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Calories in
sauce, sofrito, prepared from recipe

237 kcal per 100 g Sauce, sofrito, prepared from recipe contains 237 calories per 100 grams, or about 244 calories per 0.5 cup. Per 100 g it provides 12.8 g protein, 5.5 g carbohydrate and 18.2 g fat.

By calories that splits 9% carbohydrate, 22% protein, 69% fat — dissected below.

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 171174·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Energy anatomy — per 100 g Plate 1500 of 1799
22%69% 0 59 119 178 237 kcal
Protein 12.8 g × 4 kcal/g 51 kcal · 22%
Carbohydrate 5.5 g × 4 kcal/g 22 kcal · 9%
Fat 18.2 g × 9 kcal/g 164 kcal · 69%
Shorthand total Atwater 4 · 4 · 9 237 kcal
As published by USDA food-specific factors 237 kcal

The 4·4·9 shorthand adds to 237 kcal and USDA publishes 237 kcal. The arithmetic closes, so the axis above is simply that figure divided by the shares.

SourceUSDA FoodData Central, SR LegacyFDC 171174retrieved 2026-07

Per 100 g237kcal
Per 0.5 cup244kcal · 103.0 g
Protein12.8g per 100 g
Walk it off50minutes 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
0.5 cup103.0 g 244 13.2 g5.6 g18.7 g

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Full nutrition, per 100 g and per 0.5 cup

NutrientPer 100 gPer 0.5 cup
Energy237 kcal244 kcal
Protein12.8 g13.2 g
Total fat18.2 g18.7 g
Carbohydrate5.5 g5.6 g
Fibre1.7 g1.8 g
Sodium1,145.0 mg1,179.4 mg
Potassium401.0 mg413.0 mg
Calcium20.0 mg20.6 mg
Iron0.9 mg1.0 mg
Vitamin C20.4 mg21.0 mg
Water59.7 g61.4 g

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

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 171174·REVIEWED JUL 2026

How sauce, sofrito, prepared from recipe compares

Among the 63 soups, sauces, and gravies items on this site, sauce, sofrito, prepared from recipe ranks 20 of 63 by calorie density, against a category average of 169 kcal per 100 g — so it is about 40% more calorie-dense than typical for its group.

It carries 5.4 g of protein per 100 calories, a moderate protein contribution.

To burn off 0.5 cup (244 kcal), a 70 kg adult would walk for roughly 50 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 sauce, sofrito, prepared from recipe. Yours was grown somewhere, picked at some ripeness, and cooked by you.

Questions this entry settles

How many calories are in sauce, sofrito, prepared from recipe?

Sauce, sofrito, prepared from recipe contains 237 calories per 100 g, which works out to about 244 calories per 0.5 cup. It also provides 12.8 g of protein, 5.5 g of carbohydrate and 18.2 g of fat per 100 g.

What is the macro breakdown of sauce, sofrito, prepared from recipe?

By calories, sauce, sofrito, prepared from recipe is roughly 9% carbohydrate, 22% protein and 69% fat. That makes it a predominantly fat-based food.

How long does it take to burn off 0.5 cup?

About 50 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 sauce, sofrito, prepared from recipe 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: "Sauce, sofrito, prepared from recipe". 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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