How many calories are in Sunny D?
A 1-cup (248 g) glass of Sunny D carries 134 calories, and the drink itself runs 54 calories per 100 g. That is the USDA survey record for the citrus punch as people actually pour it: no fat, no fiber worth counting, and 30 g of sugar sitting in a single glass.
You'd need to walk about 27 minutes to burn the 134 calories in a 1-cup (248 g) serving.
How long does it take to burn off Sunny D?
A 1-cup (248 g) serving is 134 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 134 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 27 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 17 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 19 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 (248 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Sunny D quick facts
- US servings, from a shot glass to a 12 oz bottle
- Added calcium, ice and the bottle sizes
- The label and the USDA row disagree
- Sodium is the row nobody checks
- How does Sunny D compare?
- Most popular sunny d brands
- Sunny D FAQs
Sunny D quick facts
The number above comes from FNDDS 2710582, "Fruit juice drink (Sunny D)", the survey record USDA keeps for the citrus punch in its base recipe. It is the only Sunny D entry with a full nutrient profile attached to household measures — a cup, and the 6.75 and 10 fl oz bottles — which is exactly how the drink leaves a fridge. The added-calcium formula is a separate record with a separate sugar figure, and it gets its own section further down.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 1 cup (248 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 54 | 134 | — |
| Total fat | 0 g | 0.0 g | 0% |
| Saturated fat | 0 g | 0.0 g | 0% |
| Carbohydrate | 13.16 g | 32.6 g | 12% |
| Dietary fiber | 0.1 g | 0.2 g | 1% |
| Total sugars | 12.11 g | 30.0 g | — |
| Protein | 0.13 g | 0.3 g | 1% |
| Sodium | 61 mg | 151 mg | 7% |
% 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 →
There is no added-sugars row here, and no trans fat row, because this FNDDS edition does not publish either for the record. Total sugars carry the story on their own: 30.0 g in a cup against 32.6 g of carbohydrate means the glass is sugar with a little else. Cholesterol is 0 mg. Potassium is more interesting than you would guess — 303 mg in a cup, 6% of the Daily Value, roughly what the drink borrows from its juice concentrate base.
The FDA Daily Value reference is what those percentages are measured against, and total sugars are the one line on the label with no Daily Value at all, which is why that cell stays empty.
US servings, from a shot glass to a 12 oz bottle
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 fl oz, no ice | 31 g | 17 kcal |
| 1 oz | 28.3 g | 15 kcal |
| 1 bottle, 6.75 fl oz | 209 g | 113 kcal |
| 1 cup, 8 fl oz | 248 g | 134 kcal |
| 1 bottle, 10 fl oz | 310 g | 167 kcal |
| 1 bottle, 12 fl oz | 372 g | 201 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 54 kcal |
The cup, the fluid ounce and the 6.75 and 10 fl oz bottles are USDA household measures attached to the record. The 1 oz by weight and the 12 fl oz bottle are our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, not USDA servings — useful because a 1 oz pour is what a taste from someone else's glass costs, and 12 fl oz is what a convenience-store cooler hands you.
Notice the gap between the smallest and largest bottle: 113 calories against 201. Same drink, same recipe, a difference of 88 calories decided entirely by which plastic the store stocked. That is the single most useful thing to know before logging a Sunny D from memory, because "a bottle" is not a unit.
Added calcium, ice and the bottle sizes
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base citrus punch | 54 kcal | 1 cup (248 g) | 134 kcal |
| With added calcium | 53 kcal | 1 cup (248 g) | 131 kcal |
| Over ice | 54 kcal | 1 fl oz with ice (23 g) | 12 kcal |
| Bottle, 6.75 fl oz | 54 kcal | 209 g | 113 kcal |
| Bottle, 10 fl oz | 54 kcal | 310 g | 167 kcal |
| Bottle, 12 fl oz | 54 kcal | 372 g | 201 kcal |
| SunnyD Tangy Original, label figure | 21 kcal | 8 fl oz (240 ml) | 50 kcal |
The calcium-fortified version is barely lighter in calories — 131 against 134 in a cup — but it is a different drink in the sugar column: 8.02 g per 100 g against 12.11 g, with carbohydrate almost unchanged at 13.2 g. If you are picking between the two jugs on sugar rather than calories, that is a real gap.
Ice does more than calories math suggests. USDA weighs a fluid ounce of Sunny D over ice at 23 g and a fluid ounce without ice at 31 g, so the same tumbler filled with ice carries about a quarter less drink — and about a quarter fewer calories — than the same tumbler filled to the brim. Twelve calories a fluid ounce over ice, seventeen without.
The other brand rows land in the same narrow band on the label: the smooth orange and the Chillers lemonade at 21 calories per 100 ml, the cherry limeade and the 10 oz orange at 24, the green apple slam at 25. Flavor barely moves the number. The container does.
The label and the USDA row disagree
Here is the discrepancy nobody warns you about. The USDA survey record for Sunny D is 54 calories per 100 g, which is 134 for a cup. The USDA Branded entries built from current packaging sit at 21 to 25 calories per 100 ml, which is roughly 50 to 60 calories for the same 8 fl oz. That is not a rounding argument — it is a factor of two.
Both are real. The FNDDS figure is a survey composite built for dietary recall, and the recipe behind Sunny D has been reformulated downward over the years, so a current bottle label reads lighter than the survey average. Our position: if you are holding a bottle, log what the bottle's own Nutrition Facts panel says. If you are logging "a glass of Sunny D" poured at someone's house, or matching an older diet record, the 134-calorie cup is the safer estimate. Never average the two — that produces a number that matches nothing.
This page uses the FNDDS row throughout, because it is the only Sunny D entry with the full nutrient set and the household measures. Where the label figure is relevant, it is printed as a label figure and labeled as one.
Sodium is the row nobody checks
A cup of Sunny D carries 151 mg of sodium, 7% of the 2,300 mg Daily Value — less than a tenth of a teaspoon of table salt, but from a drink that most people file mentally under "juice" and never think about. Scale it up to the 12 fl oz bottle and you are at 227 mg, close to 10% of the day's sodium before food enters the picture.
For context, CDC's Rethink Your Drink guidance treats sweetened drinks as calories that arrive without filling anyone up, and the sodium here is a quiet passenger on the same ride. Protein is 0.3 g in a cup and fiber 0.2 g, so nothing in the glass slows it down. If you are watching sodium, this is a drink worth counting rather than waving through; MyPlate's drinks page makes the plain-water case better than we can.
How does Sunny D compare?
| Drink | Per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny D | 54 kcal | 1 cup, 248 g | 134 kcal |
| Cranberry juice drink, high vitamin C | 54 kcal | 1 cup, 248 g | 134 kcal |
| Apricot nectar | 56 kcal | 1 cup, 248 g | 139 kcal |
| Mango nectar | 51 kcal | 1 cup, 248 g | 126 kcal |
The cup figures for the three comparison drinks are our own arithmetic from their USDA 100 g values.
Our take: of these four, only mango nectar comes in lighter, and only by 8 calories a cup — the cranberry juice drink lands on exactly the same 134. Swapping between sweetened fruit drinks is not a calorie strategy; they are all built the same way, around 51 to 56 calories per 100 g. The decision that actually moves the number is container size, and after that, ice. A 6.75 oz bottle over a 12 oz one saves 88 calories, which is more than any swap on this table can offer. If you want the drink, take the small bottle and fill the glass with ice.
Most popular sunny d 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) |
|---|---|
| SunnyD Citrus Punch Tangy Original | 21 cal |
| SunnyD Smooth Citrus Punch Orange | 21 cal |
| SunnyD Citrus Punch Orange 10 oz | 24 cal |
| SunnyD Citrus Punch Cherry Limeade | 24 cal |
| SunnyD Citrus Punch Green Apple Slam | 25 cal |
| SunnyD Chillers Lemonade | 21 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Sunny D FAQs
How many calories are in a glass of Sunny D?
A 1-cup glass, 248 g, is 134 calories, at 54 calories per 100 g. Pour it into a tall tumbler and you are usually past a cup, closer to 10 or 12 fl oz, which puts the same glass at 167 to 201 calories before anything else on the breakfast table.
How many calories are in a 6.75 oz Sunny D bottle?
The 6.75 fl oz lunchbox bottle holds 209 g and comes to 113 calories, with about 25 g of total sugars and 127 mg of sodium scaled from the USDA 100 g row. It is the only single-serve size that stays under the 134-calorie cup figure most people picture.
How much sugar is in Sunny D?
One cup carries 30.0 g of total sugars, from 12.11 g per 100 g. USDA does not publish an added-sugars value for this record, so we do not print one. The total is the honest figure, and it accounts for nearly all of the 32.6 g of carbohydrate in the glass.
How many calories in a 12 oz Sunny D?
A 12 fl oz bottle, 372 g, works out to 201 calories and 227 mg of sodium — our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure rather than a USDA serving. That is close to 10% of the day's sodium Daily Value from a drink most people never think to count as salty.
Does Sunny D have sodium?
Yes: 151 mg in a 1-cup glass, 7% of the 2,300 mg Daily Value, from 61 mg per 100 g. That is less than a tenth of a teaspoon of table salt per glass, but it stacks quickly if the bottle is a 12 oz one, where the same drink brings 227 mg.
How many calories in Sunny D with added calcium?
The added-calcium formula is 53 calories per 100 g, so a 1-cup glass is 131 calories — three fewer than the base recipe. The real difference sits in the sugar column: 8.02 g per 100 g against 12.11 g, while carbohydrate stays almost identical at 13.2 g per 100 g.
Is Sunny D real orange juice?
USDA files it at 54 calories per 100 g under the name "fruit juice drink," not under orange juice, which is the cleanest answer available. Treat it as a sweetened citrus drink when you log it, and read the bottle's own panel if you want the ingredient order rather than the calorie count.
Is Sunny D a good source of vitamin C?
The USDA record behind these 134 calories does not publish a vitamin C value, so we will not put a number on it here. The bottle carries its own vitamin C statement on the panel; for a page built on USDA rows, the accurate answer is that the figure is not in the source we cite.
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