Sweet Corn Calories and Nutrition Facts

Corn, sweet, yellow and white kernels, fresh, raw nutrition facts

The table below shows the complete nutritional profile for corn, sweet, yellow and white kernels, fresh, raw per 100 g (the laboratory analytical standard), alongside the share of the FDA Daily Value each nutrient covers. Most of its calories come from carbohydrate.

*Percent Daily Value per 100 g, against the FDA reference intakes for adults and children 4+ years (50 g protein, 275 g carbohydrate, 28 g fibre, 78 g fat, 20 g saturated fat, 2300 mg sodium). Total sugars has no Daily Value — the 50 g reference applies to added sugars only, and USDA reports total sugars here.

Sweet Corn calories by weight: ounces, pounds and grams

USDA publishes this food per 100 g, so here is the same profile converted to the weights a kitchen scale and a US recipe actually use. At 0.85 kcal per gram (low energy density), low energy density — generous portions stay modest in calories.

How sweet corn compares to other vegetables

Against the 80 vegetables in this database, sweet corn ranks 73rd lowest in calories and 16th highest in protein. The category averages 50 kcal per 100 g, so this one is 70% above it. The lightest option in the category is pickles, cucumber, dill or kosher dill at 12 kcal per 100 g, and the protein leader is flour, potato at 8.1 g per 100 g.

Portion planning with sweet corn

• 100 calories comes to about 118 g (4.2 oz).
• 20 g of protein takes about 714 g, bringing 607 kcal with it — that is 3.3 g of protein per 100 calories.
• Fibre density is 2.8 g per 100 calories, covering 9% of the daily fibre target per 100 g.
• Macro split by calories: 70% carbs, 13% protein, 17% fat.

Nutrient screening detail

The badges near the top of this page come from screening the per-100 g values against the FDA nutrient-content thresholds in 21 CFR 101.54–101.62. The regulations define those claims per reference serving rather than per 100 g, so treat these as a like-for-like comparison between foods, not as a statement about a product label:

• Low fat — 1.6 g per 100 g (≤ 3 g)
• Low saturated fat — 0 g per 100 g (≤ 1 g)
• Sodium free — 0 mg per 100 g (< 5 mg)

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