How many calories are in a cranberry vodka?
A 1.5 fl oz jigger of vodka weighs 42 g and carries 97 calories, and vodka runs 231 calories per 100 g. Pour it over 4 fl oz of cranberry juice cocktail and the finished glass is 162 — the spirit brings the calories, the juice brings every gram of the sugar.
You'd need to walk about 19 minutes to burn the 97 calories in one 1.5 fl oz jigger (42 g).
How long does it take to burn off cranberry vodka?
One 1.5 fl oz jigger (42 g) is 97 kcal. Enter your weight and the amount you ate to see how long it takes you to burn that off:
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| Activity | Time to burn 97 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 19 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 12 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 14 min |
| Jogging | 11 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 22 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 (42 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Cranberry vodka quick facts
- US pours, from one ounce to a double
- The mixer is the whole calorie story
- 80 proof, 100 proof and the vodka soda swap
- What counts as a standard drink
- How does a cranberry vodka compare?
- Most popular cranberry juice cocktail mixers brands
- FAQ
Cranberry vodka quick facts
There is no single USDA record for a vodka cranberry, because the drink is built at the bar and nobody agrees on the ratio. The one constant is what comes out of the jigger, so the numbers below are the FNDDS record 2710704, "Vodka" — 80 proof spirit, 231 calories per 100 g. The juice is priced separately from SR Legacy 171903, "Cranberry juice cocktail, bottled", and the two are added together further down rather than blended into one averaged figure.
Read the column on the right and the surprise is how empty it is. A jigger of vodka is 97 calories with nothing else attached: no carbohydrate, no fat, no protein, no sodium worth rounding up to 1 mg. Alcohol itself carries roughly 7 calories per gram, which is why a drink with a blank nutrition panel still costs you the same as a slice of toast.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 1 jigger (42 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 231 | 97 | — |
| Total fat | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| Saturated fat | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| Carbohydrate | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| Dietary fiber | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| Total sugars | 0 g | 0 g | — |
| Protein | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| Sodium | 1 mg | 0 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 →
Two rows you would expect on a label are missing here. USDA does not report added sugars or trans fat for this record, and neither would say anything useful anyway: a distilled spirit has no sugar to add and no fat to hydrogenate. Cholesterol is 0 mg per 100 g and potassium is 2 mg, which works out to 1 mg in the jigger.
US pours, from one ounce to a double
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 fl oz (no ice) | 28 g | 65 kcal |
| 1 oz by weight | 28.4 g | 65 kcal |
| 1 shot or jigger, 1.5 fl oz | 42 g | 97 kcal |
| 1 drink, straight pour | 63 g | 146 kcal |
| 2 jiggers, a double | 84 g | 194 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 231 kcal |
The 1 fl oz, 1.5 fl oz and straight-pour lines are USDA household measures for the vodka record. The double and the 1 oz by weight are our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, not USDA servings.
Watch the fluid ounce trap, because it costs real calories at home. A fluid ounce is a volume and an ounce is a weight, and 80 proof vodka is lighter than water, so 1 fl oz lands at about 28 g. Free-pouring is the bigger problem: a bartender's jigger is 42 g, while an unmeasured pour into a tall glass full of ice easily hits the 63 g "1 drink" line, and that is 146 calories before the juice touches it.
The mixer is the whole calorie story
Here is the part most calorie pages skip. The vodka column is zero all the way down, so every gram of carbohydrate and every gram of sugar in the glass comes from the juice. A 4 fl oz pour of regular cranberry juice cocktail is 120 g, which brings 65 calories, 16.2 g of carbohydrate and 14.2 g of sugar.
| Mixer, 4 fl oz (120 g) | Per 100 g | Calories in the pour | Finished drink with 1 jigger |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranberry juice cocktail, bottled | 54 kcal | 65 kcal | 162 kcal |
| Cranberry cocktail from frozen concentrate, prepared | 47 kcal | 56 kcal | 153 kcal |
| Light cranberry juice cocktail | 19 kcal | 23 kcal | 120 kcal |
Switching to the light cocktail takes 42 calories out of the glass without touching the pour, which is the cheapest edit available on this drink. Sugars fall the same way: 14.2 g down to 5.5 g. USDA's SR Legacy records for these juices do not break out added sugars, so there is no added-sugars %DV to quote for any of them. The finished-drink column is our own arithmetic — the juice record plus the 42 g jigger — because USDA has no mixed-drink record.
Brand labels run a little under that USDA figure. Ocean Spray Original Cranberry Juice Cocktail lists 110 calories per 8 fl oz serving and Great Value Cranberry Juice Cocktail the same 110; the Great Value light version lists 50. Cut those in half for the 4 fl oz that actually goes into a highball.
80 proof, 100 proof and the vodka soda swap
Proof is the second lever, and it moves the spirit rather than the mixer. The same 42 g jigger of 100 proof vodka is 124 calories against 97 for 80 proof — 27 calories more for a pour that looks identical in the glass.
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical pour | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vodka, 80 proof | 231 kcal | 1.5 fl oz (42 g) | 97 kcal |
| Vodka, 100 proof | 295 kcal | 1.5 fl oz (42 g) | 124 kcal |
| Vodka and soda, mixed | 59 kcal | 1 drink (225 g) | 133 kcal |
The vodka soda is the swap worth knowing. USDA's mixed record puts a full 225 g drink at 133 calories, which is 29 fewer than the 162 g cranberry build even though the glass is larger, because soda water contributes nothing but volume and 36 mg of sodium. Flavored cranberry vodkas sold at 60 to 70 proof have no USDA record at all, so we are not putting a number on them.
What counts as a standard drink
The CDC defines one standard drink as 1.5 fl oz of 80 proof distilled spirits — exactly the jigger in the table above, and about 0.6 fl oz of pure alcohol. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans put moderate drinking at two drinks or fewer per day for men and one or fewer for women on days alcohol is consumed, and recommend that adults who do not drink should not start.
For calorie counting, the useful framing is that alcohol has no %DV and no nutrients to earn its keep. The FDA's Daily Value list covers fat, carbohydrate, fiber, protein, sodium and added sugars, and a jigger of vodka posts 0% on every one of them while spending 97 calories. Three cranberry vodkas over an evening is 486 calories — a full meal's worth, logged as a beverage.
How does a cranberry vodka compare?
| Drink | Per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranberry vodka, standard build (our arithmetic) | ~100 kcal | 1 drink, 162 g | 162 kcal |
| Vodka and tonic | 84 kcal | 1 drink, 225 g | 189 kcal |
| Vodka and cola | 89 kcal | 1 drink, 225 g | 200 kcal |
| Vodka and lemonade | 93 kcal | 1 drink, 225 g | 209 kcal |
Our take: the cranberry vodka is the densest of these four per 100 g and still the lightest glass, and that is entirely down to size. A 162 g build is a short drink; the tonic, cola and lemonade versions are 225 g each and land at 189 to 209. Order any of them long and the ranking flips. If you are trying to keep an evening under control, the ratio in the glass matters more than which mixer you name — one jigger to 4 fl oz of light cranberry juice cocktail is 120 calories, and a vodka soda at 133 beats every full-sugar build on this page.
Most popular cranberry juice cocktail mixers 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) |
|---|---|
| Ocean Spray Original Cranberry Juice Cocktail | 46 cal |
| Ocean Spray Pink Cranberry Juice Cocktail | 42 cal |
| Great Value Cranberry Juice Cocktail | 46 cal |
| Great Value Light Cranberry Juice Cocktail | 21 cal |
| Kroger Cranberry Juice Cocktail | 54 cal |
| Market Pantry Cranberry Juice Cocktail | 46 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Cranberry vodka FAQs
How many calories are in a cranberry vodka?
A standard build — one 1.5 fl oz jigger over 4 fl oz of cranberry juice cocktail — comes to 162 calories. The vodka carries 97 of those and the mixer 65. That total is our own arithmetic on two USDA records, since USDA publishes no ready-made row for the mixed drink.
How many calories in a shot of cranberry vodka?
One 1.5 fl oz shot of 80 proof vodka weighs 42 g and carries 97 calories, with zero carbohydrate, zero sugar and zero fat. A 1 fl oz pour is 65. Nothing in the shot itself is sweet; every gram of sugar in the glass arrives with the juice.
Does cranberry vodka have carbs?
The vodka has 0 g. A standard build gets 16.2 g of carbohydrate from the 4 fl oz of cranberry juice cocktail, of which 14.2 g is sugar. Swap in the light cocktail and the same glass falls to 5.5 g of carbohydrate. The size of the pour never moves that number.
How much sugar is in a vodka cranberry?
About 14.2 g in a standard build, all of it from the 4 fl oz of cranberry juice cocktail. Vodka reports 0 g of total sugars per 100 g. The light cocktail cuts the glass to 5.5 g. USDA's record for these juices does not break out added sugars, so no %DV applies.
Is cranberry vodka keto-friendly?
The spirit is 0 g of carbohydrate, so the vodka itself fits. The mixer does not: 4 fl oz of regular cranberry juice cocktail brings 16.2 g of carbohydrate. Light cocktail drops that to 5.5 g and soda water to zero. The 97 calories in the jigger stay either way.
Vodka cranberry vs vodka soda: which is lighter?
A vodka soda is 133 calories for a full 225 g drink, against 162 for a 162 g cranberry build. The soda version is the bigger glass and still the lighter one, because its mixer contributes nothing. It does carry 36 mg of sodium; the cranberry build has essentially none.
How many calories in a double vodka cranberry?
A double is 194 calories of vodka — two 1.5 fl oz jiggers, 84 g — plus 65 from 4 fl oz of cranberry juice cocktail, for 259 in the glass. Ordering doubles moves the total faster than the juice does, since each extra jigger adds another 97 calories.
Does light cranberry juice cut the calories?
Yes, by 42 calories. Light cranberry juice cocktail runs 19 calories per 100 g against 54 for the regular, so a 4 fl oz pour is 23 instead of 65. The finished drink lands at 120 calories rather than 162, with the same 1.5 fl oz of vodka in it.
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- Beer — 155 cal for 12 fl oz can
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