213 %
Manganese contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism, to the maintenance of normal bones and to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
How many calories are in pesto sauce?
1503kcal
in a 300 g serving
501 kcal per 100 g.
Source: UK CoFID 2021, record 15-838. Checked 5 October 2026.
139 gFat
57 gProtein
7.2 gCarbohydrate
213 %Daily manganese
What’s in a 300 g serving
About a third of a serving is fat, but only 36.8 g of that fat is saturated.
- 139 gFat
- 57 gProtein
- 7.2 gCarbohydrate
- 81.6 gWater
- 15.6 gMinerals and the rest
Above average for dishes
Pesto sauce is 501 kcal per 100 g. The 603 dishes in this database average 180.
Pesto sauce501
Dishes average180
High in saturated fat
12.3 g of saturates per 100 g, which is red on a UK traffic-light label (the line is 5 g).
Saturates, per serving36.8 g
Fat, per serving139 g
Vitamins and minerals in pesto sauce
Ten of the 17 reach the “high in” level, led by manganese.
Show all 17 with amounts
Manganese4.3 mg, 213 %
Chloride1476 mg, 185 %
Calcium1461 mg, 183 %
Phosphorus1269 mg, 181 %
Copper1.8 mg, 180 %
Vitamin B120.0042 mg, 168 %
Zinc10.5 mg, 105 %
Niacin (vitamin B3)16.5 mg, 103 %
Vitamin A0.819 mg, 102 %
Vitamin E11.5 mg, 96 %
Magnesium204 mg, 54 %
Iron6.8 mg, 48 %
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.66 mg, 47 %
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.48 mg, 44 %
Potassium801 mg, 40 %
Vitamin C12 mg, 15 %
Vitamin D0.0003 mg, 6 %
Badges use the UK legal thresholds per 100 g: 15 % of the reference intake for “source of”, 30 % for “high in”.
What pesto sauce doesn’t give you. And where to find it.
Only 2 % of the vitamin D reference intake, 5 % of the vitamin C reference intake and 15 % of the thiamin reference intake per 100 g.
Vitamin D
2%in pesto sauce, per 100 g
Find it inBloater, grilled500 % per 100 g
Vitamin C
5%in pesto sauce, per 100 g
Find it inCherries, West Indian2150 % per 100 g
Thiamin (vitamin B1)
15%in pesto sauce, per 100 g
Find it inWheatgerm164 % per 100 g
100 mgVitamin C, 125 %
0.075 mgSelenium, 136 %
0.00125 mgVitamin D, 25 %
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Pesto sauce against other dishes
Per 100 g, pesto sauce has the most manganese of the 6 here, ahead of tofu burger (baked).
1.4mg
0.9mg
0.8mg
0.7mg
0.7mg
0.4mg
Pesto sauce, homemadethis page
Tofu burger, baked−0.6 mg
Dal Dhokari−0.7 mg
Rissoles, lentil, fried−0.7 mg
Pilau, vegetable−1 mg
All values per 100 g, from the same dataset. Differences are against pesto sauce.
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Questions about pesto sauce
What the numbers say to the questions people actually search.
How many calories are in a portion of pesto sauce?
A typical portion (300 g, one serving) gives 1503 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 501 kcal.
Is pesto sauce high in manganese?
Yes. Pesto sauce, homemade has 1.4 mg manganese per 100 g, 71 % of the NRV, above the 30 % threshold for a “high in” claim.
Are these figures exact for pesto sauce?
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 pesto sauce have most of?
By share of the daily reference intake: manganese (1.4 mg, 71 %), chloride (492 mg, 62 %) and calcium (487 mg, 61 %) per 100 g.
How these numbers were made
Every figure comes from the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 edition, record 15-838, Pesto sauce, 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. Checked 5 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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