13 %
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 butter?
74.4kcal
in a 10 g tablespoon
744 kcal per 100 g.
Source: UK CoFID 2021, record 17-685. Checked 5 October 2026.
8.2 gFat
0.06 gProtein
0 gFibre
13 %Daily vitamin A
What’s in a 10 g tablespoon
More than half of a tablespoon is fat, but only 5.2 g of that fat is saturated.
- 8.2 gFat
- 0.06 gProtein
- 0.06 gCarbohydrate
- 1.5 gWater
- 0.2 gMinerals and the rest
About average for fats and oils
Butter is 744 kcal per 100 g. The 19 fats and oils in this database average 685.
Butter744
Fats and oils average685
High in salt
1.8 g of salt per 100 g, which is red on a UK traffic-light label (the line is 1.5 g).
Salt, per tablespoon0.18 g
Sugars, per tablespoon0.06 g
Vitamins and minerals in butter
Two of the 17 reach the “high in” level, led by vitamin A.
Only a trace
- Vitamin C
- Thiamin
- Vitamin B6
- Folate
- Iron
- Manganese
- Selenium
Show all 17 with amounts
Chloride112 mg, 14 %
Vitamin A0.106 mg, 13 %
Iodine0.0038 mg, 2.5 %
Vitamin D0.00009 mg, 1.8 %
Vitamin E0.19 mg, 1.5 %
Vitamin B120.00003 mg, 1.2 %
Vitamin K0.00074 mg, 1 %
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.01 mg, 0.5 %
Phosphorus2.3 mg, <1 %
Calcium1.8 mg, <1 %
Potassium2.7 mg, <1 %
Zinc0.01 mg, <1 %
Copper0 mg, <1 %
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.01 mg, <1 %
Niacin (vitamin B3)0.01 mg, <1 %
Magnesium0.2 mg, <1 %
Biotin0.00002 mg, <1 %
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 butter doesn’t give you. And where to find it.
No recorded vitamin C or selenium, and only 1 % of the zinc reference intake per 100 g.
Vitamin C
Tracein butter
Find it inCherries, West Indian2150 % per 100 g
Selenium
Tracein butter
Find it inKidney, pig, fried491 % per 100 g
Zinc
1%in butter, per 100 g
Find it inOysters, raw592 % per 100 g
100 mgVitamin C, 125 %
0.075 mgSelenium, 136 %
0.00125 mgVitamin D, 25 %
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Butter against other fats and oils
Per 100 g, butter has the most vitamin A of the 4 here, ahead of baking fat and margarine (75-90% fat) (hard block).
1.06mg
0.905mg
0.892mg
0.437mg
Butter, saltedthis page
Butter, spreadable, light (60% fat)−0.623 mg
All values per 100 g, from the same dataset. Differences are against butter.
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Questions about butter
Four questions chosen by the facts above, so every food answers differently.
How many calories are in a portion of butter?
A typical portion (10 g, one tablespoon) gives 74 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 744 kcal.
Is butter high in chloride?
Yes. Butter, salted has 1120 mg chloride per 100 g, 140 % of the NRV, above the 30 % threshold for a “high in” claim.
Which vitamins and minerals does butter have most of?
By share of the daily reference intake: chloride (1120 mg, 140 %), vitamin A (1.06 mg, 133 %) and iodine (0.038 mg, 25 %) per 100 g.
Is butter high in salt?
Yes by UK label standards: 1.8 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 17-685, Butter, salted, published by Public Health England under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Main data references: LGC, Nutrient analysis of ‘other’ milk and cream, 1998; and industry data, 2013. Fats and fatty acids as Fatty Acid Supplement 17-013, 1998. Vitamin K1 Bolton-Smith et al, Br J Nutr, 83, 2000. Values are per 100 g of the edible part; a tablespoon is 10 g, one tablespoon, the usual UK portion for fats and oils. 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 19 fats and oils 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 fats and oils
From the same group, with calories per 100 g, and the foods with the most vitamin A.
More fats and oils
- Fat spread, low fat (26-39%), not polyunsaturated, with olive oil353 kcal
- Fat spread, reduced fat (41-62%), not polyunsaturated552 kcal
- Ghee made from vegetable oil900 kcal
- Lard891 kcal
- Baking fat and margarine (75-90% fat), hard block688 kcal
- Cooking fat, compound, not polyunsaturated900 kcal
- All 19 fats and oils