Calories in blackberries

Raw. 43 kcal (180 kJ) per 100 g. Choose a portion below and every figure on the page updates.

Blackberries are a low-sugar, high-fibre fruit with 43 kcal (180 kJ) per 100 g. They contain 5.3 g of fibre per 100 g, more than twice as much as blueberries, thanks to the many small seeds in each drupelet. Their energy comes from carbohydrate, about half of it natural sugar. Blackberries also provide good amounts of vitamin C, vitamin K and manganese.

Where the energy comes from

Share of total energy contributed by each macronutrient, using the standard 4/4/9 kcal per gram factors:

Things worth knowing

• One cup of blackberries (144 g) has about 62 kcal / 259 kJ and 7.6 g of fibre, about 27% of the 28 g Daily Value.
• The same cup provides around 30 mg of vitamin C (about a third of the Daily Value) and about 29 µg of vitamin K.
• Ten blackberries (50 g) come to about 22 kcal / 90 kJ, roughly the same as a single small handful of blueberries.
• Compared with blueberries (57 kcal and 10 g of sugar per 100 g), blackberries have fewer calories and about half the sugar.

Converting these figures

One 1 cup of blackberries is 62 kcal, which is 259 kJ. To convert any other figure, divide kilojoules by 4.184 for calories, or use the converter on the home page.

It takes 556 g of blackberries to reach 1,000 kJ (239 kcal). See how that compares with other foods on the 1000 kJ to calories page.