16 %
Manganese contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism, to the maintenance of normal bones and to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
How many calories are in fruit cake?
220kcal
in a 60 g slice
366 kcal per 100 g.
Source: UK CoFID 2021, record 11-1072. Checked 5 October 2026.
8.5 gFat
3.5 gProtein
1.4 gFibre
16 %Daily manganese
What’s in a 60 g slice
More than half of a slice is carbohydrate. Sugars make up 17.5 g of that.
- 8.5 gFat
- 3.5 gProtein
- 31.4 gCarbohydrate
- 1.4 gFibre
- 13.5 gWater
- 1.7 gMinerals and the rest
About average for cakes, biscuits and pastries
Fruit cake is 366 kcal per 100 g. The 134 cakes, biscuits and pastries in this database average 394.
Fruit cake366
Cakes, biscuits and pastries average394
High in sugar
29.2 g of sugars per 100 g, which is red on a UK traffic-light label (the line is 22.5 g).
Sugars, per slice17.5 g
Salt, per slice0.36 g
Vitamins and minerals in fruit cake
Nothing reaches the “high in” level, but five of the 16 count as a source, led by manganese.
Only a trace
- Vitamin C
Show all 16 with amounts
Manganese0.32 mg, 16 %
Phosphorus100 mg, 14 %
Copper0.11 mg, 11 %
Vitamin B120.00024 mg, 9.6 %
Niacin (vitamin B3)1.5 mg, 9.4 %
Potassium178 mg, 8.9 %
Iron0.98 mg, 7 %
Biotin0.003 mg, 6 %
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.06 mg, 5.5 %
Calcium42 mg, 5.3 %
Vitamin B60.07 mg, 5.1 %
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.07 mg, 4.7 %
Magnesium16.8 mg, 4.5 %
Zinc0.42 mg, 4.2 %
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.24 mg, 4 %
Folate0.0048 mg, 2.4 %
Badges use the UK legal thresholds per 100 g: 15 % of the reference intake for “source of”, 30 % for “high in”. A trace is shown as “trace” and never counts.
What fruit cake doesn’t give you. And where to find it.
No recorded vitamin C, and only 4 % of the folate reference intake and 6.7 % of the pantothenic acid reference intake per 100 g.
Vitamin C
Tracein fruit cake
Find it inCherries, West Indian2150 % per 100 g
Folate
4%in fruit cake, per 100 g
Find it inLiver, chicken, fried675 % per 100 g
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)
6.7%in fruit cake, per 100 g
Find it inLiver, calf, raw140 % per 100 g
100 mgVitamin C, 125 %
0.075 mgSelenium, 136 %
0.00125 mgVitamin D, 25 %
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Fruit cake against other cakes, biscuits and pastries
Fruit cake comes second for manganese here, just behind breadsticks (plain).
0.6mg
0.5mg
0.4mg
0.4mg
0.3mg
0.3mg
Breadsticks, plain+0 mg
Cake, fruit, wholemeal, homemadethis page
Hot cross buns−0.1 mg
Scones, plain−0.1 mg
Pastry, flaky, uncooked−0.2 mg
Scotch pancakes, retail−0.3 mg
All values per 100 g, from the same dataset. Differences are against fruit cake.
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Questions about fruit cake
The questions people ask about fruit cake, answered from the dataset.
How many calories are in a portion of fruit cake?
A typical portion (60 g, a slice) gives 220 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 366 kcal.
Is fruit cake a source of manganese?
It is a source of manganese: 0.53 mg per 100 g, 27 % of the NRV, which passes the 15 % threshold for “source of” but not the 30 % needed for “high in”.
Are these figures exact for fruit cake?
No. They are calculated from a standard recipe in the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID, 2021). A different recipe, portion of sauce or cooking method will move them, so read them as a typical estimate.
Which vitamins and minerals does fruit cake have most of?
By share of the daily reference intake: manganese (0.53 mg, 27 %), phosphorus (167 mg, 24 %) and copper (0.18 mg, 18 %) per 100 g.
How these numbers were made
Every figure comes from the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 edition, record 11-1072, Cake, fruit, wholemeal, homemade, published by Public Health England under the Open Government Licence v3.0; this record is a calculated recipe estimate. Main data references: Updated 2014. Values are per 100 g of the edible part; a slice is 60 g, a slice, the usual UK portion for cakes, biscuits and pastries. Reference intakes follow Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 Annex XIII as retained in GB law; “source of”, “high in” and “low” follow Regulation (EC) 1924/2006, assessed per 100 g. Function lines are the authorised wording from the GB register of nutrition and health claims, credited to the nutrient. Energy is rounded to the whole kcal and kJ; other amounts to one decimal, or two below 1. A trace is shown as “trace” and never gets a figure or a badge; a nutrient never analysed is left off the page. We start from the dataset’s 2,887 records and keep 2,322: records weighed with bone, shell or skin, alcoholic drinks, infant foods, brand-named products, records with fewer than eight measured vitamins and minerals and near-identical variants are left out. Group context uses the 134 cakes, biscuits and pastries kept from the dataset; a rank counts only the foods with a measured figure for that nutrient. Food images are illustrations from Ingredient Atlas, released under CC0; they show the food, not the measured sample, and where no illustration of the exact food exists the nearest one is shown (here: Milk Snack Cakes). Checked 5 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More cakes, biscuits and pastries
From the same group, with calories per 100 g, and the foods with the most manganese.
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Most manganese
- Oatcakes, plain, retail3.8 mg
- Oatcakes3.2 mg
- Biscuits, digestive, with oats, plain2.2 mg
- Soup, lentil29 mg
- Saffron28.4 mg
- Ginger, ground28 mg
- Manganese guide