How many calories are in a mojito?
One mojito is 137 calories. That is a 225 g drink, the pour USDA measures, and it works out to 61 calories per 100 g. The rum carries most of it. Mint, lime and club soda are close to free, and the sugar or simple syrup shows up as just 4.1 g of total sugars.
You'd need to walk about 27 minutes to burn the 137 calories in one drink (225 g).
How long does it take to burn off a mojito?
One drink (225 g) is 137 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 137 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 27 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 17 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 20 min |
| Jogging | 16 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 30 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 (225 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Mojito quick facts
- US pours from one ounce to a tall glass
- Mojito variations and lower sugar swaps
- Where the 137 calories actually come from
- How does a mojito compare
- Most popular mojito brands
- FAQ
Mojito quick facts
The record behind every number on this page is FNDDS 2710644, "Mojito", from the 2021-2023 survey food set. It is the only USDA entry for the finished drink: rum, lime, sugar or syrup, club soda and muddled mint, already mixed. Everything else in the database with "mojito" on it is a bottled mixer or a flavored product, not the glass a bartender hands you.
That distinction matters more here than with most foods. A mixer is measured before the rum goes in, so its calorie count describes half a drink.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 1 drink (225 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 61 | 137 | — |
| Total fat | 0.03 g | 0.1 g | 0% |
| Saturated fat | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| Carbohydrate | 2.45 g | 5.5 g | 2% |
| Dietary fiber | 0.2 g | 0.5 g | 2% |
| Total sugars | 1.82 g | 4.1 g | — |
| Protein | 0.09 g | 0.2 g | 0% |
| Sodium | 15 mg | 34 mg | 1% |
% 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 packaged label are missing. USDA does not publish added sugars or trans fat for this record, so there is no official split between the simple syrup and the sugar that comes with the lime juice, and neither line appears above. Cholesterol is 0 mg, as it is for every spirit-based drink. Potassium is 43 mg per drink, about 1% of the Daily Value, most of it from the lime.
Total sugars have no Daily Value of their own, which is why that cell is blank. The FDA's Daily Value reference sets a 50 g limit for added sugars only, and the 4.1 g here cannot be compared against it directly.
US pours from one ounce to a tall glass
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 fl oz | 30 g | 18 kcal |
| 1 oz by weight | 28.4 g | 17 kcal |
| One drink, USDA standard | 225 g | 137 kcal |
| 8 fl oz glass | 240 g | 146 kcal |
| 12 fl oz tall glass | 355 g | 217 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 61 kcal |
Only two of those are USDA household measures: the 225 g drink and the 1 fl oz pour. The 8 fl oz glass, the 12 fl oz tall glass and the 1 oz weight are our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, not USDA servings.
This is where mojitos catch people out. Eighteen calories per fluid ounce sounds like nothing, and it is the number bar-menu math tends to fixate on. But nobody drinks a fluid ounce. Fill a 12 fl oz highball with ice, rum, syrup and soda and you are at 217 calories, roughly a can of beer, from a drink that reads as "just mint and lime." The standard 225 g measure sits between the two, closer to a small tumbler than to the tall glass most bars pour.
Ice complicates weighing at home. USDA's 225 g figure is the liquid, not the cubes, so if you log a full glass by weight straight off a kitchen scale you will overcount.
Mojito variations and lower sugar swaps
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical pour | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Classic mojito | 61 kcal | 1 drink (225 g) | 137 kcal |
| Gin fizz | 66 kcal | 1 fl oz (30 g) | 20 kcal |
| Rum and diet cola | 60 kcal | 1 fl oz (30 g) | 18 kcal |
| Vodka and soda | 59 kcal | 1 fl oz (30 g) | 18 kcal |
| Whiskey and soda | 59 kcal | 1 fl oz (30 g) | 18 kcal |
| Bottled mojito mixer, no rum | 92 kcal | 4 fl oz (120 ml) | 110 kcal |
Scaled to the same 225 g glass, our own arithmetic from those 100 g figures puts a gin fizz at 149 calories, rum and diet cola at 135, and vodka and soda or whiskey and soda at 133 each. The spread across an entire bar menu of spirit drinks is about 16 calories a glass. Choosing between them on calories alone is close to a coin flip.
The sugar tells a different story. The mojito has 4.1 g of total sugars per drink; vodka and soda has 0 g, and rum and diet cola carries 0.22 g of carbohydrate per 100 g because the sweetener is not sugar. If you are watching carbohydrates rather than calories, that is the swap that does something.
A virgin mojito has no USDA record at all, so there is no honest single number for it. The closest available figure is a bottled mixer: Master of Mixes Mojito Lime & Natural Mint runs 110 calories for a 4 fl oz serving, Powell & Mahoney's version 46, and a Weis Mint Mojito Seltzer is 0. Topping any of them with club soda changes the volume, not the calories.
Where the 137 calories actually come from
Run the arithmetic on the drink and the answer is not sugar. Carbohydrate is 5.5 g, which is about 22 calories. That leaves roughly 115 calories, over 80% of the total, coming from the alcohol itself. Rum is the whole story; the syrup is a rounding error next to it.
That is worth knowing because the usual advice about cocktails is "ask for less syrup." Halving the sugar in a mojito saves you about 8 calories. Ordering one fewer drink saves 137.
The Daily Value column stays almost empty for the same reason. Fat is 0%, protein 0%, sodium 1%, carbohydrate 2%. Alcohol carries no %DV, so a nutrition panel makes a mojito look nearly weightless while the calories are real. For context on how many drinks fit a typical week, the CDC's page on moderate alcohol use puts the limit at two drinks a day for men and one for women, and the Dietary Guidelines for Americans treat those calories as discretionary rather than as part of a food group.
Two mojitos is 274 calories with no protein, no fiber worth counting and nothing that keeps you full.
How does a mojito compare
| Drink | Per 100 g | US pour | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mojito | 61 kcal | 1 drink, 225 g | 137 kcal |
| Gin fizz | 66 kcal | 1 fl oz, 30 g | 20 kcal |
| Rum and diet cola | 60 kcal | 1 fl oz, 30 g | 18 kcal |
| Vodka and soda | 59 kcal | 1 fl oz, 30 g | 18 kcal |
Our take: the mojito is not the sugar bomb its reputation suggests, and swapping it for a vodka soda buys you 4 calories per 225 g glass. That is noise. What the swap does buy is 4.1 g of sugar and 5.5 g of carbohydrate you no longer log, which matters on a low-carb plan and almost nowhere else. If you are counting calories, order the mojito you actually want and count the glass, not the ounce. If you are counting carbs, vodka and soda is the only row here with a true zero.
Most popular mojito 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) |
|---|---|
| Master of Mixes Mojito Lime & Natural Mint Mixer | 92 cal |
| Powell & Mahoney Mojito Sparkling Cocktail Mixer | 35 cal |
| Naked Mixers Mojito Cocktails | 116 cal |
| Splash Mojito Premium Cocktail Mixer | 42 cal |
| Crodo Mojito Lime & Mint Sparkling Beverage | 52 cal |
| Weis Mint Mojito Seltzer | 0 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Mojito FAQs
How many calories are in a mojito?
One mojito is 137 calories, from USDA's 225 g drink at 61 calories per 100 g. Carbohydrate accounts for only 5.5 g of that, so most of the number is the rum itself rather than the syrup. An 8 fl oz glass comes to 146 calories by our own arithmetic.
How much sugar is in a mojito?
A 225 g mojito carries 4.1 g of total sugars, scaled from 1.82 g per 100 g. That is roughly a teaspoon. USDA does not publish added sugars for this record, so there is no official split between the simple syrup and the lime juice, and total sugars carry no Daily Value.
How many carbs are in a mojito?
5.5 g of carbohydrate in a 225 g mojito, which is 2% of the Daily Value, with 0.5 g of that fiber. Per 100 g the drink is 2.45 g. A 12 fl oz tall glass at 355 g brings it to about 8.7 g, our own scaling of the USDA figure.
How many calories in a large or tall mojito?
A 12 fl oz tall glass holds about 355 g and 217 calories, our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure rather than a USDA serving. That is 80 calories more than the standard 225 g drink, and about 8.7 g of carbohydrate instead of 5.5 g. Ice is not included in the weight.
Is a mojito more fattening than a vodka soda?
By 4 calories. A 225 g mojito is 137 and the same volume of vodka and soda is 133, our own arithmetic from USDA's 59 calories per 100 g. The real difference is sugar: the mojito brings 4.1 g of total sugars and 5.5 g of carbohydrate, and vodka and soda brings none at all.
How many calories in a virgin mojito?
About 110 calories for a 4 fl oz serving of bottled mojito mixer at 92 calories per 100 g. USDA publishes no record for a finished virgin mojito, so a mixer is the closest number available. Leaving out the rum removes the roughly 115 calories that alcohol contributes to the 137-calorie drink.
Is a mojito keto-friendly?
5.5 g of carbohydrate per 225 g drink puts one mojito inside a 20 g daily carb budget, but two use more than half of it. Rum and diet cola is 0.22 g per 100 g and vodka and soda is 0 g, so both are the lower-carb orders if the glass is the only thing changing.
What is the lowest-calorie rum cocktail?
Rum and diet cola, at 60 calories per 100 g and 18 for a 1 fl oz pour, a hair under the mojito's 61. Scaled to the same 225 g glass it is 135 calories against the mojito's 137. Vodka and soda is lighter still at 59 per 100 g, but it is not rum.
Similar foods
- Cider — 202 cal per can or bottle (12 fl oz)
- Prosecco — 135 cal per glass
- Beer — 155 cal for 12 fl oz can
- Cosmopolitan — 224 cal per cocktail
- Martini — 241 cal per drink
- Shot Of Tequila — 97 cal per shot (1.5 fl oz)
Count it without the math
Point the camera at the glass and BodyPal counts the mojito for you, syrup and all.
