this: a sealed 20 fl oz bottle off a cooler shelf, not a diet version and not a fountain drink. USDA's Branded database in this build carries plenty of Coca-Cola bottles, but every one of them is a Diet Coke or Diet Cherry Coke listed at 0 calories, so there is no full-sugar branded row to use. SR Legacy is the honest base.
One thing that surprises people: the USDA record puts 0.25 g of fat in 100 g of cola, which scales to 1.5 g in the bottle. The printed Nutrition Facts panel on a real bottle says 0 g, because anything under 0.5 g per serving is allowed to be declared as zero. Neither is wrong. The lab record simply keeps a trace the label rounds away.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 1 bottle, 20 fl oz (614 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 42 | 258 | — |
| Total fat | 0.25 g | 1.5 g | 2% |
| Saturated fat | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| Carbohydrate | 10.36 g | 63.6 g | 23% |
| Dietary fiber | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| Total sugars | 9.94 g | 61.0 g | — |
| Protein | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| Sodium | 3 mg | 18 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 →
There is no added sugars row above, and that is deliberate. The SR Legacy edition of this record does not publish added sugars at all, so rather than guess a %DV we leave the line out; in a cola the total sugars and the added sugars are effectively the same thing anyway. Cholesterol is 0 mg. Potassium comes to 31 mg in the bottle, about 1% of the Daily Value, which is a rounding error next to a banana.
US servings from a bottle to a fountain cup
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 oz | 28.4 g | 12 kcal |
| 1 can or bottle, 12 fl oz | 370 g | 155 kcal |
| 1 can or bottle, 16 fl oz | 492 g | 207 kcal |
| 1 bottle, 20 fl oz | 614 g | 258 kcal |
| 1 large drink, 32 fl oz | 984 g | 413 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 42 kcal |
The 12 fl oz, 16 fl oz and 32 fl oz lines are USDA household measures for this record. The 20 fl oz bottle and the 1 oz line are our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, not USDA servings, which matters only in that they carry a little more rounding.
Watch the ounce. That 12-calorie line is an ounce by weight, 28.4 g. A fluid ounce of cola weighs about 30.7 g and works out to 13 calories, so a tracking app that lets you pick "oz" without saying which one will drift a few percent over a big cup. Stick to the whole container and you will never hit the problem.
The other trap is the bottle-versus-can gap. People log a 20 fl oz bottle as though it were a can, and it is not close: the bottle is 1.7 cans. Drink one bottle a day instead of one can and you have added 103 calories daily without changing a single habit you would notice.
Every other cola on the shelf
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular cola, bottled | 42 kcal | 1 bottle, 20 fl oz (614 g) | 258 kcal |
| Caffeine-free cola | 41 kcal | 12 fl oz (368 g) | 151 kcal |
| Fountain cola | 37 kcal | 1 medium, 21 fl oz (486 g) | 180 kcal |
| Reduced-sugar cola | 20 kcal | 1 bottle, 20 fl oz (614 g) | 123 kcal |
| Diet cola with caffeine | 2 kcal | 1 bottle, 16 fl oz (473 g) | 9 kcal |
| Diet caffeine-free cola | 1 kcal | 1 can, 12 fl oz (355 g) | 4 kcal |
Caffeine-free is the change that does nothing. At 41 calories per 100 g against 42, swapping it into the same 614 g bottle saves 6 calories, 252 instead of 258. The recipe is the same sugar syrup with the caffeine left out, and the sugar is where all the calories live.
Fountain cola is the interesting one. USDA keeps a separate record for it at 37 calories per 100 g, the lowest of any full-sugar cola here, because the syrup-to-water ratio at a dispenser runs a little thin. Ice then does the rest of the work: a 32 fl oz fountain cup filled with ice holds roughly 722 g of liquid rather than 984 g, so it lands near 267 calories instead of the 413 you would get from pouring 32 fl oz straight from bottles. That is our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, not a USDA serving, but it explains why a giant cup can cost less than two bottles.
Reduced-sugar cola sits at 20 calories per 100 g, under half of regular, and turns the same bottle into 123 calories. Diet is the real cliff: 2 calories per 100 g with caffeine, 1 without, which is why the Diet Coke bottles in USDA's branded listings all sit at zero on the label.
The carbohydrate row is the whole story
One bottle is 63.6 g of carbohydrate, or 23% of the Daily Value on a 2,000-calorie diet, and 61.0 g of that is sugar. No fiber, no protein, no fat worth the word. Nothing else you eat in a day delivers a quarter of your carbohydrate budget with so little else attached, which is the entire nutritional argument in one line.
The federal guidance is easy to check against. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans put a limit on calories from added sugars rather than on total sugars, and USDA's MyPlate drinks page treats water, unsweetened coffee and milk as the default and sweetened soda as the exception. We are not going to run a %DV against the added sugars limit here, because the SR Legacy record does not publish an added sugars figure and we would be inventing one.
Sodium is a non-issue: 18 mg in the bottle, 1% of the FDA Daily Value of 2,300 mg. That is less than a hundredth of a teaspoon of table salt. If you are watching sodium, cola is not the drink to worry about; if you are watching sugar or total calories, it is near the top of the list.
How does a bottle of Coke compare?
| Drink | Per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cola, regular | 42 kcal | 12 fl oz can or bottle (370 g) | 155 kcal |
| Root beer | 41 kcal | 12 fl oz (370 g) | 152 kcal |
| Grape soda | 43 kcal | 12 fl oz (370 g) | 159 kcal |
| Red Bull | 43 kcal | 1 can, 8.4 fl oz (258 g) | 111 kcal |
Our take: switching between sodas is not a strategy. Across these four the whole spread is 41 to 43 calories per 100 g, and only root beer is lighter than cola at all, by a single calorie. Red Bull looks cheap at 111 calories only because the can is small, 258 g against 370 g; per 100 g it is the joint heaviest on the table. If you want the calories down, the lever is the size of the container and how often you reach for one, not the flavor on the front. Matched at 12 fl oz, cola is 155 calories; the 20 fl oz bottle at 258 is the same drink in a bigger package.
Most popular coke bottle 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) |
|---|---|
| Coca-Cola Diet Cherry Coke Bottle, 20 fl oz | 0 cal |
| Coca-Cola Diet Coke Bottle, 20 fl oz | 0 cal |
| Coca-Cola Diet Coke Bottle, 16.9 fl oz | 0 cal |
| Coca-Cola Diet Coke Bottle, 16 fl oz | 0 cal |
| Coca-Cola Diet Coke Bottle, 12 fl oz | 0 cal |
| Coca-Cola Diet Coke Bottle, 8.5 fl oz | 0 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Coke bottle FAQs
How many calories are in a 20 oz bottle of Coke?
258 calories in a 20 fl oz bottle, which holds 614 g of regular cola at 42 calories per 100 g. It also carries 63.6 g of carbohydrate and 61.0 g of sugar. That is our own arithmetic scaled from the USDA 100 g record, not a USDA serving size.
How many calories are in a 12 oz can of Coke?
155 calories for a 12 fl oz can or bottle, which USDA weighs at 370 g. Sugar comes to 36.8 g. That makes the familiar 20 fl oz bottle worth 1.7 cans, so logging a bottle as a can undercounts you by 103 calories every time.
How much sugar is in a bottle of Coke?
61.0 g of total sugars in a 20 fl oz bottle, from 9.94 g per 100 g. A 12 fl oz can holds 36.8 g. USDA's SR Legacy record does not publish a separate added sugars line for cola, though in practice almost all of the sugar in a regular cola is added.
How many calories are in a 16.9 oz Coke bottle?
About 218 calories. The 16.9 fl oz bottle is the 500 mL size, roughly 519 g of cola at 42 calories per 100 g, with about 51.6 g of sugar. This is our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure rather than a listed USDA serving, so treat it as close rather than exact.
How many carbs are in a bottle of Coke?
63.6 g of carbohydrate in a 20 fl oz bottle, 23% of the Daily Value on a 2,000-calorie diet. A 12 fl oz can holds 38.3 g. There is no fiber at all, so the net carbohydrate and the total carbohydrate are the same number here.
Does caffeine-free Coke have fewer calories?
Barely: caffeine-free cola is 41 calories per 100 g against 42 for regular, so the same 614 g bottle is 252 instead of 258 calories, a saving of 6. Caffeine has no calories; removing it changes the drink's kick, not its energy. Diet is the version that actually changes the math.
How many calories are in Diet Coke?
Effectively zero: USDA lists diet cola with caffeine at 2 calories per 100 g, so a 16 fl oz bottle is 9 calories and a 20 fl oz bottle about 12. The caffeine-free diet record is 1 calorie per 100 g. Every Diet Coke bottle in USDA's branded listings is declared at 0.
How many calories are in a 2 liter bottle of Coke?
About 872 calories for the whole 2 liter bottle, roughly 2,076 g of cola at 42 calories per 100 g, with about 206 g of sugar. That is our own scaling from the USDA 100 g figure. It works out to 3.4 of the 20 fl oz bottles, or 44% of a 2,000-calorie day.
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