How many calories are in a Cosmic Crisp apple?
A medium Cosmic Crisp apple weighs about 182 g and carries 95 calories. Raw apple with the skin on runs 52 calories per 100 g, and Cosmic Crisp grows big, so a large one lands closer to 116. Nearly all of those calories are carbohydrate: 25.1 g in a medium fruit, 4.4 g of it fiber.
You'd need to walk about 19 minutes to burn the 95 calories in one medium apple (182 g).
How long does it take to burn off 95 kcal of Cosmic Crisp apple?
One medium apple (182 g) is 95 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 95 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 19 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 12 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 14 min |
| Jogging | 11 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 21 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 (182 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Cosmic Crisp apple quick facts
- US servings from one ounce to a large apple
- Peeled sliced and whole apples
- Fiber is the row that earns its keep
- How does a Cosmic Crisp apple compare?
- Most popular cosmic crisp apple brands
- FAQ
Cosmic Crisp apple quick facts
There is no Cosmic Crisp entry in USDA FoodData Central. The variety is barely a decade old in stores, and the database indexes fruit by type, not by trademark. The row that fits it is SR Legacy 171688, "Apples, raw, with skin" — the only fresh-apple record with a full nutrient panel and real US household measures attached.
That is not a downgrade. Variety-level apple records in USDA are single analytical samples, one crate of fruit from one season, and the four varieties USDA does list run from 57 to 63 calories per 100 g. The general row sits below all of them at 52, which is the conservative place to put a Cosmic Crisp.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 1 medium apple (182 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 52 | 95 | — |
| Total fat | 0.17 g | 0.3 g | 0% |
| Saturated fat | 0.03 g | 0.1 g | 0% |
| Carbohydrate | 13.81 g | 25.1 g | 9% |
| Dietary fiber | 2.4 g | 4.4 g | 16% |
| Total sugars | 10.39 g | 18.9 g | — |
| Protein | 0.26 g | 0.5 g | 1% |
| Sodium | 1 mg | 2 mg | 0% |
% 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 here because the SR Legacy release does not carry that field, and a fresh apple has none by definition — every one of those 18.9 g arrived inside the fruit. Cholesterol is zero. Potassium is the one mineral worth naming: 107 mg per 100 g, so 195 mg in a medium apple, or 4% of the FDA Daily Value of 4,700 mg.
US servings from one ounce to a large apple
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 oz | 28 g | 15 kcal |
| 1 cup slices | 109 g | 57 kcal |
| 1 cup quartered or chopped | 125 g | 65 kcal |
| One medium apple, 3 in across | 182 g | 95 kcal |
| One large apple, 3-1/4 in across | 223 g | 116 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 52 kcal |
Four of those are USDA household measures attached to the record itself, including both cup measures and both apple sizes. The 1 oz line is our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, not a USDA serving — useful only if you are slicing an apple into a salad and weighing the pieces.
The gap between medium and large is the line most people get wrong. Twenty-one calories separate them, and Cosmic Crisp was bred to size up: the fruit is marketed on being big, and a store display of them skews toward the 223 g end. If you log every apple as "1 medium" out of habit, you are probably under-counting by 20 calories a day, six days a week.
The two cup measures disagree with each other for a physical reason. Slices leave air between them, so a cup holds 109 g. Quartered or chopped fruit packs down to 125 g. Same apple, same density, 8 calories apart per cup.
Peeled sliced and whole apples
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical portion | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole, skin on | 52 kcal | 1 medium apple, 182 g | 95 kcal |
| Peeled, no skin | 48 kcal | 1 medium apple, 182 g | 87 kcal |
| Sliced, skin on | 52 kcal | 1 cup slices, 109 g | 57 kcal |
Peeling saves 8 calories on a medium apple. That is the whole prize, and it costs more than it returns: the peeled USDA row carries 1.3 g of fiber per 100 g against 2.4 g with the skin on, so a peeled medium apple falls from 4.4 g of fiber to roughly 2.4 g — our own arithmetic from the peeled 100 g figure, since USDA does not publish a per-apple portion for the peeled record. Half the fiber, for the price of a rounding error in calories.
The cup of slices deserves its own warning. At 109 g it is about 60% of a medium apple, so a bowl of slices on the counter is not the same log entry as the fruit it came from. People who slice an apple, eat most of it, and log "1 apple" are usually logging high. People who put out a cup of slices for two and log a whole apple each are logging high twice.
Fiber is the row that earns its keep
Look down the % Daily Value column and only two numbers move. Fiber is 4.4 g in a medium apple, 16% of the 28 g Daily Value. Potassium is 4%. Everything else rounds to nothing: fat 0%, saturated fat 0%, sodium 2 mg, which is 0% and about as close to salt-free as food gets.
That shape is the argument for apples over most packaged snacks at the same calorie count. Ninety-five calories bought here come with a sixth of a day's fiber; ninety-five calories of cookie come with almost none. If you are tracking fiber and falling short, the skin-on apple is one of the cheapest ways to add 4 g, and MyPlate counts whole fruit toward the fruit group in a way that juice does not.
The sugar number scares people, and it should not. A medium apple carries 18.9 g of total sugars, which looks large next to the 50 g Daily Value for added sugars — but those are different measurements and the comparison is meaningless. Total sugars have no Daily Value at all, which is why that cell in the table is a dash. None of the apple's sugar is added.
How does a Cosmic Crisp apple compare?
Cosmic Crisp is a cross of Honeycrisp and Enterprise, so its parent is the obvious yardstick. Each variety row below is a single USDA sample; the 182 g portions on them are our own arithmetic from those 100 g figures, since USDA attaches household measures only to the general row.
| Apple | Per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raw with skin (the row for Cosmic Crisp) | 52 kcal | 1 medium, 182 g | 95 kcal |
| Gala, with skin | 57 kcal | 1 medium, 182 g | 104 kcal |
| Granny Smith, with skin | 58 kcal | 1 medium, 182 g | 106 kcal |
| Honeycrisp, with skin | 60 kcal | 1 medium, 182 g | 109 kcal |
| Fuji, with skin | 63 kcal | 1 medium, 182 g | 115 kcal |
Our take: pick the apple you will actually finish, because 20 calories separate the lightest column from the heaviest and that is a rounding error in a day. If you want the number as low as it goes, the general skin-on row at 52 per 100 g is the lowest of the five, and Granny Smith is the lowest-sugar variety USDA lists at 9.59 g per 100 g against 10.39 g on the general row. For appetite, the fiber matters more than the calories: 4.4 g in a whole medium apple is the reason a piece of fruit holds better than the same 95 calories of juice or crackers. Log a large one as large, keep the skin, and the variety stops mattering.
One honest gap: the Honeycrisp record does not report total sugars, so the head-to-head every Cosmic Crisp buyer wants — is it sweeter than its parent? — cannot be settled inside USDA on equal terms. A second release of the same Honeycrisp sample lists 12.37 g per 100 g. On carbohydrate, which both records do report, Honeycrisp is higher: 14.7 g against 13.81 g.
Most popular cosmic crisp apple 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) |
|---|---|
| Pink Lady Apple | 54 cal |
| Pink Lady Apple Slices | 50 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Cosmic Crisp apple FAQs
How many calories are in a Cosmic Crisp apple?
A medium one, about 3 inches across and 182 g, comes to 95 calories. USDA has no separate Cosmic Crisp record, so the row to log is raw apple with the skin, 52 calories per 100 g. A large 223 g apple is 116 calories.
How many calories are in a large Cosmic Crisp apple?
A large apple, 3-1/4 inches across and 223 g, is 116 calories. That is 21 more than the 95 in a medium, for the same fruit picked bigger. Cosmic Crisp is bred to size up, so the large column is the honest one for a lot of them.
How many carbs are in a Cosmic Crisp apple?
A medium apple has 25.1 g of carbohydrate, 9% of the Daily Value, with 4.4 g of that fiber and 18.9 g total sugars. Per 100 g the figure is 13.81 g. None of the sugar is added; all of it comes with the fruit.
How much fiber is in a Cosmic Crisp apple?
There is 4.4 g in a medium apple, 16% of the 28 g Daily Value, and 2.4 g per 100 g. Most of it sits in the skin: the USDA row for peeled apple drops to 1.3 g per 100 g, close to half. Keep the skin on.
Is Cosmic Crisp higher in sugar than Honeycrisp?
Raw apple with skin lists 10.39 g of total sugars per 100 g. USDA's Honeycrisp record reports no total sugars figure at all, so a clean head-to-head is impossible; a second release of that same sample lists 12.37 g. On carbohydrate, Honeycrisp is higher: 14.7 g against 13.81 g.
How much does a Cosmic Crisp apple weigh?
USDA's household measures put a medium apple at 182 g and a large one at 223 g. Cosmic Crisp is a large-fruited variety, so many of the apples in a store bag sit at or above that 223 g line, which is 116 calories rather than 95. Weigh one once.
Does peeling a Cosmic Crisp apple change the calories?
Peeling takes a medium apple from 95 calories to 87, an 8-calorie difference. Fiber is the real cost: the peeled USDA row is 1.3 g per 100 g against 2.4 g with the skin, so a peeled medium apple falls from 4.4 g of fiber to about 2.4 g.
How many calories are in a cup of sliced apple?
One cup of apple slices is 109 g and 57 calories; a cup quartered or chopped packs tighter at 125 g and 65 calories. A cup of slices is roughly 60% of a medium apple, so a bowl of slices is not the same log entry as the whole fruit.
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- Blood Orange — 62 cal per medium blood orange
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