How Many Calories are in Garlic Powder

Garlic Powder is available from a number of brands and though the calorie content in garlic powder available from various brands may be the same in most of them it may vary in some.

One teaspoon of garlic powder contains 9 calories out of which 84% of the calories are obtained from carbohydrates, 14% of the calories come from proteins and the remaining 2% calories come from fat. The total fat content in it is 0.02 gram, protein content in it is 0.47 gram and the carbohydrate content in it is 2.04 grams. One tablespoon of garlic powder contains a total of 28 calories, one oz contains 94 calories and 100 grams contains 332 calories.

Lawry’s garlic powder with parsley is also quite popular. A one fourth teaspoon of garlic powder with parsley available from this brand weighing around 0.9 gram contains does not contain any calories. However, if the quantity of this garlic powder is higher than it may include some calories and all of these are obtained from proteins.

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 One fourth teaspoon of garlic powder available from Spice Classics also does not contain any calorie content. There is no fat or carbohydrate content in it either. Marcum’s Garlic Powder is also quite a popular choice. One gram of garlic powder available from this brand contains a total of 5 calories and all these calories are obtained from carbohydrates. The total carbohydrate content in an equal serving of carbohydrates is 1 gram.

Spice Islands manufactures California garlic powder which adds a special flavor to various cuisines and what is even better is that it contains very minimal calorie content. On adding 0.8 grams of this special garlic powder to any food item you would not be increasing its calories even a bit. There is no calorie content in 0.8 grams of California garlic powder available from Spice Islands.