Vodka sauce calories come to 195 for one cup (260 g) and 75 per 100 g. Fat supplies 76% of those calories, so this is a cream sauce first and a tomato sauce second. How much you ladle onto the pasta matters more than anything else on the label.
195kcal
1 cup · 260 g, with tomatoes and cream
6%protein
3 gProtein
9 gCarbs
17.1 gFat
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Nutrition facts
With tomatoes and cream · per 260 g
Calories
195 kcal
Protein
3 g
Carbohydrate
9.3 g
Fat
17.1 g
Saturated fat
7.9 g
Cholesterol
36 mg
Sodium
642 mg
Potassium
494 mg
Iron
1.5 mg
Source: USDA FoodData Central
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Vodka sauce: 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 cup (260 g)
195
3 g
9.3 g
17.1 g
642 mg
10%
4 oz portion (113 g)
85
1.3 g
4 g
7.4 g
279 mg
4%
Small serving (65 g)
49
0.7 g
2.3 g
4.3 g
161 mg
2%
100 g
75
1.2 g
3.6 g
6.6 g
247 mg
4%
3 × 1 cup (260 g)
585
9 g
1,927 mg
5 × 1 cup (260 g)
975
14.9 g
3,211 mg
A cup is 195 calories, and refills add up fast
The default serving here is one cup (260 g), which lands at 195 calories, or 10% of the standard daily calorie value. That is a generous ladle, enough to coat a full plate of pasta. Most home cooks spoon on less than that.
Scale down and the sauce gets modest quickly. A 4 oz portion (113 g) is 85 calories, and a small serving of 65 g is 49 calories. At that size it works as a topping rather than the main event on the plate.
Scale up and it moves the other way. Two cups come to 390 calories, three cups to 585, and five cups (1,300 g), roughly a family batch, to 975. If you cook a pot for the week, weigh your portion once. The gap between a small serving and a full cup is nearly fourfold.
Fat supplies three quarters of the calories
Look at the calorie split and vodka sauce stops looking like a tomato sauce. Fat delivers 76% of its calories, carbs 18% and protein just 6%. The cream does the heavy lifting; the tomatoes mostly add color, acidity and a little sugar.
Per 100 g you get 6.6 g of fat, 3 g of it saturated, against 3.6 g of carbs and 1.2 g of protein. A full cup carries 17.1 g of fat and 9.3 g of carbs, with only 6.5 g of sugars. That makes it a fairly low-carb sauce, which suits people counting carbs better than people counting fat.
Protein barely registers. One cup has 3 g, which is 6% of the daily value, so the sauce will not carry a meal on its own. Cholesterol sits at 14 mg per 100 g, a modest figure for a cream-based sauce.
Sodium is the row to watch at a full cup
Vodka sauce has 247 mg of sodium per 100 g. That reads as moderate until you serve a cup: 642 mg, or 28% of the daily value, before you add salted pasta water, Parmesan or garlic bread.
Doubling up doubles it. Two cups reach 1,284 mg and three cups 1,927 mg, which is most of a day's sodium budget in sauce alone. A 4 oz portion keeps it to 279 mg, 12% of the daily value, and a small 65 g serving to 161 mg.
If you watch sodium, portion is your main lever and label reading is the second. Jarred versions vary, and lines such as Victoria Low Sodium Vodka Sauce exist for exactly this reason. Check the sodium line on the jar against the 642 mg cup figure here before you pour.
Pair it with protein and vegetables, not more cream
Because the sauce brings fat but little protein, the plate needs a protein source to feel like a full meal. Grilled chicken, shrimp, white beans or lean ground meat fill the gap that 3 g of protein per cup leaves open.
Vegetables cover the other gap. A cup of sauce gives 3.4 g of fiber, and the sauce has 190 mg of potassium per 100 g, which is a start, not a finish. Spinach, peas, roasted zucchini or broccoli stirred in add volume and fiber without much fat, and they let a smaller ladle of sauce cover the same bowl.
Skip the extra cream, butter or cheese finish if you want the numbers on this page to hold. If you track meals, BodyPal can log vodka sauce from a photo, and weighing the sauce once shows you what your usual ladle really holds.
How does vodka sauce compare?
Here is vodka sauce next to pizza sauce, enchilada sauce and a1 sauce, per 100 g and per usual serving.
Verdict: For the fewest calories pick enchilada sauce at 30 per 100 g or pizza sauce at 54, since vodka sauce sits higher at 75 because of its cream. If sodium worries you more than calories, vodka sauce at 247 mg per 100 g beats all three, including a1 sauce at 1,647 mg.
Most popular vodka sauce brands in the United States
Ranked by popularity in the BodyPal database
# Productkcal / 100 g
1Victoria Vodka Sauce1/2 cup · 113 g71 kcal
2Bertolli Vodka Sauce1/2 cup · 125 g112 kcal
3Victoria Vegan Vodka Sauce1/2 cup · 113 g88 kcal
4Victoria Low Sodium Vodka Sauce1/2 cup · 113 g62 kcal
5Lidia's Vodka Sauce1/2 cup · 125 g56 kcal
6Classico Vodka Sauce Pasta Sauce1/2 cup · 125 g64 kcal
7Prego Creamy Tomato Vodka Pasta Sauce120 g117 kcal
Jarred sauces are in the same ready to eat state as the numbers above, so the spread from 56 to 117 calories per 100 g is simply how much cream and oil each recipe uses. Source: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Vodka sauce FAQs
How many calories are in vodka sauce?
A cup of vodka sauce is 195 calories, and 100 g is 75 calories. A 113 g portion, about half a cup, is 85 calories.
Is vodka sauce good for weight loss?
Vodka sauce is 75 calories per 100 g, so a 65 g spoonful over pasta adds 49 calories and a full 260 g cup adds 195.
Vodka sauce vs enchilada sauce: which has more calories?
Vodka sauce has 75 calories per 100 g and enchilada sauce 30, because the vodka version carries 6.6 g of fat per 100 g from the cream.
How much fat is in vodka sauce?
Per 100 g there are 6.6 g of fat, of which 3 g is saturated. A 260 g cup has 17.1 g of fat and 3 g of protein.
Is vodka sauce high in calories?
Moderately. Vodka sauce has 75 calories per 100 g, more than pizza sauce at 54 but less than a1 sauce at 95. A full cup is 195 calories, so portion size decides whether it counts as heavy.
What are the macros in vodka sauce?
Per 100 g, vodka sauce has 6.6 g of fat, 3.6 g of carbs and 1.2 g of protein. By calories that is 76% fat, 18% carbs and 6% protein, so it behaves like a cream sauce.
What are the nutrition facts for one cup of vodka sauce?
One cup (260 g) has 195 calories, 17.1 g fat, 9.3 g carbs, 3 g protein, 3.4 g fiber, 6.5 g sugars and 642 mg sodium. That sodium is 28% of the daily value.
How many calories are in homemade vodka sauce?
Vodka sauce made with tomatoes and cream runs about 75 calories per 100 g and 195 per cup, based on the USDA entry. Using more cream, butter or cheese than usual will push it higher.
How many calories does vodka sauce add to pasta?
The sauce alone adds 195 calories per cup, 85 per 4 oz portion and 49 for a small 65 g serving. Count the pasta separately, since these figures cover only the sauce.
