11 %
Vitamin A contributes to the normal function of the immune system, to the maintenance of normal vision and to the maintenance of normal skin.
How many calories are in shortbread?
155kcal
in a 30 g serving
515 kcal per 100 g.
Source: UK CoFID 2021, record 11-802, 10 analysed samples. Checked 5 October 2026.
8.7 gFat
1.6 gProtein
0.66 gFibre
11 %Daily vitamin A
What’s in a 30 g serving
More than half of a serving is carbohydrate. Sugars make up 4.7 g of that.
- 8.7 gFat
- 1.6 gProtein
- 18.7 gCarbohydrate
- 0.66 gFibre
- 1.1 gWater
Above average for cakes, biscuits and pastries
Shortbread is 515 kcal per 100 g. The 134 cakes, biscuits and pastries in this database average 394.
Shortbread515
Cakes, biscuits and pastries average394
High in saturated fat
17.5 g of saturates per 100 g, which is red on a UK traffic-light label (the line is 5 g).
Saturates, per serving5.2 g
Fat, per serving8.7 g
Vitamins and minerals in shortbread
Three of the 22 recorded reach the “high in” level. Vitamin A leads by a long way.
Only a trace
- Vitamin B12
None recorded
- Vitamin C
Show all 22 with amounts
Chloride159 mg, 20 %
Vitamin A0.0891 mg, 11 %
Manganese0.18 mg, 9.2 %
Calcium41.4 mg, 5.2 %
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.05 mg, 4.9 %
Niacin (vitamin B3)0.69 mg, 4.3 %
Phosphorus23.1 mg, 3.3 %
Selenium0.0018 mg, 3.3 %
Vitamin E0.39 mg, 3.3 %
Iron0.45 mg, 3.2 %
Vitamin D0.00012 mg, 2.4 %
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.14 mg, 2.4 %
Copper0.02 mg, 2.4 %
Folate0.0042 mg, 2.1 %
Biotin0.00105 mg, 2.1 %
Potassium39.9 mg, 2 %
Vitamin B60.02 mg, 1.7 %
Zinc0.15 mg, 1.5 %
Magnesium4.5 mg, 1.2 %
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.01 mg, 0.6 %
Iodine0.0009 mg, 0.6 %
Vitamin Cnone 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 shortbread doesn’t give you. And where to find it.
No recorded vitamin C or vitamin B12, and only 2 % of the iodine reference intake per 100 g.
Vitamin C
0mgin shortbread
Find it inCherries, West Indian2150 % per 100 g
Vitamin B12
Tracein shortbread
Find it inLiver, ox, raw4400 % per 100 g
Iodine
2%in shortbread, per 100 g
Find it inSeaweed, kombu, dried, raw293780 % per 100 g
100 mgVitamin C, 125 %
0.075 mgSelenium, 136 %
0.00125 mgVitamin D, 25 %
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Shortbread against other cakes, biscuits and pastries
Per 100 g, shortbread has the most vitamin A of the 3 here, ahead of cake (fruit, rich, iced).
0.297mg
0.094mg
0.073mg
All values per 100 g, from the same dataset. Differences are against shortbread.
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Questions about shortbread
Four questions chosen by the facts above, so every food answers differently.
How many calories are in a portion of shortbread?
A typical portion (30 g, two biscuits) gives 155 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 515 kcal.
Is shortbread high in chloride?
Yes. Shortbread has 530 mg chloride per 100 g, 66 % of the NRV, above the 30 % threshold for a “high in” claim.
Which vitamins and minerals does shortbread have most of?
By share of the daily reference intake: chloride (530 mg, 66 %), vitamin A (0.297 mg, 37 %) and manganese (0.61 mg, 31 %) per 100 g.
What counts as a portion of shortbread?
This page uses 30 g, two biscuits, the usual UK portion for cakes, biscuits and pastries. Every “per portion” figure is the per-100 g value scaled to that weight.
How these numbers were made
Every figure comes from the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 edition, record 11-802, Shortbread, 10 analysed samples, published by Public Health England under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Main data references: DH, Nutrient analysis of biscuits, buns, cakes and pastries, 2011. Values are per 100 g of the edible part; a serving is 30 g, two biscuits, 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.
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