Canned Pineapple: Syrup, Calories and Portion Weights

Canned Pineapple

100 g

Calculation basis: USDA SR28 09270: pineapple in heavy syrup, solids and liquid; not drained weight.

Calculated from the 100 g values. — means unknown, not zero. ~ indicates an estimated serving weight.

78kcal

Carbohydrate20.2 g 97%

Protein0.4 g 2%

Fat0.1 g 1%

Canned Pineapple Nutrition Values

Nutrients	100 g	1 Weighed with syrup (100 g)
Calories(kcal)	78	78
Carbohydrate (g)	20.2	20.2
Protein (g)	0.35	0.35
Fat (g)	0.11	0.11
Fiber (g)	0.8	0.8
Cholesterol (mg)	0	0
Sodium (mg)	1	1
Potassium (mg)	104	104
Calcium (mg)	14	14
Iron (mg)	0.38	0.38
Vitamin A (µg RAE)	1	1
Vitamin C (mg)	7.4	7.4

Values are calculated from a 100 g basis. The product, recipe and serving amount can change the result. See the food-specific notes below for the reference used.

Canned pineapple calories depend on its packing liquid. The heavy-syrup reference used here includes both fruit and syrup: 78 calories per 100 g. A weighed 150 g serving with syrup provides 117 calories and 25.35 g total sugars. Those figures do not describe 150 g of drained rings.

Dietitian's Tips for Consuming Canned Pineapple

What should you check on the can?

Read the ingredients to identify water, fruit juice or sugar syrup. Then check whether the nutrition panel refers to the product as sold or to the drained fruit. Net weight includes liquid; drained weight describes the solids remaining after that liquid is removed.

If the can specifies a different liquid or preparation, use its own nutrition panel. Canned pineapple is not always packed with added sugar, and it is not always nutritionally identical to fresh pineapple.

Fresh pineapple at 100 g provides 50 calories and 9.85 g sugars, compared with 78 calories and 16.9 g sugars in the fruit-and-syrup reference. The total weights match; the amount of fruit within them is not assumed to be equal.

Using drained fruit in yogurt or desserts

If you will not use the syrup, drain the fruit and weigh what remains. Draining reduces the syrup added to the dish, but does not remove all sugars from the pineapple. The weight of discarded liquid alone cannot establish how many grams of sugar were removed. Rinsing also does not justify a fixed calorie deduction.

Sharing 200 g fruit with syrup equally among four bowls adds 50 g product, 39 calories and about 8.45 g sugars to each bowl. For four bowls made with drained fruit, use drained-fruit data instead. Four rings or 20 chunks are not precise quantities unless their weight is known.

The sugar explanation for drained juice-packed pineapple shows why draining does not remove sugars inside the fruit. That entry describes juice-packed pineapple; it cannot automatically supply the drained value of your syrup-packed can.

Source note

USDA SR28 entry 09270 describes pineapple in heavy syrup, solids and liquid together. It reports 0.8 g fibre and 7.4 mg vitamin C per 100 g. The reference does not establish every brand’s syrup ratio or drained composition.