How many calories are in Smarties?
One roll of Smarties weighs 7 grams and carries 25 calories. Per 100 grams the pressed tablets run 357 calories, which sounds steep until you remember how little a roll actually weighs. The whole roll is 6.0 grams of carbohydrate, and USDA lists no fat, no protein and no sodium at all.
You'd need to walk about 5 minutes to burn the 25 calories in one roll (7 g).
How long does it take to burn off Smarties?
One roll (7 g) is 25 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 25 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 5 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 3 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 4 min |
| Jogging | 3 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 6 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 (7 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Smarties quick facts
- US servings, from one roll to a handful
- Store brands, fruit rolls and jelly beans
- Chocolate Smarties are a different candy
- Carbohydrate is the only row that moves
- How do Smarties compare?
- Most popular smarties brands
- Smarties FAQs
Smarties quick facts
The record used here is USDA Branded 1702811, "SMARTIES CANDIES, SMARTIES", the classic cellophane-wrapped roll of pressed tablets, packed for Topco under the Food Club label. That is the candy an American is holding when they type this question: a roll of chalky dextrose disks, not the chocolate lentils that carry the same name elsewhere.
Picking one roll over another barely matters. Five separate USDA Branded records for tablet rolls — the Food Club roll, Shoppers Value, Big Win, Big Win Sweet Smarties and the Sunny Island assorted fruit rolls — all report the same 357 calories per 100 grams, so the label on this one record stands in for the whole shelf.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 1 roll (7 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 357 | 25 | — |
| Total fat | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| Carbohydrate | 85.71 g | 6.0 g | 2% |
| Protein | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| Sodium | 0 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 →
Four rows that usually appear on a candy page are missing here on purpose. USDA publishes only energy, fat, carbohydrate, protein and sodium for this roll, so saturated fat, dietary fiber, total sugars and added sugars have no number and are left out rather than guessed. The FDA Daily Value reference sets added sugars at 50 grams a day; you can compare a Smarties wrapper against that yourself, but you will not find the figure in the USDA record.
US servings, from one roll to a handful
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 roll, the label serving | 7 g | 25 kcal |
| 2 rolls | 14 g | 50 kcal |
| 1 oz | 28 g | 101 kcal |
| 6 rolls, a small handful | 42 g | 150 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 357 kcal |
Only the first line is a USDA serving. The two-roll, six-roll and one-ounce figures are our own arithmetic from the USDA 100-gram number, not portions USDA publishes, and the ounce is 28.35 grams rounded to 28 in the table.
That ounce line is the useful one. A roll is so small that 25 calories feels like nothing, and it is — but four rolls is 28 grams and lands on exactly 100 calories, which is the size of the handful people actually take out of a candy dish at a reception desk. Six rolls, still a modest fistful, is 150 calories, roughly a slice of bread's worth of energy in candy that takes about a minute to eat.
Store brands, fruit rolls and jelly beans
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Classic Smarties roll | 357 kcal | 1 roll (7 g) | 25 kcal |
| Sweet Smarties, store brand | 357 kcal | 1 roll (7 g) | 25 kcal |
| Assorted fruit Smarties rolls | 357 kcal | 1 roll (7 g) | 25 kcal |
| Smarties jelly beans | 375 kcal | 29 pieces (40 g) | 150 kcal |
| Mini Smarties, novelty pack rolls | 333 kcal | 1 roll (4.5 g) | 15 kcal |
| Nestlé Smarties chocolate | 530 kcal | 100 g | 530 kcal |
The three tablet rolls are interchangeable for logging. Whether the wrapper says Food Club, Shoppers Value, Big Win or Sunny Island, the roll weighs 7 grams and the record reports 357 calories per 100 grams, and the assorted fruit version changes the flavor without moving the energy.
The two that do differ are worth knowing. Smarties jelly beans sit at 375 calories per 100 grams, about 5 percent above the tablets, but the real jump is the serving: 29 beans weigh 40 grams and cost 150 calories, six times a roll. Novelty holiday packs carry mini rolls of 4.5 grams at 15 calories each, which is where a kid's Halloween bag quietly turns into 150 calories over ten rolls.
Chocolate Smarties are a different candy
One name, two candies, and the gap is large. The US tablets are 357 calories per 100 grams with 0 grams of fat. The Nestlé Smarties chocolate sharing block is 530 calories per 100 grams, with 28.8 grams of fat, 5.7 grams of protein and 200 milligrams of sodium — about 48 percent more energy in the same weight, because chocolate brings cocoa butter and milk solids that a dextrose tablet does not have.
If you grew up outside the United States and log "Smarties" from memory, you are probably logging the wrong food by a wide margin. A 40-gram share of the chocolate block is 212 calories; 40 grams of the American tablets is 143 — both our own scaling from the USDA 100-gram figures, not listed servings. Check which candy is in your hand before you tap the entry.
Carbohydrate is the only row that moves
Smarties are one of the cleanest single-nutrient foods in a food log. Every one of the 25 calories in a roll comes from carbohydrate — 6.0 grams of it, 2 percent of the 275-gram Daily Value — with zero fat, zero protein and zero sodium. Nothing else on the label is doing anything.
That makes them genuinely useful in two situations. If you are watching sodium, this is a sweet that never touches the 2,300-milligram daily limit the Dietary Guidelines for Americans work from. And if you want something sweet inside a tight calorie budget, one roll costs less than a third of a medium banana.
The catch is the flip side of the same fact. Pressed dextrose gives you sugar with no fat and no protein to slow it down, and nothing in a roll fills you up, so the honest way to use Smarties is as a fixed, counted treat — two rolls, 50 calories, done — rather than as something you graze on. USDA's record does not publish a sugars line for this candy, so no page can tell you exactly how much of the 6.0 grams of carbohydrate counts as added sugar; the wrapper can.
How do Smarties compare?
| Candy | Per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smarties tablets | 357 kcal | one roll, 7 g | 25 kcal |
| Smarties jelly beans | 375 kcal | 29 pieces, 40 g | 150 kcal |
| Nestlé Smarties chocolate | 530 kcal | 100 g block | 530 kcal |
| Mini Smarties novelty rolls | 333 kcal | one roll, 4.5 g | 15 kcal |
Our take: for anyone counting, the tablet roll is the pick and it is not close. It is the lightest per 100 grams of the four here except the mini novelty roll, and it comes pre-portioned in a wrapper that stops you at 25 calories. The jelly beans look similar on the shelf and cost six times as much per serving. The chocolate version is a different food entirely at 530 per 100 grams, and if satiety is what you are after, none of these will do it — a roll of Smarties is a taste of sweetness, not a snack.
Most popular smarties 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) |
|---|---|
| Food Club Smarties Candies | 357 cal |
| Shoppers Value Smarties | 357 cal |
| Big Win Smarties | 357 cal |
| Big Win Sweet Smarties | 357 cal |
| Sunny Island Assorted Fruit Smarties Rolls | 357 cal |
| Tops Smarties Jelly Beans | 375 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Smarties FAQs
How many calories are in one roll of Smarties?
One roll is 25 calories. The label serving is a single 7-gram roll, and USDA puts the candy at 357 calories per 100 grams. Four rolls come to exactly 100 calories, which is the easiest way to keep a handful of them in your head.
How many calories are in an ounce of Smarties?
An ounce of Smarties is 101 calories. That is 28.35 grams, or right about four 7-gram rolls, and it comes from our own arithmetic on the USDA 100-gram figure rather than from a listed serving. Nobody eats an ounce in one sitting, but a candy dish adds up fast.
How much sugar is in Smarties?
USDA does not publish a sugars line for this roll, so the honest number is 6.0 grams of carbohydrate per 7-gram roll. Smarties tablets are pressed dextrose with almost nothing else in them, so the carbohydrate and the sugar are close to the same thing here. Read the wrapper for a sugars figure.
Do Smarties have any fat or sodium?
Zero and zero: USDA lists 0 grams of fat and 0 milligrams of sodium for a 7-gram roll, and 0 grams of protein with it. All 25 calories come from carbohydrate, which is why the candy is one of the few sweets that never touches your sodium budget of 2,300 milligrams.
Are US Smarties the same as Nestlé Smarties?
No — US Smarties are 357 calories per 100 grams of pressed dextrose tablets, while the Nestlé Smarties sold outside the US are chocolate lentils at 530 calories per 100 grams with 28.8 grams of fat. Same name, two different candies, and about 48 percent more energy in the chocolate.
How many carbs are in a roll of Smarties?
A 7-gram roll has 6.0 grams of carbohydrate, which is 2 percent of the 275-gram Daily Value. Per 100 grams the tablets are 85.71 grams of carbohydrate. Six rolls, a small handful of 42 grams, works out to 36 grams of carbohydrate and 150 calories.
How many Smarties rolls are in 100 calories?
Four rolls, and the math is clean: 25 calories each, 100 calories for four, 28 grams of candy in total. That is close enough to an ounce that you can use the two interchangeably. Rolls disappear in twos and threes, so this is the number worth keeping in your head.
Are Smarties jelly beans higher in calories than the rolls?
Yes, slightly: Smarties jelly beans are 375 calories per 100 grams against 357 for the tablets, about 5 percent more. The gap that matters is the serving, though — 29 jelly beans weigh 40 grams and cost 150 calories, six times what one roll of tablets costs.
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