2.9 %
Potassium contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system and to normal muscle function.
How many calories are in pasta sauce?
6.6kcal
in a 15 g tablespoon
44 kcal per 100 g.
Source: UK CoFID 2021, record 17-618, 10 analysed samples. Checked 5 October 2026.
0.2 gFat
0.23 gProtein
0.3 gFibre
2.9 %Daily potassium
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 carbohydrate.
- 0.2 gFat
- 0.23 gProtein
- 1 gCarbohydrate
- 0.3 gFibre
- 12.7 gWater
- 0.5 gMinerals and the rest
Below average for sauces, soups and condiments
Pasta sauce is 44 kcal per 100 g. The 92 sauces, soups and condiments in this database average 154.
Pasta sauce44
Sauces, soups and condiments average154
Low in fat
1.3 g of fat per 100 g; the UK “low fat” line is 3 g.
Fat, per tablespoon0.2 g
Saturates, per tablespoon0.03 g
Vitamins and minerals in pasta sauce
One of the 21 reach the “high in” level: potassium.
Only a trace
- Vitamin C
- Iodine
None recorded
- Vitamin D
- Vitamin B12
Show all 21 with amounts
Chloride75 mg, 9.4 %
Potassium58.1 mg, 2.9 %
Vitamin B60.04 mg, 2.9 %
Vitamin E0.3 mg, 2.5 %
Vitamin A0.0144 mg, 1.8 %
Copper0.02 mg, 1.8 %
Niacin (vitamin B3)0.18 mg, 1.1 %
Manganese0.02 mg, 1.1 %
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.06 mg, 1 %
Biotin0.00045 mg, 0.9 %
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.01 mg, 0.8 %
Magnesium2.9 mg, 0.8 %
Phosphorus5 mg, 0.7 %
Iron0.1 mg, 0.7 %
Calcium4.7 mg, 0.6 %
Zinc0.03 mg, <1 %
Selenium0.00015 mg, <1 %
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0 mg, <1 %
Folate0.0003 mg, <1 %
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”. 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 or vitamin C, and only 1.8 % of the selenium reference intake per 100 g.
Vitamin D
0mgin pasta sauce
Find it inBloater, grilled500 % per 100 g
Vitamin C
Tracein pasta sauce
Find it inCherries, West Indian2150 % per 100 g
Selenium
1.8%in pasta sauce, per 100 g
Find it inKidney, pig, fried491 % 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, pasta sauce has the most potassium of the 6 here, ahead of raita.
387mg
258mg
232mg
183mg
120mg
16mg
Sauce, pasta, tomato based, for bolognesethis page
Raita−129 mg
Bouillabaisse−155 mg
White sauce, savoury−204 mg
Soup, vegetable−267 mg
All values per 100 g, from the same dataset. Differences are against pasta sauce.
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Questions about pasta sauce
What the numbers say to the questions people actually search.
How many calories are in a portion of pasta sauce?
A typical portion (15 g, one tablespoon) gives 7 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 44 kcal.
Is pasta sauce high in chloride?
Yes. Sauce, pasta, tomato based, for bolognese has 500 mg chloride per 100 g, 63 % 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 (500 mg, 63 %), potassium (387 mg, 19 %) and vitamin B6 (0.27 mg, 19 %) per 100 g.
Is pasta sauce a good source of protein?
Sauce, pasta, tomato based, for bolognese has 1.5 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 17-618, Sauce, pasta, tomato based, for bolognese, 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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