calories in grapes

Delicious grapes can be a real treat. But its important to know about the calories in grapes. Although a single grape has only a few calories, most of us eat quite a lot of them at a time. So let’s check out this calories in grapes issue once and for all.

The following calories in grapes information is from the USDA Nutrient Database:

• A single grape: 3-4 calories
• 10 Grapes: 34 calories
• 1 oz of grapes: 20 calories
• 100gr (3.5 oz) of grapes: 70 calories
• 1 cup of grapes (150 gr): 105 calories

Everybody knows there are many types and varieties of grapes. But the difference in the calories in grapes of different types is very low. So either green, red, european style or american – they all have roughly the same number of calories in grapes.

Being a fruit, almost all the calories in grapes come fruit sugar. Although only 15% of the grape’s weight is sugar (80% is water), it contributes more than 85% of its calories.

On the other hand, grape phytochemicals have been positively linked to inhibiting cancer, heart disease, degenerative nerve disease, viral infections and mechanisms of alzheimer’s disease. So those calories in grapes you eat have some positive effect on your health.

Although grapes are the key ingredient in making wine and also turn to raisains and sultanas, don’t confues the calories in grapes with the calories in wine or calories in raisains. Check that information seperatly.