Mints calories come to 8 for one 2 g mint and 394 per 100 g. The number to notice is the calorie split: 100% carbs, with 0 g protein and just 0.1 g fat per 100 g. One mint barely registers on a food log. The total only climbs when you keep reaching into the tin.
8kcal
1 mint · 2 g, hard candy, plain
0%protein
0 gProtein
2 gCarbs
0 gFat
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—Walking, brisk
—Jogging
—Cycling, moderate
—Swimming
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Nutrition facts
Hard candy, plain · per 2 g
Calories
8 kcal
Protein
0 g
Carbohydrate
2 g
Fat
0 g
Saturated fat
0 g
Cholesterol
0 mg
Sodium
0 mg
Potassium
0 mg
Iron
0 mg
Source: USDA FoodData Central
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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 October 2026. How we verify our data →
Mint: calories, protein and sodium by serving
Percent of daily value uses the FDA reference of 2,000 kcal a day.
Serving
kcal
Protein
Carbs
Fat
Sodium
% DV kcal
1 mint (2 g)
8
0 g
2 g
0 g
0 mg
0%
After Eight mint (8.4 g)
36
0.1 g
6.7 g
1 g
0 mg
2%
100 g
394
0 g
98.3 g
0.1 g
19 mg
20%
3 × 1 mint (2 g)
24
0 g
1 mg
5 × 1 mint (2 g)
39
0 g
2 mg
One mint is 8 calories, and a handful stays small
A plain hard mint weighs about 2 g and carries 8 calories. That is 0% of the daily value for calories, the same for sodium and protein. On its own, it is one of the smallest entries you can log all day.
Small numbers add up quietly, though. Two mints (4 g) come to 16 calories, three (6 g) to 24, and five (10 g) to 39. None of those totals will change the shape of your day, but people rarely eat mints one at a time. A desk jar or a roll in the car can turn a single mint into a steady drip of sugar.
The weight of the piece matters more than the flavor. An After Eight mint weighs 8.4 g, so it lands at 36 calories, about 2% of the daily value. A full 100 g of plain mints reaches 394 calories, or 20% of the daily value. If you snack on mints by the bag rather than by the piece, log the grams, not the count.
Every calorie in a plain mint comes from carbohydrate
The USDA row for this page is "Candy, mint", a plain hard candy. Per 100 g it lists 98.3 g of carbohydrate, 0 g protein, 0.1 g fat and 0 g fiber. The calorie split is 100% carbs, 0% protein and 0% fat. In other words, a plain mint is sugar-based candy with flavoring and very little else.
Per mint that means about 2 g of carbs, with 0.6 g listed as sugars. The USDA sugars figure is 31.5 g per 100 g, so the label splits the carbs between sugars and other sweet carbohydrate. For your calorie count the split does not matter much: all of it is carbohydrate.
What a mint lacks is just as telling. With 0 g protein and 0 g fiber, there is nothing in it that slows you down or fills you up. That is fine for its real job, freshening your breath after a meal. It is a weak choice if you want a snack that holds you until dinner.
Chocolate mints are a different candy, not a bigger mint
The mint aisle mixes two very different products. Hard mints such as Life Savers Pep O Mint Mints are pressed sugar with peppermint. Chocolate mints such as Junior Mints Chocolate or a thin After Eight wrap a mint center in chocolate, and that brings fat into the picture.
The After Eight row shows it clearly. One 8.4 g piece has 36 calories, 6.7 g of carbs, 5.6 g of sugars, 1 g of fat, 0.1 g of protein and 0.2 g of fiber. A plain mint has 0 g fat and 0 g fiber. The chocolate piece is also about four times heavier, which is the main reason it costs more calories.
Sugar-free options such as Life Savers Pep O Mint Sugar Free Mints and chewy mints such as Mentos Chewy & Fresh Mints Mixed Fruit sit on the same shelf, but their labels differ from the plain hard candy on this page. Check the package before you assume the 8-calorie figure applies.
Sodium is a non-issue; the count is what to watch
Plain mints are low in sodium: 19 mg per 100 g, only 1% of the 2300 mg daily value. A single mint rounds to 0 mg, and five mints come to 2 mg. Cholesterol is 0 mg and saturated fat is 0 g. If you watch sodium or fat, mints are not where your numbers come from.
The thing to watch is frequency. Because a mint is 100% carbohydrate and almost no protein, it adds energy without adding anything that keeps you full. If you are counting calories, a few mints after lunch are easy to absorb. A habit of a tin a day is worth logging honestly.
Mints work best as what they are: a finish to a meal, not a snack in place of one. If you want something sweet that also holds you over, pair a mint with a meal that has protein rather than eating a roll of them between meals. BodyPal can log a handful from a photo, so the count does not slip past you.
How does mint compare?
Here is how plain mints stack up against butter mints, Andes mints and candy canes, per 100 g and per usual serving.
Verdict: For the fewest calories per piece, a plain mint at 8 calories wins, and butter mints are lowest per 100 g at 364. Andes mints run highest at 432 calories and 11.9 g fat per 100 g, so treat them as a chocolate treat rather than a breath mint.
Most popular mint brands in the United States
Ranked by popularity in the BodyPal database
# Productkcal / 100 g
1Life Savers Pep O Mint Mints1 mint · 3.5 g429 kcal
2Junior Mints Chocolate12 pieces · 30 g433 kcal
3Life Savers Pep O Mint Sugar Free Mints4 pieces · 15 g267 kcal
Sugar-free mints read lower and chocolate or chewy mints differ from the plain hard mint above. Source: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Mint FAQs
How many calories are in one mint?
A plain hard mint (2 g) has about 8 calories, and 100 g has 394.
Are mints good for weight loss?
One 2 g mint adds about 8 calories and 2.0 g of carbs, with no protein and almost no fat.
Mints vs butter mints: which has fewer calories?
Butter mints list 364 calories per 100 g against 394 for plain mints, so a 2 g piece is about 7 versus 8 calories.
How much sugar is in a mint?
A 2 g mint has 2.0 g of carbs, of which 0.6 g is listed as sugar. Per 100 g that is 98.3 g of carbs and 31.45 g of sugar.
How many calories are in one Andes mint?
One Andes mint (8.4 g) has 36 calories. Per 100 g that is 432 calories, with 79.5 g carbs, 11.9 g fat and 1.7 g protein, so most of the extra energy over a plain mint comes from the chocolate.
How many calories are in butter mints?
Three butter mints (11 g) have 40 calories. Per 100 g butter mints come to 364 calories, almost all from 90.9 g of carbs, with 0 g fat and 0 g protein.
Why do Andes chocolate mints have more calories than plain mints?
Andes mints have 432 calories per 100 g versus 394 for plain mints. The difference is fat: 11.9 g per 100 g in Andes mints against 0.1 g in a plain hard mint.
Are butter mints lower in calories than Andes mints?
Yes. Butter mints have 364 calories per 100 g, while Andes mints have 432. Butter mints have 0 g fat per 100 g; Andes mints have 11.9 g, which explains most of the gap.
