Calories in pesto: 420 kcal per 100 g

Q: How many calories are in a portion of pesto?

A typical portion (15 g, one tablespoon) gives 63 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 420 kcal.

Q: Is pesto high in vitamin E?

Yes. Pesto, green has 16.7 mg vitamin E per 100 g, 139 % of the NRV, above the 30 % threshold for a “high in” claim.

Q: Which vitamins and minerals does pesto have most of?

By share of the daily reference intake: vitamin E (16.7 mg, 139 %), chloride (950 mg, 119 %) and calcium (209 mg, 26 %) per 100 g.

Q: Is pesto high in salt?

Yes by UK label standards: 2.1 g per 100 g is above the 1.5 g that counts as high.

What’s in a 15 g tablespoon

About a third of a tablespoon is fat; 0.98 g of it is saturated.

6.4 gFat

0.84 gProtein

0.59 gCarbohydrate

0.17 gFibre

5.9 gWater

1.2 gMinerals and the rest

6.4 gFat
0.84 gProtein
0.59 gCarbohydrate
0.17 gFibre
5.9 gWater
1.2 gMinerals and the rest

Above average for sauces, soups and condiments

Pesto is 420 kcal per 100 g. The 92 sauces, soups and condiments in this database average 154.

Pesto420

Sauces, soups and condiments average154

High in salt

2.1 g of salt per 100 g, which is red on a UK traffic-light label (the line is 1.5 g).

Salt, per tablespoon0.32 g

Sugars, per tablespoon0.35 g

Vitamins and minerals in pesto

Two of the 22 recorded reach the “high in” level. Vitamin E leads.

21 %

Vitamin E

2.5 mg in a 15 g tablespoon

2nd of 59 sauces, soups and condiments

Vitamin E contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.

Chloride143 mg18 %

Calcium31.4 mg3.9 %

Manganese0.08 mg3.8 %

Vitamin A0.0295 mg3.7 %

Copper0.04 mg3.6 %

A source of

Phosphorus

Only a trace

Vitamin C

None recorded

Vitamin B12

Show all 22 with amounts

Vitamin E2.5 mg, 21 %

Chloride143 mg, 18 %

Calcium31.4 mg, 3.9 %

Manganese0.08 mg, 3.8 %

Vitamin A0.0295 mg, 3.7 %

Copper0.04 mg, 3.6 %

Phosphorus21.2 mg, 3 %

Vitamin D0.000105 mg, 2.1 %

Magnesium6.6 mg, 1.8 %

Niacin (vitamin B3)0.27 mg, 1.7 %

Zinc0.17 mg, 1.7 %

Potassium27 mg, 1.4 %

Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.02 mg, 1.3 %

Folate0.0024 mg, 1.2 %

Iron0.16 mg, 1.1 %

Selenium0.0006 mg, 1.1 %

Biotin0.00045 mg, 0.9 %

Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.01 mg, 0.8 %

Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.03 mg, 0.5 %

Iodine0.0006 mg, <1 %

Vitamin B60 mg, <1 %

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 pesto doesn’t give you. And where to find it.

No recorded vitamin C or vitamin B12, and only 2.1 % of the vitamin B6 reference intake per 100 g.

Vitamin C

Tracein pesto

Find it inCherries, West Indian2150 % per 100 g

Vitamin B12

0mgin pesto

Find it inLiver, ox, raw4400 % per 100 g

Vitamin B6

2.1%in pesto, per 100 g

Find it inWheatgerm184 % per 100 g

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Pesto against other sauces, soups and condiments

Per 100 g, pesto has the most vitamin E of the 6 here, ahead of salad cream.

16.7mg

13.6mg

10.1mg

8.3mg

4.6mg

4.4mg

Pesto, greenthis page

Salad cream−3.1 mg

Tartare sauce−6.6 mg

Mayonnaise, reduced fat−8.4 mg

Dressing, blue cheese−12.1 mg

Dressing, thousand island−12.3 mg

All values per 100 g, from the same dataset. Differences are against pesto.

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Questions about pesto

What the numbers say to the questions people actually search.

How many calories are in a portion of pesto?

A typical portion (15 g, one tablespoon) gives 63 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 420 kcal.

Is pesto high in vitamin E?

Yes. Pesto, green has 16.7 mg vitamin E per 100 g, 139 % of the NRV, above the 30 % threshold for a “high in” claim.

Which vitamins and minerals does pesto have most of?

By share of the daily reference intake: vitamin E (16.7 mg, 139 %), chloride (950 mg, 119 %) and calcium (209 mg, 26 %) per 100 g.

Is pesto high in salt?

Yes by UK label standards: 2.1 g per 100 g is above the 1.5 g that counts as high.

How these numbers were made

Every figure comes from the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 edition, record 17-622, Pesto, green, 10 analysed samples, published by Public Health England under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Main data references: LGC, Nutrient analysis of pasta and pasta sauces, 2003; and industry data, 2013. Values are per 100 g of the edible part; a tablespoon is 15 g, one tablespoon, the usual UK portion for sauces, soups and condiments. 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 92 sauces, soups and condiments 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.