How many calories are in a Cutie?
One Cutie weighs about 74 g and carries 35 calories. Per 100 g the fruit runs 47 calories. Two of them — the serving size printed on most clementine bags — come to 70 calories, with 13.6 g of sugar, 2.5 g of fiber and no added sugar at all.
You'd need to walk about 7 minutes to burn the 35 calories in one Cutie (74 g).
How long does it take to burn off Cuties?
One Cutie (74 g) is 35 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 35 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 7 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 4 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 5 min |
| Jogging | 4 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 8 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 (74 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Cuties quick facts
- US servings from one fruit to a full bag
- Fresh mandarins and the canned aisle
- The fiber and potassium rows
- How do Cuties compare?
- Most popular cuties (clementines) brands
- FAQ
Cuties quick facts
Cuties is a brand, not a botanical name, and USDA has no entry filed under it. The fruit in the mesh bag is a clementine for most of the season, so the numbers here come from SR Legacy 168195, "Clementines, raw". That record ships with a household measure of its own — 1 fruit, 74 g — which is close enough to what you actually peel that no scaling is needed for the main serving.
That choice matters more than it sounds. A larger tangerine record runs 53 calories per 100 g, and the newer FNDDS entry for clementines borrows the tangerine profile outright. The difference is the fruit, not the database, and the clementine row is the one that matches what comes out of a Cuties bag.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 1 Cutie (74 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 47 | 35 | — |
| Total fat | 0.15 g | 0.1 g | 0% |
| Carbohydrate | 12.02 g | 8.9 g | 3% |
| Dietary fiber | 1.7 g | 1.3 g | 4% |
| Total sugars | 9.18 g | 6.8 g | — |
| Protein | 0.85 g | 0.6 g | 1% |
| Sodium | 1 mg | 1 mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 177 mg | 131 mg | 3% |
% 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 →
Three rows you'd expect on a Nutrition Facts panel are missing here, and the reason is the record rather than the fruit. This SR Legacy edition publishes no saturated fat, no cholesterol and no added sugars value for clementines, so those lines are left off instead of guessed. Fresh citrus has essentially no fat to split into saturated and unsaturated, and by definition a peeled fruit carries no added sugar — all 6.8 g in one Cutie is the sugar the tree put there. The Daily Value percentages follow the FDA reference amounts for a 2,000-calorie diet.
US servings from one fruit to a full bag
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 oz | 28 g | 13 kcal |
| 1 Cutie, one fruit | 74 g | 35 kcal |
| 2 Cuties, the bag serving | 148 g | 70 kcal |
| 3 Cuties, a small snack | 222 g | 104 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 47 kcal |
Only the 74 g line is a USDA household measure. The two-, three-fruit and one-ounce rows are our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, not USDA servings — but the two-fruit row lands exactly where the retail label does. Darling and Wegmans both print 148 g, or two clementines, at 70 calories, which is the same number the SR Legacy row produces when you scale it.
Nobody weighs a Cutie, and that's fine, because the fruit is forgiving. A small one at 60 g is 28 calories, a fat one at 90 g is 42. The spread across a whole bag is smaller than the rounding on most packaged snacks, so counting fruits instead of grams costs you almost nothing.
Fresh mandarins and the canned aisle
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cutie / clementine, raw (SR Legacy) | 47 kcal | 1 fruit, 74 g | 35 kcal |
| Clementine, raw (FNDDS) | 53 kcal | 1 fruit, 85 g | 45 kcal |
| Tangerine, larger mandarin, raw | 53 kcal | 1 medium, 88 g | 47 kcal |
| Canned mandarins in juice | 37 kcal | 1 cup, 249 g | 92 kcal |
| Canned mandarins in juice, drained | 38 kcal | 1 cup, 189 g | 72 kcal |
| Canned mandarins in light syrup | 61 kcal | 1 cup, 252 g | 154 kcal |
The two clementine records disagree by six calories per 100 g, and that gap is worth understanding. FNDDS gives the clementine the same profile as a tangerine — 53 calories, 13.34 g of carbohydrate, 10.58 g of sugar — while SR Legacy keeps a separate, slightly lighter measurement for the small fruit. A Cutie is closer to the second. If your tracking app returns 45 or 47 for a clementine, it is reading the tangerine-shaped row, not a different piece of fruit.
Canned mandarins look lighter per gram and heavier per serving, which is the trap in this whole category. Segments packed in juice run 37 calories per 100 g, less than fresh, because the packing liquid dilutes the weight. But a cup of them is 249 g, so the serving lands at 92 calories — more than two fresh Cuties. Drain the can and a cup drops to 189 g and 72 calories. Light syrup goes the other way entirely: 61 calories per 100 g and 154 for a 252 g cup.
Canned brands sit where the packing liquid puts them. Dole Mandarin Oranges are 40 calories per 100 g and Del Monte 44, both in water or light juice, while Roland's whole mandarins reach 64. Dole's fruit-juice version comes in at 62 per 100 g and 70 calories for its 113 g cup serving — the same 70 you get from two fresh fruits weighing 35 g more.
The fiber and potassium rows
Fiber is the quiet win. One Cutie carries 1.3 g, or 4% of the 28 g Daily Value; two carry 2.5 g and 9%. That fiber lives in the segment walls and the white pith, which is why picking every string off before you eat costs you a little of it. Canned segments show the damage: 0.7 g per 100 g in juice pack against 1.7 g fresh, because the peeling and packing strip most of the pith away.
Potassium goes the other direction, and it corrects a common assumption. Citrus has a reputation as a potassium food, but 177 mg per 100 g means one Cutie delivers 131 mg — 3% of the 4,700 mg Daily Value — and two deliver 262 mg, or 6%. It's a real contribution, not a headline one.
Sodium is a rounding error at 1 mg per fruit, 0% DV, so a bag of Cuties is one of the few snacks where the salt line is genuinely irrelevant. Protein is similarly small at 0.6 g per fruit, which is why a Cutie works next to a handful of nuts or a yogurt rather than as a snack on its own. The MyPlate fruits group treats whole fruit like this as the default form, and a peel-and-eat mandarin is about as close to that default as a snack gets.
How do Cuties compare?
| Fruit | Per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cuties (clementines), raw | 47 kcal | 1 fruit, 74 g | 35 kcal |
| Tangerines, raw | 53 kcal | 1 medium, 88 g | 47 kcal |
| Canned mandarins in juice | 37 kcal | 1 cup, 249 g | 92 kcal |
| Canned mandarins in light syrup | 61 kcal | 1 cup, 252 g | 154 kcal |
Our take: fresh Cuties are the pick, and it isn't close. The juice-pack can is the only row on this table lighter per gram than fresh fruit, and it gets there by adding water, not by removing calories — a cup of it costs 92 against 70 for two fresh fruits. Light syrup runs about 30% denser than the fresh fruit, 61 against 47, and a full cup lands at 154, which is more than four Cuties. If you're picking between the two canned versions, drained juice pack at 72 calories a cup is the sane compromise. If you want the fiber, the peel is where it is.
Most popular cuties (clementines) 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) |
|---|---|
| Dole Mandarin Oranges | 40 cal |
| Dole Mandarin Oranges in Fruit Juice | 62 cal |
| Roland Fancy Whole Mandarin Oranges | 64 cal |
| Del Monte Mandarin Oranges | 44 cal |
| Darling Clementines Spanish Clementines | 47 cal |
| Wegmans Clementines | 47 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Cuties FAQs
How many calories are in one Cutie?
One Cutie weighs about 74 g and carries 35 calories, from USDA's clementine record of 47 calories per 100 g. Along with those calories you get 8.9 g of carbohydrate, 6.8 g of sugar, 1.3 g of fiber and essentially no fat at 0.1 g.
How many calories are in 2 Cuties?
Two Cuties run 70 calories at 148 g, which is exactly the serving printed on most clementine bags. That pair carries 17.8 g of carbohydrate, 13.6 g of sugar and 2.5 g of fiber, which is 9% of the Daily Value for fiber. Sodium stays at 1 mg.
Are Cuties clementines or mandarins?
Both, and at 47 calories per 100 g the clementine row is the one this page uses. Cuties is a brand name, and USDA has no record filed under it. Clementines are a kind of mandarin, and the gap to a larger tangerine is small: 53 calories per 100 g.
How much sugar is in a Cutie?
6.8 g of sugar in one 74 g Cutie, and 13.6 g in two. All of it comes with the fruit; the USDA clementine record lists no added sugars, and fresh fruit has none. Canned mandarins in light syrup are the ones to watch, at 15.49 g per 100 g.
How much fiber is in Cuties?
1.3 g of fiber per Cutie and 2.5 g for two, which is 9% of the 28 g Daily Value. It sits in the segment walls and the pith, so peeling them spotlessly clean costs you a little. Canned segments in juice carry less: 0.7 g per 100 g against 1.7 g fresh.
How many carbs are in a Cutie?
8.9 g of carbohydrate in one 74 g Cutie, or 3% of the Daily Value. Subtract the 1.3 g of fiber and you are at roughly 7.6 g of net carbs. Two Cuties bring 17.8 g total, and almost all of it is sugar at 6.8 g per fruit.
Are Cuties good for weight loss?
At 35 calories each they are one of the cheapest snacks you can peel, and the 1.3 g of fiber per fruit plus the peeling itself slows the eating down. Three in a row still total only 104 calories. If you are counting, the trap is canned syrup rather than the fresh fruit.
Cuties or canned mandarin oranges - which has fewer calories?
Per 100 g the canned segments in juice are lighter at 37 calories against 47 for fresh Cuties, since they sit in liquid. Syrup flips it: a 1-cup light-syrup serving is 252 g and 154 calories, against 104 for three fresh Cuties at 222 g.
Similar foods
- Clementine — 35 cal per clementine
- Tom yum soup — 191 cal per bowl
- Ceviche — 158 cal per cup
- Pomegranate — 72 cal for 1/2 cup arils
- Clam Chowder — 237 cal per cup
- Chinese Chicken and Broccoli — 206 cal per cup
Count it without the math
Point the camera at the bowl and BodyPal counts the Cuties for you, peel and all.
