3.3 %
Copper is below the 15 % “source of” level in Demerara sugar, so no function line applies.
How many calories are in Demerara sugar?
118kcal
in a 30 g serving
394 kcal per 100 g.
Source: UK CoFID 2021, record 17-061, 5 analysed samples. Checked 5 October 2026.
0 gFat
0.15 gProtein
0 gFibre
3.3 %Daily copper
What’s in a 30 g serving
More than half of a serving is carbohydrate, 31.4 g of it sugars.
- 0.15 gProtein
- 31.4 gCarbohydrate
About average for sweets and snacks
Demerara sugar is 394 kcal per 100 g. The 82 sweets and snacks in this database average 354.
Demerara sugar394
Sweets and snacks average354
High in sugar
105 g of sugars per 100 g, which is red on a UK traffic-light label (the line is 22.5 g).
Sugars, per serving31.4 g
Salt, per serving0 g
Vitamins and minerals in Demerara sugar
None of the 13 reaches the “source of” level. Copper comes closest at 11 % per 100 g.
Only a trace
- Thiamin
- Riboflavin
- Niacin
- Vitamin B6
- Folate
- Biotin
- Pantothenic acid
- Manganese
- Selenium
- Iodine
None recorded
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin D
- Vitamin E
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin B12
Show all 13 with amounts
Copper0.03 mg, 3.3 %
Iron0.27 mg, 1.9 %
Chloride10.5 mg, 1.3 %
Calcium8.7 mg, 1.1 %
Potassium14.4 mg, 0.7 %
Magnesium2.7 mg, 0.7 %
Zinc0.03 mg, <1 %
Phosphorus0.9 mg, <1 %
Vitamin Anone recorded
Vitamin Dnone recorded
Vitamin Enone recorded
Vitamin Cnone 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 Demerara sugar doesn’t give you. And where to find it.
No recorded vitamin D, vitamin C or selenium.
Vitamin D
0mgin Demerara sugar
Find it inBloater, grilled500 % per 100 g
Vitamin C
0mgin Demerara sugar
Find it inCherries, West Indian2150 % per 100 g
Selenium
Tracein Demerara sugar
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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Demerara sugar against other sweets and snacks
Per 100 g, truffles (mocha) has the most copper in this comparison, followed by potato crisps (fried).
0.6mg
0.2mg
0.2mg
0.1mg
0.1mg
0.1mg
Truffles, mocha+0.5 mg
Potato crisps, fried+0.1 mg
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Tortilla chips fried−0 mg
Lemon curd−0 mg
All values per 100 g, from the same dataset. Differences are against Demerara sugar.
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Questions about Demerara sugar
Four questions chosen by the facts above, so every food answers differently.
How many calories are in a portion of Demerara sugar?
A typical portion (30 g, a small bag or bar) gives 118 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 394 kcal.
Which vitamins and minerals does Demerara sugar have most of?
By share of the daily reference intake: copper (0.11 mg, 11 %), iron (0.9 mg, 6.4 %) and chloride (35 mg, 4.4 %) per 100 g.
Is Demerara sugar high in salt?
No. Salt is 0.01 g per 100 g, which is very low under UK rules.
What counts as a portion of Demerara sugar?
This page uses 30 g, a small bag or bar, the usual UK portion for sweets and snacks. Every “per portion” figure is the per-100 g value scaled to that weight.
How these numbers were made
Every figure comes from the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 edition, record 17-061, Sugar, Demerara, 5 analysed samples, published by Public Health England under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Main data references: Reviewed 2013. LGC, Analysis of assorted foods, 1994. Values are per 100 g of the edible part; a serving is 30 g, a small bag or bar, the usual UK portion for sweets and snacks. 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 82 sweets and snacks 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 sweets and snacks
From the same group, with calories per 100 g.
More sweets and snacks
- Truffles, rum529 kcal
- Chocolate spread575 kcal
- Fudge435 kcal
- Ice cream with wafers, non-dairy, vanilla199 kcal
- Jam, stone fruit261 kcal
- Mincemeat, vegetarian306 kcal
- All 82 sweets and snacks