How many calories are in whipped cream cheese?
A 2-tablespoon (23 g) tub serving of whipped cream cheese is 79 calories, and per 100 g the spread runs 343 calories. That tub number is small because the scoop is small: whipping adds air, so the same 23 g of dairy simply spreads further across the bagel.
You'd need to walk about 16 minutes to burn the 79 calories in a 2-tablespoon (23 g) serving.
How long does it take to burn off 79 kcal of whipped cream cheese?
A 2-tablespoon (23 g) serving is 79 kcal. Enter your weight and the amount you ate to see how long it takes you to burn that off:
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| Activity | Time to burn 79 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 16 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 10 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 11 min |
| Jogging | 9 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 18 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 (23 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Whipped cream cheese quick facts
- US servings, from one tablespoon to a full cup
- Whipped, block, light, fat free and flavored
- Saturated fat is the ceiling, not sodium
- What the tub labels actually say
- How does whipped cream cheese compare?
- Most popular whipped cream cheese brands
- FAQ
Whipped cream cheese quick facts
USDA does not publish a separate record for the whipped stuff. The line that fits it is FNDDS 2705760, "Cream cheese, regular, plain", and that is deliberate rather than lazy: whipping is a mechanical step that folds air into finished cream cheese. Nothing is added and nothing is removed, so gram for gram the composition is the same. The branded whipped tubs bear that out, clustering between 321 and 364 calories per 100 g around the USDA figure of 343.
What does change is the weight of a spoonful, and that is where the calorie difference people notice actually comes from. The serving below is the one printed on most whipped tubs, 2 tablespoons at 23 g.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 2 Tbsp (23 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 343 | 79 | — |
| Total fat | 33.49 g | 7.7 g | 10% |
| Saturated fat | 19.7 g | 4.5 g | 23% |
| Carbohydrate | 4.56 g | 1.0 g | 0% |
| Dietary fiber | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| Total sugars | 3.76 g | 0.9 g | — |
| Protein | 5.79 g | 1.3 g | 3% |
| Sodium | 368 mg | 85 mg | 4% |
% 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 package are missing here: added sugars and trans fat. USDA does not publish either value for generic plain cream cheese in this edition, so rather than guess, the rows are gone. The 3.76 g of total sugars per 100 g is milk sugar that came with the dairy, not something stirred in.
Cholesterol and potassium do have numbers. A 23 g serving carries 23 mg of cholesterol, 8% of the Daily Value, and 29 mg of potassium, which is 1%. Both are quiet compared with the fat row.
US servings, from one tablespoon to a full cup
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Tbsp whipped | 11.5 g | 39 kcal |
| 2 Tbsp whipped, tub label | 23 g | 79 kcal |
| 1 Tbsp block-style | 15 g | 51 kcal |
| 1 oz, one individual cup | 28.35 g | 97 kcal |
| 1 cup | 240 g | 823 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 343 kcal |
The 23 g two-tablespoon line is the label serving on whipped tubs, and 15 g is the weight USDA assigns to a tablespoon of the block. The 11.5 g whipped tablespoon is our own arithmetic, half of the 23 g label serving, not a USDA measure. The 1 oz and 1 cup figures are also scaled from the USDA 100 g value rather than lifted from a USDA household measure.
That table hides the single most useful fact on this page. A tablespoon of whipped cream cheese is 39 calories and a tablespoon of block is 51. Identical product, identical 343 calories per 100 g, a 12-calorie gap made entirely of air. Which means the saving is real when you spread by the spoonful and completely gone when you spread by the ounce. If you weigh your food, whipped is not a lighter choice at all.
Whipped, block, light, fat free and flavored
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whipped, plain | 343 kcal | 2 Tbsp (23 g) | 79 kcal |
| Block, full fat | 342.8 kcal | 1 oz (28.35 g) | 97 kcal |
| Light | 264 kcal | 2 Tbsp (30 g) | 79 kcal |
| Fat free | 105 kcal | 2 Tbsp (30 g) | 32 kcal |
| Flavored | 275 kcal | 2 Tbsp (30 g) | 83 kcal |
| Cream cheese spread, tub | 295 kcal | 1 oz (28.35 g) | 84 kcal |
The block row comes from USDA's Foundation record 2346385, a laboratory edition of the same product; its 342.8 calories per 100 g is the same number as the FNDDS 343 with one more decimal of precision.
Look at the whipped row and the light row. Two tablespoons of whipped full-fat cream cheese at 23 g and two tablespoons of light cream cheese at 30 g both come to 79 calories. The light version gets there by cutting fat from 33.49 g to 22.66 g per 100 g; the whipped version gets there by weighing less. Same landing spot, opposite routes, and only the light one also brings more protein, 9.09 g per 100 g against 5.79 g.
Fat free is the only version that changes the shape of the food. At 105 calories per 100 g it is under a third of plain cream cheese, and its 15.69 g of protein per 100 g is nearly three times what the full-fat version carries. It pays for that with sodium: 702 mg per 100 g against 368 mg. Flavored tubs move in the other direction, dropping to 275 calories per 100 g only because sugar and seasonings dilute the fat, which is why their carbohydrate jumps to 14.09 g per 100 g.
The tub-style cream cheese spread is a separate USDA line at 295 calories per 100 g. It is a looser, wetter product than the block, and its 436 mg of sodium per 100 g is noticeably higher.
Saturated fat is the ceiling, not sodium
People reach for whipped cream cheese thinking about calories and skip the row that actually constrains it. A 23 g serving delivers 4.5 g of saturated fat, 23% of the FDA Daily Value of 20 g. That is roughly a quarter of the day's allowance from a spread you can put on a bagel in four seconds.
Sodium, by contrast, is almost a non-event: 85 mg, 4% of the 2,300 mg Daily Value, well under a tenth of a teaspoon of table salt. If you are watching sodium, the cream cheese is not your problem; the bagel, the deli meat and the smoked salmon under it usually are.
The practical version: two tablespoons is a comfortable amount of saturated fat to spend on breakfast, a heaped ounce at 97 calories and about 5.6 g of saturated fat is starting to crowd the day, and a deli-sized 2 oz (57 g) smear is about 11.2 g of saturated fat, more than half the Daily Value, by our own scaling of the USDA 100 g figure and before the bread is counted. The MyPlate dairy group guidance puts cream cheese with the fats rather than with the milk and yogurt that carry calcium and protein, which is a fair place for it.
What the tub labels actually say
Six US whipped tubs run from 321 to 364 calories per 100 g, all within about 6% of the USDA 343 in either direction. Their label servings do not agree nearly as well: 20 g, 22 g, 23 g, 28 g and 30 g all appear as "2 tablespoons" or "3 tablespoons" depending on the brand. That is why the front-of-tub calorie number swings from 70 to 100 across products that are essentially the same food.
Temp Tee, the whipped tub most people picture, lists 80 calories for 23 g, which matches the USDA-derived 79 almost exactly. A store brand quoting 70 calories is not a lighter cream cheese; it is a smaller spoon printed on the label. Compare per 100 g before you decide anything.
How does whipped cream cheese compare?
| Spread | Per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whipped cream cheese | 343 kcal | 2 Tbsp (23 g) | 79 kcal |
| Cream cheese, light | 264 kcal | 1 Tbsp (15 g) | 40 kcal |
| Cream cheese, fat free | 105 kcal | 1 Tbsp (15 g) | 16 kcal |
| Cheese spread, cream cheese | 295 kcal | 1 oz (28.35 g) | 84 kcal |
Our take: if the goal is fewer calories, whipped is a weak lever and light is a strong one. A tablespoon of whipped full-fat is 39 calories and a tablespoon of light is 40, so switching to whipped buys you nothing per spoon while switching to light buys you 79 calories per 100 g and 3.3 g more protein. If the goal is satiety on a small breakfast, stay with the full-fat whipped tub and use two tablespoons: 7.7 g of fat holds better than the 1 g per 100 g in the fat-free version, which is mostly protein and salt. Fat free is a strict-budget tool at 16 calories a tablespoon, not an everyday swap.
Most popular whipped cream cheese 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) |
|---|---|
| Casco Bay Creamery Original Whipped Cream Cheese | 333 cal |
| Temp Tee Whipped Cream Cheese | 348 cal |
| 365 Everyday Value Whipped Cream Cheese | 350 cal |
| ShopRite Whipped Cream Cheese | 364 cal |
| Wegmans Plain Whipped Cream Cheese | 321 cal |
| Norman's Whipped Cream Cheese | 321 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Whipped cream cheese FAQs
How many calories are in whipped cream cheese?
Whipped cream cheese runs 343 calories per 100 g, which works out to 79 calories for the 2-tablespoon (23 g) serving printed on most tubs. USDA has no separate whipped record because whipping only adds air, not ingredients; the per-gram numbers match plain block cream cheese exactly.
How many calories in 2 tablespoons of whipped cream cheese?
79 calories for 23 g, the tub label's standard scoop. That serving carries 7.7 g of fat, 4.5 g of it saturated, 1.0 g of carbohydrate and 1.3 g of protein. Two tablespoons of the block style weigh 30 g and come to about 102 calories, twice the 15 g tablespoon.
Is whipped cream cheese lower in calories than regular cream cheese?
Per gram, no: both are 343 calories per 100 g. Per tablespoon, yes: a whipped tablespoon weighs about 11.5 g and gives 39 calories, while a block tablespoon weighs 15 g and gives 51. The 12-calorie gap is air, and it disappears the moment you spread by weight.
How much does 1 tablespoon of whipped cream cheese weigh?
About 11.5 g, roughly three-quarters of the 15 g that USDA assigns to a tablespoon of block cream cheese. That is our own arithmetic from the 23 g tub serving, halved. At 343 calories per 100 g it means 39 calories a tablespoon, so a generous smear of three is 117.
How many carbs are in whipped cream cheese?
1.0 g of carbohydrate in a 2-tablespoon (23 g) serving, or 4.56 g per 100 g, of which 3.76 g is total sugars from milk. That is 0% of the Daily Value. Flavored tubs are the exception: USDA's flavored record holds 14.09 g of carbohydrate per 100 g.
How much protein is in whipped cream cheese?
1.3 g per 2-tablespoon (23 g) serving, or 5.79 g per 100 g, which is 3% of the Daily Value. Cream cheese is a fat food wearing a dairy label. Fat-free cream cheese is the outlier at 15.69 g of protein per 100 g, nearly three times as much.
How many calories in whipped cream cheese on a bagel?
The spread alone is 79 calories at the 2-tablespoon (23 g) label serving, or 97 for a 1 oz (28.35 g) smear. A deli hand often lands closer to 2 oz, which is about 194 calories by our own arithmetic. The bagel's calories sit outside this USDA record and add on top.
Is whipped cream cheese keto friendly?
On carbs, it is about as low as a dairy spread gets: 1.0 g per 2-tablespoon (23 g) serving and 4.56 g per 100 g. The trade is 4.5 g of saturated fat per serving, 23% of the Daily Value, so the fat budget runs out before the carb budget does.
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- Gouda cheese — 75 cal per slice
- Condensed Milk — 122 cal per 2 tbsp
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- Honey — 64 cal per tablespoon
- Cheeseburger — 488 cal per cheeseburger
- Wonton wrapper — 23 cal per wonton wrapper
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