Cooked Carrot Calories: Boiled Portions and Nutrition

Carrot (Cooked)

100 g

Calculation basis: USDA11125: carrots boiled,drained,without salt. Excludes added oil or sugar.

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

35kcal

Carbohydrate8.2 g 88%

Protein0.8 g 8%

Fat0.2 g 4%

Carrot (Cooked) Nutrition Values

Nutrients	100 g	1 100 grams cooked
Calories(kcal)	35	35
Carbohydrate (g)	8.22	8.22
Protein (g)	0.76	0.76
Fat (g)	0.18	0.18
Fiber (g)	3	3
Cholesterol (mg)	0	0
Sodium (mg)	58	58
Potassium (mg)	235	235
Calcium (mg)	30	30
Iron (mg)	0.34	0.34
Vitamin A (µg RAE)	852	852
Vitamin C (mg)	3.6	3.6

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.

Nutrition of boiled carrots

The 100 gram calculation here is for carrots boiled without salt and drained: 35 kcal. Carrots roasted with oil or glazed with sugar or honey are different dishes. Weigh this preparation after cooking and draining.

How many calories are in a cooked portion?

A weighed 150 g portion provides 53 kcal and 4.5 g fibre. The USDA reference half cup of slices weighs 78 g, giving 27 kcal. Its reference whole carrot weighs 46 g and calculates to 16 kcal. Twice the reference half cup, 156 g, provides 55 kcal, 4.68 g fibre and 366.6 mg potassium. Carrot sizes vary, so weight is more useful than a fixed per-carrot estimate. Portion and cup measures for boiled kohlrabi likewise refer to the cooked, drained vegetable. The raw-carrot slice and chopped-cup calculation uses different weights that do not transfer to boiled carrots. The boiled frozen-carrot reference uses a 146 g cup; do not copy this entry’s 156 g measure to it. Weighed cooked grams make the comparison clearer.

Vitamin A and fibre

There are 852 µg RAE of vitamin A and 3 g fibre per 100 g. RAE expresses vitamin A activity and is not numerically interchangeable with IU. Total sugars are 3.45 g per 100 g; no sugar is added to this plain boiled preparation. The vitamin A value is not a supplement dose. Carrots add variety to vegetable choices; they do not guarantee better eyesight or protection from disease on their own.

Can cooked carrots fit into a diet?

Serve boiled carrots beside a main dish or combine them with yogurt and other vegetables. A 150 g portion contains 12.33 g carbohydrate. If you monitor blood glucose, consider the portion and the rest of the meal together. Being cooked does not by itself make carrots a food that must be excluded.

For a yogurt carrot dish, calculate the carrots, oil and yogurt separately. Weighing raw carrots and using the cooked table also gives a misleading result: weights before and after cooking are not interchangeable. The raw, boiled and roasted parsnip calculation also depends on preparation; a similar appearance does not mean an identical nutrient table.

When preparing carrot purée for a baby, cook the carrot until soft and adapt the texture to the baby’s feeding skills. Added water changes the carrot content per gram, so boiled carrots and a diluted baby purée do not share one nutrition table.