How many calories are in a freeze pop?
One freezer pop weighs 50 g and carries 40 calories. Per 100 g the frozen tube runs 79 calories, which makes it one of the lightest sweet things in the freezer aisle. Two pops back to back come to 79 calories, and the carbohydrate line — 19.23 g per 100 g — accounts for essentially all of them.
You'd need to walk about 8 minutes to burn the 40 calories in one freezer pop (50 g).
How long does it take to burn off a freeze pop?
One freezer pop (50 g) is 40 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 40 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 (50 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Freeze pop quick facts
- US servings, from one ounce to two pops
- Popsicles, juice bars and snow cones
- Sugar is the only row that moves
- How does a freeze pop compare?
- Most popular freeze pop brands
- Freeze pop FAQs
Freeze pop quick facts
The record behind this page is FNDDS 2710322, "Freezer pop" — the plastic sleeve you snip open and push up, not a stick pop and not a fruit bar. It is the only generic USDA entry for the sleeve format, and it comes with the household measure people actually search for: one freezer pop, 50 g.
That 50 g is the number on the left of every calculation here. Bigger packs exist and they are covered further down, but a standard tube is half of a 100 g block, which is why two pops and the per-100 g row are the same 79 calories.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 1 freezer pop (50 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 79 | 40 | — |
| Total fat | 0.24 g | 0.1 g | 0% |
| Saturated fat | 0.01 g | 0.0 g | 0% |
| Carbohydrate | 19.23 g | 9.6 g | 3% |
| Dietary fiber | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| Total sugars | 13.66 g | 6.8 g | — |
| Protein | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| Sodium | 7 mg | 4 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 see on a wrapper are missing above: added sugars and trans fat are not published for this record in the current FNDDS release, so they are left out rather than guessed. Cholesterol is 0 mg and potassium is 15 mg per 100 g, which works out to 8 mg in a pop — a rounding error next to the 4,700 mg Daily Value.
US servings, from one ounce to two pops
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 oz | 28 g | 22 kcal |
| One freezer pop, standard sleeve | 50 g | 40 kcal |
| One large freeze pop | 71 g | 56 kcal |
| Per 100 g, about two pops | 100 g | 79 kcal |
Only the 50 g line is a USDA household measure. The 71 g large pop, the ounce and the two-pop equivalence are our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure of 79 calories, not USDA servings.
Here is where the label beats the database. USDA Branded records for store freeze pops list serving sizes from 21 g (Kisko Kids, 15 calories) up to 156 g for a Welch's Giant Freeze Pop in grape soda (80 calories), with Fla-Vor-Ice at 43 g and 25 calories, Hannaford at 28 g and 20 calories, Food Lion at 71 g and 50 calories, and Giant Eagle at 57 g and 40 calories. One pop, in other words, is anywhere between 15 and 80 calories. The width of the sleeve moves the number far more than the brand printed on it, so if you are logging a pop, check the grams on the box before you trust a generic entry.
Popsicles, juice bars and snow cones
Freezer pops sit inside a small family of frozen sweets that USDA tracks separately. Scaled to the same 50 g piece, they line up like this:
| Version | Per 100 g | Piece | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freezer pop, in the sleeve | 79 kcal | 50 g | 40 kcal |
| Popsicle, on a stick | 79 kcal | 50 g | 40 kcal |
| Popsicle, NFS | 79 kcal | 50 g | 40 kcal |
| Frozen fruit juice bar | 106 kcal | 50 g | 53 kcal |
| Sorbet | 110 kcal | 50 g | 55 kcal |
| Snow cone | 128 kcal | 50 g | 64 kcal |
| Gelatin dessert | 60 kcal | 50 g | 30 kcal |
Every 50 g figure in that table is our scaling from the USDA 100 g values; USDA does not publish a 50 g serving for any of them.
Two things jump out. The sleeve and the stick are the same food — 79 calories per 100 g either way — so swapping a freeze pop for a popsicle changes nothing but the packaging. And the frozen fruit juice bar, the one that reads as the wholesome choice, is 106 calories per 100 g, a third more than the dyed sugar water. Real juice brings real sugar with it.
Of the seven USDA records on this page, only gelatin dessert comes in lighter per gram, at 60 calories per 100 g. A snow cone is the heaviest at 128, because syrup poured over shaved ice concentrates in a way a frozen tube does not.
Sugar is the only row that moves
A freeze pop has almost nothing in it to talk about. Fat is 0.1 g per pop, protein is 0 g, fiber is 0 g, sodium is 4 mg — every one of those is 0% of the FDA Daily Value. Carbohydrate is 9.6 g, or 3% DV. What is left is 6.8 g of sugar per pop, and total sugars carry no Daily Value at all, so the label gives you no percentage to react to.
The Daily Value that would apply, if USDA published the split for this record, is the 50 g cap on added sugars. A freeze pop is water, sweetener, flavor and color, so its sugar is added sugar in all but the database field — call it roughly a seventh of a day's cap per pop. MyPlate treats that budget as the place where sweets have to fit, and two or three pops on a hot afternoon eat into it quietly.
The flip side is honest: at 40 calories, a pop is one of the cheapest ways to end a meal on something sweet. It just does not do anything else. Nothing in it slows hunger down, which is the trade for the low number.
How does a freeze pop compare?
| Frozen treat | Per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freeze pop | 79 kcal | one pop, 50 g | 40 kcal |
| Popsicle | 79 kcal | one pop, 50 g | 40 kcal |
| Frozen fruit juice bar | 106 kcal | one bar, 50 g | 53 kcal |
| Sorbet | 110 kcal | 50 g scoop | 55 kcal |
Every 50 g serving in this table is our scaling from the USDA 100 g values, not a USDA household measure.
Our take: for cutting calories, the freeze pop wins this table outright — 40 calories a piece, and two pops still land under the 106 calories in 100 g of a juice bar. For staying full, none of the four does anything, since all of them are sugar and water with no protein and no fiber worth counting. If you like the taste of a fruit bar better, the 13-calorie gap per 50 g is not worth arguing about. The decision that actually matters is how many pops come out of the freezer, not which of these you reach for.
Most popular freeze pop 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) |
|---|---|
| Kisko Kids Freeze Pops | 71 cal |
| Welch's Giant Freeze Pops Grape Soda | 51 cal |
| Fla-Vor-Ice Freeze Pops | 58 cal |
| Hannaford Freeze Pops | 71 cal |
| Food Lion Freeze Pops | 70 cal |
| Giant Eagle Assorted Freeze Pops | 70 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Freeze pop FAQs
How many calories are in one freeze pop?
40 calories for a standard 50 g freezer pop, based on the USDA figure of 79 calories per 100 g. Two of them together come to 79 calories. There is no fat, no protein and no fiber in that total — the calories are carbohydrate, and most of that carbohydrate is sugar.
How many calories in a large 71 g freeze pop?
56 calories for a 71 g pop, which is our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure of 79 calories rather than a USDA serving. That is the size sold in bigger family packs. A 43 g Fla-Vor-Ice tube is 25 calories, and a 156 g Welch's giant is 80.
Do freeze pops have sugar?
6.8 g of sugar per 50 g pop, or 13.66 g per 100 g. USDA does not publish an added sugars figure for this record, but a freeze pop is water, sweetener, flavor and color, so almost all of that sugar is added rather than anything the fruit brought along.
Are freeze pops fat free?
0.1 g of fat per 50 g pop, which is 0% of the Daily Value. Labels are allowed to print fat free when a serving holds less than half a gram, so most freeze pops qualify. Saturated fat is 0.01 g per 100 g and cholesterol is zero across the USDA record.
Freeze pop vs popsicle — which has fewer calories?
Neither: both sit at 79 calories per 100 g in USDA's records, so a 50 g piece is 40 calories either way. The freezer pop and the popsicle are the same sweetened frozen water, one in a plastic sleeve and one on a wooden stick. Pick by size, not by shape.
How many carbs are in a freeze pop?
9.6 g of carbohydrate in a 50 g pop, which is 3% of the Daily Value, and 19.23 g per 100 g. Sugar accounts for 6.8 g of that 9.6 g. Fiber is zero, so total carbs and net carbs are the same number if you track it that way.
Are freeze pops a good snack for weight loss?
At 40 calories a pop, they are one of the cheapest sweet things you can log. That is their whole case. There is no protein and no fiber, so nothing here holds hunger off. For a cold sweet hit at low cost, a freeze pop works. To stay full, it will not.
How many calories in a Welch's freeze pop?
80 calories for the Welch's Giant Freeze Pop in grape soda flavor, a 156 g tube at 51 calories per 100 g on its USDA Branded record. It is a much bigger pop than the generic 50 g tube but a thinner mix, so per gram it lands below the generic 79.
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Count it without the math
Point the camera at the wrapper and BodyPal counts the pop for you, sleeve size and all.
