Ice Calories: Plain Water Ice and Drinks

Ice

100 g

Calculation basis: Plain additive-free drinking-water ice. USDA14411 water energy/macronutrient basis; source-dependent minerals not assigned.

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

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Ice Nutrition Values

Nutrients	100 g	1 Weighed amount (100 g)
Calories(kcal)	0	0
Carbohydrate (g)	0	0
Protein (g)	0	0
Fat (g)	0	0
Fiber (g)	0	0
Cholesterol (mg)	0	0
Vitamin A (µg RAE)	0	0
Vitamin C (mg)	0	0

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.

How many calories are in plain ice?

Ice made only by freezing drinking water provides zero energy, carbohydrate, protein and fat. A weighed 50 g or 100 g amount adds no calories to a drink. Cubes made from juice, milk, sweetened coffee or syrup are different: freezing an ingredient does not remove its sugars.

Does melting ice reduce the sugar in a drink?

The total stays the same if you consume the whole drink. Suppose a drink contains 20 g sugars according to its label and measured amount. Adding 50 g plain ice leaves 20 g sugars in the glass after the ice melts. The extra water dilutes each sip. Looking at leftover ice or liquid cannot tell you exactly how many grams of sugar you consumed.

For the lemon, mineral-water and salt Churchill calculation, specify the ingredients before adding ice. Plain ice does not remove the drink’s salt; it increases the glass contents’ weight and changes the concentration.

In honey-sweetened strawberry lemonade, melting plain ice does not remove energy from honey or fruit. Distinguish ice left behind from liquid consumed rather than logging the original full mixture weight.

Does a cup of ice weigh the same as a cup of water?

Cube size, crushed versus whole ice and gaps between pieces change the weight in a cup. Equal cup volumes therefore do not imply equal grams. Tare a container on a kitchen scale and weigh the ice. Without losses, 100 g ice becomes 100 g water when melted, although its volume need not stay the same. For calorie tracking, measure the milk, syrup or juice in the drink separately.

Sweetened ice pops are frozen desserts. A 60 g amount of the generic example contains about 47 kcal and 8.20 g sugars; that table does not apply to cubes made only from water.

Handle ice as food

Use drinking-quality water, clean moulds and food-safe containers. Take ice with clean tongs or a scoop, rather than dirty hands or the rim of a glass. Check the producer and storage information on packaged ice. Dry ice is not water ice and must not be treated as an edible substitute.

Source note: Energy and macronutrients use the water basis in USDA SR28, 14411 drinking water, applied only to freezing plain water. It is not a laboratory result for an ice brand. Minerals remain unknown because the source water is unspecified. The FDA packaged-ice guide explains clean water, containers and utensils.