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Calories in
nuts, cashew nuts, dry roasted

574 kcal per 100 g Nuts, cashew nuts, dry roasted contains 574 calories per 100 grams, or about 786 calories per cup, halves and whole. Per 100 g it provides 15.3 g protein, 32.7 g carbohydrate and 46.4 g fat.

By calories that splits 21% carbohydrate, 10% protein, 68% fat — dissected below.

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 169421·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Energy anatomy — per 100 g Plate 1138 of 1799
21%69% 0 144 287 431 574 kcal
Protein 15.3 g × 4 kcal/g 61 kcal · 10%
Carbohydrate 32.7 g × 4 kcal/g 131 kcal · 21%
Fat 46.4 g × 9 kcal/g 417 kcal · 69%
Shorthand total Atwater 4 · 4 · 9 609 kcal
As published by USDA food-specific factors 574 kcal

The 4·4·9 shorthand adds to 609 kcal; USDA publishes 574 kcal+35 kcal, 6.1% apart. That gap is expected, not an error: USDA derives energy with food-specific factors and, for many items, discounts the fibre that the shorthand still counts at four. The published figure is the better one, so the axis above is scaled to it and the shares are what the shorthand is genuinely good at.

SourceUSDA FoodData Central, SR LegacyFDC 169421retrieved 2026-07

Per 100 g574kcal
Per cup, halves and whole786kcal · 137.0 g
Protein15.3g per 100 g
Walk it off160minutes walking
Proteingrams
Carbsgrams
Fatgrams
Walk it offmin at 70 kg

How this is worked out

  1. USDA measures every nutrient per 100 g of edible portion. That row is published here unchanged — nothing is rounded up, smoothed or "adjusted".
  2. The energy figure is USDA's own, derived with food-specific factors. This site never computes the calorie count it publishes.
  3. The Atwater shorthand 4 · 4 · 9 is applied to the protein, carbohydrate and fat grams only to split that energy into shares — and where the shorthand disagrees with the published figure, the gap is printed rather than hidden.
  4. A serving is a straight proportional conversion of the per-100 g row, using USDA's own household measures for the grams.
  5. The walking figure uses MET 4.0 at 70 kg, the same equation the sister site publishes.
per serving   = per 100 g × serving grams ÷ 100
energy shares = 4·P + 4·C + 9·F      (P, C, F in grams)
walk minutes  = kcal ÷ (4.0 × 3.5 × 70 ÷ 200)

Full data & method →

Calories in a typical serving

Per-100 g figures are useful for comparison but nobody eats 100 g of anything on purpose. These are the USDA's own household measures.

ServingGramsCaloriesProteinCarbsFat
1 cup, halves and whole137.0 g 786 21.0 g44.8 g63.5 g
1 oz28.4 g 163 4.3 g9.3 g13.2 g

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Full nutrition, per 100 g and per cup, halves and whole

NutrientPer 100 gPer cup, halves and whole
Energy574 kcal786 kcal
Protein15.3 g21.0 g
Total fat46.4 g63.5 g
Saturated fat9.2 g12.5 g
Carbohydrate32.7 g44.8 g
Fibre3.0 g4.1 g
Sugars5.0 g6.9 g
Sodium640.0 mg876.8 mg
Potassium565.0 mg774.1 mg
Calcium45.0 mg61.7 mg
Iron6.0 mg8.2 mg
Vitamin C0.0 mg0.0 mg
Vitamin A0.0 µg0.0 µg
Cholesterol0.0 mg0.0 mg
Water1.7 g2.3 g

A dash means the nutrient was not measured for this item, which is not the same as zero.

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 169421·REVIEWED JUL 2026

How nuts, cashew nuts, dry roasted compares

Among the 37 nut and seed products items on this site, nuts, cashew nuts, dry roasted ranks 13 of 37 by calorie density, against a category average of 450 kcal per 100 g — so it is about 28% more calorie-dense than typical for its group.

It carries 2.7 g of protein per 100 calories, so it is not a meaningful protein source.

To burn off one cup, halves and whole (786 kcal), a 70 kg adult would walk for roughly 160 minutes — see the walking calculation on our sister site, or pick a different activity. Treat that as a sense of scale rather than a rule: eating and moving are not a simple ledger.

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·REVIEWED JUL 2026

A reference table describes the average nuts, cashew nuts, dry roasted. Yours was grown somewhere, picked at some ripeness, and cooked by you.

Questions this entry settles

How many calories are in nuts, cashew nuts, dry roasted?

Nuts, cashew nuts, dry roasted contains 574 calories per 100 g, which works out to about 786 calories per cup, halves and whole. It also provides 15.3 g of protein, 32.7 g of carbohydrate and 46.4 g of fat per 100 g.

What is the macro breakdown of nuts, cashew nuts, dry roasted?

By calories, nuts, cashew nuts, dry roasted is roughly 21% carbohydrate, 10% protein and 68% fat. That makes it a predominantly fat-based food.

How long does it take to burn off a cup, halves and whole?

About 160 minutes of ordinary walking for a 70 kg adult (MET 4.0). That is a rough guide for scale, not a prescription — appetite and activity interact in ways a simple subtraction does not capture.

Is this figure exact for the nuts, cashew nuts, dry roasted I bought?

No. These are USDA reference values, averaged across samples. Real foods vary with variety, ripeness, growing conditions, cut, brand and how they were cooked — 10–20% either way is normal. Use them for planning, not precision.

Source: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy — public domain, reviewed JUL 2026. Full USDA description: "Nuts, cashew nuts, dry roasted, with salt added". General information only — not medical or nutrition advice. Values are averages for a food type and vary by brand, ripeness and preparation.

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