2.7 %
Phosphorus contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism and to the maintenance of normal bones and teeth.
How many calories are in pasta sauce?
22.7kcal
in a 15 g tablespoon
151 kcal per 100 g.
Source: UK CoFID 2021, record 17-625, 10 analysed samples. Checked 5 October 2026.
2 gFat
0.74 gProtein
0.2 gFibre
2.7 %Daily phosphorus
What’s in a 15 g tablespoon
More than half of a tablespoon is water, which is why the calories stay low. What is left is mostly fat.
- 2 gFat
- 0.74 gProtein
- 0.57 gCarbohydrate
- 0.2 gFibre
- 11.4 gWater
- 0.1 gMinerals and the rest
About average for sauces, soups and condiments
Pasta sauce is 151 kcal per 100 g. The 92 sauces, soups and condiments in this database average 154.
Pasta sauce151
Sauces, soups and condiments average154
High in saturated fat
7.7 g of saturates per 100 g, which is red on a UK traffic-light label (the line is 5 g).
Saturates, per tablespoon1.2 g
Fat, per tablespoon2 g
Vitamins and minerals in pasta sauce
One of the 18 reach the “high in” level: phosphorus.
Only a trace
- Vitamin D
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin B12
- Copper
Show all 18 with amounts
Chloride70.5 mg, 8.8 %
Phosphorus18.9 mg, 2.7 %
Calcium15 mg, 1.9 %
Vitamin A0.0143 mg, 1.8 %
Niacin (vitamin B3)0.23 mg, 1.4 %
Vitamin B60.02 mg, 1.3 %
Iodine0.00165 mg, 1.1 %
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.01 mg, 1 %
Zinc0.09 mg, 0.9 %
Selenium0.00045 mg, 0.8 %
Vitamin E0.08 mg, 0.7 %
Potassium12 mg, 0.6 %
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.03 mg, 0.5 %
Folate0.00075 mg, <1 %
Biotin0.00015 mg, <1 %
Magnesium1.1 mg, <1 %
Iron0.04 mg, <1 %
Manganese0 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 pasta sauce doesn’t give you. And where to find it.
No recorded vitamin D, vitamin C or vitamin B12.
Vitamin D
Tracein pasta sauce
Find it inBloater, grilled500 % per 100 g
Vitamin C
Tracein pasta sauce
Find it inCherries, West Indian2150 % per 100 g
Vitamin B12
Tracein pasta sauce
Find it inLiver, ox, raw4400 % per 100 g
100 mgVitamin C, 125 %
0.075 mgSelenium, 136 %
0.00125 mgVitamin D, 25 %
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Pasta sauce against other sauces, soups and condiments
Per 100 g, hollandaise sauce has the most phosphorus in this comparison, followed by bouillabaisse.
183mg
145mg
141mg
126mg
101mg
18mg
Hollandaise sauce+57 mg
Bouillabaisse+19 mg
Pesto, green+15 mg
Sauce, pasta, carbonara typethis page
White sauce, sweet−25 mg
All values per 100 g, from the same dataset. Differences are against pasta sauce.
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Questions about pasta sauce
The questions people ask about pasta sauce, answered from the dataset.
How many calories are in a portion of pasta sauce?
A typical portion (15 g, one tablespoon) gives 23 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 151 kcal.
Is pasta sauce high in chloride?
Yes. Sauce, pasta, carbonara type has 470 mg chloride per 100 g, 59 % of the NRV, above the 30 % threshold for a “high in” claim.
Which vitamins and minerals does pasta sauce have most of?
By share of the daily reference intake: chloride (470 mg, 59 %), phosphorus (126 mg, 18 %) and calcium (100 mg, 13 %) per 100 g.
Is pasta sauce a good source of protein?
Sauce, pasta, carbonara type has 4.9 g protein per 100 g, 13 % of the energy, which meets the UK threshold for “source of protein”.
How these numbers were made
Every figure comes from the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 edition, record 17-625, Sauce, pasta, carbonara type, 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, and where no illustration of the exact food exists the nearest one is shown (here: Tomato Sauce). Checked 5 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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