Calories in fried falafel: 183 kcal per 100 g

What’s in a 300 g serving

More than half of a serving is water, which is why the calories stay low. What is left is mostly carbohydrate.

33.6 gFat

19.2 gProtein

47.7 gCarbohydrate

10.5 gFibre

181 gWater

7.8 gMinerals and the rest

33.6 gFat
19.2 gProtein
47.7 gCarbohydrate
10.5 gFibre
181 gWater
7.8 gMinerals and the rest

About average for dishes

Falafel is 183 kcal per 100 g. The 603 dishes in this database average 180.

Falafel183

Dishes average180

Low in sugar and salt

Low sugars and low salt by UK labelling rules, per 100 g.

Sugars, per serving8.1 g

Salt, per serving0.5 g

Vitamins and minerals in falafel

One of the 21 reach the “high in” level: manganese.

107 %

Manganese

2.1 mg in a 300 g serving

42nd of 520 dishes

Manganese contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism, to the maintenance of normal bones and to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.

Copper0.84 mg84 %

Vitamin E8.5 mg71 %

Iron8.7 mg62 %

Phosphorus420 mg60 %

Potassium1131 mg57 %

A source of

Folate

None recorded

Vitamin D
Vitamin B12

Show all 21 with amounts

Manganese2.1 mg, 107 %

Copper0.84 mg, 84 %

Vitamin E8.5 mg, 71 %

Iron8.7 mg, 62 %

Phosphorus420 mg, 60 %

Potassium1131 mg, 57 %

Folate0.099 mg, 50 %

Vitamin C33 mg, 41 %

Vitamin B60.51 mg, 36 %

Magnesium135 mg, 36 %

Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.39 mg, 35 %

Calcium255 mg, 32 %

Zinc3 mg, 30 %

Niacin (vitamin B3)4.5 mg, 28 %

Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)1.1 mg, 18 %

Vitamin A0.117 mg, 15 %

Chloride117 mg, 15 %

Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.18 mg, 13 %

Selenium0.003 mg, 5.5 %

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”.

What falafel doesn’t give you. And where to find it.

No recorded vitamin D or vitamin B12, and only 1.8 % of the selenium reference intake per 100 g.

Vitamin D

0mgin falafel

Find it inBloater, grilled500 % per 100 g

Selenium

1.8%in falafel, per 100 g

Find it inKidney, pig, fried491 % per 100 g

Vitamin B12

0mgin falafel

Find it inLiver, ox, raw4400 % per 100 g

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Falafel against other dishes

Per 100 g, falafel has the most manganese of the 6 here, ahead of curry (chick pea dahl and spinach, with vegetable oil).

0.7mg

0.6mg

0.5mg

0.3mg

0.2mg

Falafel, fried in rapeseed oil, homemadethis page

Curry, chick pea dahl and spinach, with vegetable oil−0.1 mg

Bean loaf, mixed beans−0.3 mg

Curry, black-eye bean, Punjabi−0.4 mg

Pasta with meat and tomato sauce−0.5 mg

Chilli, vegetable−0.5 mg

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

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Questions about falafel

Four questions chosen by the facts above, so every food answers differently.

How many calories are in a portion of falafel?

A typical portion (300 g, one serving) gives 549 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 183 kcal.

Is falafel high in manganese?

Yes. Falafel, fried in rapeseed oil, homemade has 0.71 mg manganese per 100 g, 36 % of the NRV, above the 30 % threshold for a “high in” claim.

Are these figures exact for falafel?

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 falafel have most of?

By share of the daily reference intake: manganese (0.71 mg, 36 %), copper (0.28 mg, 28 %) and vitamin E (2.8 mg, 24 %) per 100 g.

How these numbers were made

Every figure comes from the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 edition, record 15-795, Falafel, fried in rapeseed oil, 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 serving is 300 g, one serving, the usual UK portion for dishes. 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 603 dishes 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: Falafel). Checked 5 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.