Calories in cherries

Sweet, raw. 63 kcal (264 kJ) per 100 g. Choose a portion below and every figure on the page updates.

Sweet cherries are a juicy stone fruit made up of about 82% water. They have 63 kcal (264 kJ) per 100 g, nearly all from natural sugars (12.8 g), with very little fat or protein. They are a modest source of potassium and vitamin C. Calories are counted without the stones, so weigh pitted fruit or use the per-cherry figure.

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 cherry (8.2 g) is about 5 kcal / 22 kJ; 10 cherries (82 g) have 52 kcal / 216 kJ, and a cup of pitted cherries (154 g) 97 kcal / 406 kJ.
• Sour (tart) cherries are lower in energy at 50 kcal per 100 g, with less sugar (8.5 g) and far more vitamin A (64 µg vs 3 µg).
• Processed cherries are different foods: drained maraschino cherries list 165 kcal per 100 g and dried cherries 333 kcal, because sugar is added or water removed.
• A cup of pitted cherries provides about 342 mg of potassium and 3 g of fibre. Most of the sugar is natural fruit sugar rather than added sugar.

Converting these figures

One 1 cup, without pits of cherries is 97 kcal, which is 406 kJ. To convert any other figure, divide kilojoules by 4.184 for calories, or use the converter on the home page.

It takes 379 g of cherries to reach 1,000 kJ (239 kcal). See how that compares with other foods on the 1000 kJ to calories page.