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Butter: calories and nutrition facts

CIQUAL 2025 · record 16414

731 kcal / selected portion

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NutrientValue
Energy731 kcal
Protein0.6 g
Carbohydrate0.9 g
Sugars0.7 g
Fat80.5 g
of which saturates58.0 g
Fibre< 0.06 g
Sodium22 mg
Potassium36 mg
Calcium20 mg
Iron0.3 mg
Magnesium3 mg
Zinc0.5 mg
Vitamin C< 0.037 mg
Vitamin D0.5 µg
Folate (B9)1 µg
Vitamin B120.1 µg
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Values per 100 g. Sourced: CIQUAL 2025 · record 16414; figures taken from the table, not checked food by food. General information; it does not replace medical or dietary advice.

Source : ANSES, table Ciqual 2025 (mise à jour du 19/11/2025), record 16414, published by ANSES as « Beurre ou assimilé sans précision sur la teneur en matière grasse, doux (aliment moyen) ». DOI : 10.57745/RDMHWY. Data made available under the Open Licence 2.0. ANSES does not endorse or review Radish. Method and sources.

Where these figures come from

The Ciqual table is published by ANSES and describes the French food supply: it pools laboratory analyses, manufacturer submissions and recipe calculations. Radish copies record 16414, published by ANSES as “Beurre ou assimilé sans précision sur la teneur en matière grasse, doux (aliment moyen)”, as it stands; it does not recompute it.

For fats and oils, what separates two records is almost never energy — an oil is fat and nothing else — but the split between saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids, of which this table only shows the saturated line.

Of the 17 lines above, 15 carry a number. A cell without a number is not a zero: the source does not publish the amount, or it falls below the measurement threshold.

On 2 lines, the source publishes a threshold marker rather than a number: fibre “< 0,06” and vitamin c “< 0,037”. One convention applies here and only one: that marker is reproduced word for word in the nutrient’s cell, and no number is invented in its place.

Nutri-Score: how the letter is obtained

Butter is scored on the scale for fats, oils, nuts and seeds, one of the three used by the revised algorithm (Nutri-Score scientific committee, 2022–2023; adopted in France by the order of 14 March 2025), applied to the figures shown above.

Unfavourable points (20)

Favourable points (0)

20 − 0 = 20 points, class E. The heaviest single item here is energy from saturated fat, at 10 of the 20 unfavourable points. Protein points are set aside here: the algorithm only counts them if unfavourable points stay below 7. The letter applies to this table record, not to a branded product.

Nutri-Score® is a registered collective trademark of Santé publique France. Radish is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by Santé publique France: this letter is recomputed by Radish from the table record. During the transition period provided for by the regulations, a package may still carry a letter from the previous algorithm, and therefore a different one.

Where this record sits among fats & oils

Radish holds 258 fats & oils sourced from an institutional table; this record is the 140th energy value in ascending order out of 258. Of the 275 fats & oils in the database, 258 come from an institutional table and are the only ones counted in these medians. Per 100 g:

These medians pool all the sourced fats & oils in the database, plain and prepared alike. This position and these medians describe the Radish database, not the quality of a food: they say neither that it should be eaten nor that it should be avoided.

Recipes in the Radish library that use it

Butter appears in 87 of the 937 recipes bundled with the app, among them South African malva pudding (spongy apricot cake), Doro wat (Ethiopian spiced chicken stew), Guatemalan tamales, Australian meat pie (beef in gravy hand pie), Fairy bread (buttered white bread with hundreds and thousands sprinkles), Peameal bacon sandwich (brioche bun, cornmeal-crusted back bacon), Nanaimo bars (no-bake graham-coconut-chocolate base with custard cream) and Khachapuri (Georgian cheese bread).

Most frequent companions in those recipes: Onion · Sugar · Wheat flour · Whole milk · Semi-skimmed milk · Lemon.

Those recipe figures are estimated from their ingredients, are labelled as such in the app, and are not used on this page.

Values per 100 g. Sourced: CIQUAL 2025 · record 16414; figures taken from the table, not checked food by food. General information; it does not replace medical or dietary advice.

Frequently asked questions

How many calories are in butter?

731 kcal per 100 g (CIQUAL 2025 · record 16414).

Are the nutrition facts for butter sourced?

Yes, via CIQUAL 2025 · record 16414.

What is the Nutri-Score of butter?

Class E, for a score of 20 points computed on the figures shown above, under the scale for fats, oils, nuts and seeds. The detailed count is on this page.

What are the macros of butter?

Per 100 g: 0.6 g protein, 0.9 g carbohydrate, 80.5 g fat, < 0.06 g fibre — as published by CIQUAL 2025 · record 16414.