How many calories are in Swedish Fish?
Ten Swedish Fish weigh 50 g and carry 198 calories. Per 100 g the candy runs 396 calories, and 98.9 g of that 100 g is carbohydrate. There is no fat and no protein in the USDA record at all, so every calorie here is sugar and starch doing the work.
You'd need to walk about 40 minutes to burn the 198 calories in a 10-piece serving (50 g).
How long does it take to burn off Swedish fish?
A 10-piece serving (50 g) is 198 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 198 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 40 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 25 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 28 min |
| Jogging | 23 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 44 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
- Swedish Fish quick facts
- US servings from one fish to a full cup
- Store bags and sugar-free versions
- Gummy bears and the same-count trap
- Sugar is the row to watch
- How does Swedish Fish compare?
- Most popular swedish fish brands
- FAQ
Swedish Fish quick facts
There is no generic Swedish Fish entry in USDA's database, so the number to use is SR Legacy 167989, "Candies, gumdrops, starch jelly pieces". That is exactly what these are: a chewy candy set with starch rather than gelatin. It is also the only record in the category with a household measure a snacker recognizes, "10 gummy fish (50 g)", which is why the column below is built on 50 g instead of an abstract 100 g.
Store-brand bags with the words Swedish Fish on them label themselves at 350 to 375 calories per 100 g, a little below the USDA figure. Treat 396 as the honest ceiling and the label as the brand's own rounding.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 10-piece serving (50 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 396 | 198 | — |
| Total fat | 0 g | 0.0 g | 0% |
| Saturated fat | 0 g | 0.0 g | 0% |
| Carbohydrate | 98.9 g | 49.5 g | 18% |
| Dietary fiber | 0.1 g | 0.1 g | 0% |
| Total sugars | 58.97 g | 29.5 g | — |
| Protein | 0 g | 0.0 g | 0% |
| Sodium | 44 mg | 22 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 will see on a candy bag are missing here on purpose. SR Legacy 167989 does not measure added sugars or trans fat, so there is nothing to publish for either; the printed label on a retail bag does give added sugars. Cholesterol is 0 mg and potassium is 5 mg per 100 g, which is 3 mg in the 50 g serving and not worth a row.
Total sugars are the detail most pages miss. Only 58.97 g of the 98.9 g of carbohydrate is sugar. The other 40 g or so is starch and syrup solids that USDA does not count as sugar but that your body still counts as calories.
US servings from one fish to a full cup
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| One fish | 5 g | 20 kcal |
| 1 oz | 28.35 g | 112 kcal |
| 4 pieces, label serving | 40 g | 158 kcal |
| 10 gummy fish, USDA measure | 50 g | 198 kcal |
| 1 cup of gumdrops | 182 g | 721 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 396 kcal |
Only the 50 g row and the 182 g cup are USDA household measures. The single fish, the ounce and the four-piece label serving are our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, not USDA servings.
The cup is the trap. A cup of gumdrops holds 182 g and 721 calories, 3.6 times the 50 g handful most people picture when they think "some Swedish Fish". Nobody measures candy in cups on purpose, but a movie-theater tub or a party bowl gets you there without a measuring cup in sight.
Store bags and sugar-free versions
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| USDA starch jelly pieces | 396 kcal | 10 fish (50 g) | 198 kcal |
| Store-brand bag | 357 kcal | 20 pieces (42 g) | 150 kcal |
| Sugar-free gum drops | 354 kcal | 1 piece (5 g) | 18 kcal |
| Hard candy | 394 kcal | 1 oz (28.35 g) | 112 kcal |
| Taffy | 397 kcal | 1 oz (28.35 g) | 113 kcal |
Retail bags are the messiest part of this food. Across six US store brands, the printed serving is 40 to 42 g and 140 to 150 calories, but the piece count for that same weight runs from 5 to 21 depending on how big the manufacturer molds the fish. If you count pieces and not grams, two bags of "one serving" can differ fourfold in what a single fish costs you.
Sugar-free gum drops look like the obvious swap, and per piece they are cheap at 18 calories. Per 100 g they save you only 42 calories against the sugared version, because sorbitol is not calorie-free. Hard candy and taffy sit in the same 394 to 397 range per 100 g, so the shape of the candy changes almost nothing; only the fat in taffy, 3.33 g per 100 g from butter, sets it apart at all.
Gummy bears and the same-count trap
| Ten pieces of | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| Gummy fish | 50 g | 198 kcal |
| Gumdrops | 36 g | 143 kcal |
| Gummy bears | 22 g | 87 kcal |
Same candy, same 396 calories per 100 g, same count in your hand, and a spread of 111 calories. Ten gummy bears weigh 22 g. Ten Swedish Fish weigh more than twice that. This is the single most useful thing to know about logging gummy candy: the piece count tells you nothing until you know the piece size, and a fish is a big piece.
If you log by eye, log by grams or by the bag's serving weight. Ten of something is not a unit.
Sugar is the row to watch
A 50 g serving delivers 29.5 g of total sugars and 49.5 g of carbohydrate, which is 18% of the Daily Value for carbohydrate on the FDA's Nutrition Facts label. No %DV can be shown for the sugar line itself, because total sugars have no Daily Value and USDA's SR Legacy record does not break out added sugars for this candy. The Dietary Guidelines put added sugars below 10% of daily calories, which is 50 g on a 2,000-calorie day, and a bag of candy is the classic place that budget goes.
The rows that stay at zero are just as telling. No fat, no saturated fat, no cholesterol, no protein. Nothing here slows digestion or leaves you full, so 198 calories of Swedish Fish will not hold you the way 198 calories of almost any real food would. Sodium is a non-issue at 22 mg per serving, roughly one-hundredth of a teaspoon of table salt.
If you are watching sugar, the practical move is portion control rather than substitution: four pieces at 158 calories is a snack, half a bag is a meal.
How does Swedish Fish compare?
| Candy | Per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Fish, starch jelly | 396 kcal | 10 fish (50 g) | 198 kcal |
| Sugar-free gum drops | 354 kcal | 1 piece (5 g) | 18 kcal |
| Hard candy | 394 kcal | 1 oz (28.35 g) | 112 kcal |
| Taffy | 397 kcal | 1 oz (28.35 g) | 113 kcal |
Our take: per gram these four are the same candy, spread across just 43 calories per 100 g, and taffy is actually the densest of them at 397. What separates them is how fast you eat them. Hard candy takes minutes per piece, so an ounce lasts; Swedish Fish disappear ten at a time, which is how the same density turns into 198 calories instead of 112. For weight loss, buy the candy that slows you down and portion the fish into a small bowl. For a genuine treat with the fewest calories in your hand, the sugar-free drop at 18 calories a piece wins on arithmetic alone.
Most popular swedish fish 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) |
|---|---|
| The Fresh Market Red Swedish Fish | 357 cal |
| RB Confections Red Swedish Fish | 350 cal |
| Weis Quality Assorted Swedish Fish | 350 cal |
| Lunds & Byerlys Swedish Fish | 375 cal |
| First Street Assorted Swedish Fish | 350 cal |
| Lunds & Byerlys Red Swedish Fish | 357 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Swedish Fish FAQs
How many calories are in Swedish Fish?
A 10-piece serving weighs 50 g and carries 198 calories, which works out to 396 calories per 100 g in USDA's record for starch jelly candy. Four pieces, the serving most bags print on the label, come to about 158 calories. The entire calorie count is carbohydrate; there is no fat and no protein.
How many calories in one Swedish Fish?
About 20 calories per fish, our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure: 10 gummy fish weigh 50 g and hold 198 calories, so one piece of roughly 5 g lands near 20. Grab a handful of six and you are at about 120 calories.
What is a serving size of Swedish Fish?
40 g, or about four pieces, is the serving printed on most retail bags, and that comes to about 158 calories by our arithmetic from the USDA 100 g value. USDA's own household measure is bigger: 10 gummy fish at 50 g and 198 calories. Store brands count anywhere from 5 to 21 pieces per serving.
How much sugar is in Swedish Fish?
29.5 g of total sugars in a 50 g serving, and 58.97 g per 100 g in the USDA record. That serving is 18% of the Daily Value for total carbohydrate. USDA's SR Legacy entry does not report added sugars for this candy, so no added-sugar percentage can be given for it here.
Are Swedish Fish fat free?
Zero grams of fat, saturated fat and cholesterol, both per 100 g and in the 50 g serving. That does not make them light: the 198 calories in 10 fish all arrive as carbohydrate, 49.5 g of it. Taffy, by contrast, carries 3.33 g of fat per 100 g because it is made with butter.
Do Swedish Fish have gelatin?
USDA files this candy as starch jelly pieces, set with starch rather than gelatin, and the record lists 0 g of protein per 100 g, which is what you would expect when no gelatin is in the mix. Recipes differ by manufacturer, so read the ingredient list on the bag you actually bought.
How many carbs are in Swedish Fish?
49.5 g of carbohydrate in a 50 g serving, or 18% of the Daily Value, and 98.9 g per 100 g. Fiber is negligible at 0.1 g per 100 g, so net carbs and total carbs are effectively the same number here. One fish is close to 5 g of carbohydrate.
Are Swedish Fish worse than gummy bears?
Ten gummy bears weigh about 22 g and come to 87 calories; 10 Swedish Fish weigh 50 g and come to 198. Per gram they are the same candy at 396 calories per 100 g. The fish are simply bigger, so counting pieces instead of grams is what trips people up.
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