0.7 %
Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system, to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue, and to normal collagen formation.
How many calories are in chives?
0.27kcal
in a 1 g pinch
27 kcal per 100 g.
Source: UK CoFID 2021, record 13-887. Checked 5 October 2026.
0.01 gFat
0.03 gProtein
0.03 gFibre
0.7 %Daily vitamin C
What’s in a 1 g pinch
More than half of a pinch is water, which is why the calories stay low. What is left is mostly protein.
- 0.01 gFat
- 0.03 gProtein
- 0.02 gCarbohydrate
- 0.03 gFibre
- 0.91 gWater
Below average for herbs and spices
Chives are 27 kcal per 100 g. The 35 herbs and spices in this database average 193.
Chives27
Herbs and spices average193
Low in sugar, almost no salt
Low sugars and very low salt by UK labelling rules, per 100 g.
Sugars, per pinch0.02 g
Salt, per pinch0 g
Vitamins and minerals in chives
Three of the 19 reach the “high in” level, led by vitamin C.
Only a trace
- Selenium
None recorded
- Vitamin D
- Vitamin B12
Show all 19 with amounts
Vitamin C0.58 mg, 0.7 %
Vitamin A0.00435 mg, 0.5 %
Folate0.00105 mg, 0.5 %
Manganese0 mg, <1 %
Copper0 mg, <1 %
Potassium3 mg, <1 %
Calcium0.92 mg, <1 %
Iron0.02 mg, <1 %
Magnesium0.42 mg, <1 %
Vitamin B60 mg, <1 %
Niacin (vitamin B3)0.01 mg, <1 %
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0 mg, <1 %
Phosphorus0.58 mg, <1 %
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0 mg, <1 %
Zinc0.01 mg, <1 %
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0 mg, <1 %
Vitamin E0 mg, <1 %
Vitamin Dnone recorded
Vitamin B12none recorded
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 chives don’t give you. And where to find it.
No recorded vitamin D, selenium or vitamin B12.
Vitamin D
0mgin chives
Find it inBloater, grilled500 % per 100 g
Selenium
Tracein chives
Find it inKidney, pig, fried491 % per 100 g
Vitamin B12
0mgin chives
Find it inLiver, ox, raw4400 % per 100 g
100 mgVitamin C, 125 %
0.075 mgSelenium, 136 %
0.00125 mgVitamin D, 25 %
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Chives against other herbs and spices
Chives come second for vitamin C here, just behind parsley (dried).
120mg
58mg
50mg
43mg
27mg
26mg
Parsley, dried+62 mg
Chives, freshthis page
Thyme, dried, ground−8 mg
Mixed herbs, dried−15 mg
Coriander leaves, fresh−31 mg
Basil, fresh−32 mg
All values per 100 g, from the same dataset. Differences are against chives.
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Questions about chives
What the numbers say to the questions people actually search.
How many calories are in a portion of chives?
A typical portion (1 g, a pinch) gives 0 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 27 kcal.
Is chives high in vitamin C?
Yes. Chives, fresh have 58 mg vitamin C per 100 g, 73 % of the NRV, above the 30 % threshold for a “high in” claim.
Which vitamins and minerals do chives have most of?
By share of the daily reference intake: vitamin C (58 mg, 73 %), vitamin A (0.435 mg, 54 %) and folate (0.105 mg, 53 %) per 100 g.
Are chives a good source of protein?
Chives, fresh have 3.3 g protein per 100 g, 42 % of the energy, which meets the UK threshold for “high protein”.
How these numbers were made
Every figure comes from the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 edition, record 13-887, Chives, fresh, published by Public Health England under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Main data references: USDA SR26, 2013. Values are per 100 g of the edible part; a pinch is 1 g, a pinch, the usual UK portion for herbs and spices. 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 35 herbs and spices 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. Checked 5 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More herbs and spices
From the same group, with calories per 100 g, and the foods with the most vitamin C.
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- Curry powder, mixed flavours316 kcal
- Mixed herbs, dried261 kcal
- Rosemary, fresh99 kcal
- Tamarind pulp273 kcal
- Basil, dried, ground251 kcal
- All 35 herbs and spices
Most vitamin C
- Parsley, fresh190 mg
- Parsley, dried120 mg
- Dill, fresh86 mg
- Cherries, West Indian1720 mg
- Gourd, kantola, raw295 mg
- Guava, raw230 mg
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