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Calories in
water convolvulus, raw

19 kcal per 100 g Water convolvulus, raw contains 19 calories per 100 grams, or about 11 calories per cup, chopped. Per 100 g it provides 2.6 g protein, 3.1 g carbohydrate and 0.2 g fat.

By calories that splits 51% carbohydrate, 42% protein, 7% fat — dissected below.

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 169301·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Energy anatomy — per 100 g Plate 1767 of 1799
42%51% 0 5 10 14 19 kcal
Protein 2.6 g × 4 kcal/g 10 kcal · 42%
Carbohydrate 3.1 g × 4 kcal/g 13 kcal · 51%
Fat 0.2 g × 9 kcal/g 2 kcal · 7%
Shorthand total Atwater 4 · 4 · 9 25 kcal
As published by USDA food-specific factors 19 kcal

The 4·4·9 shorthand adds to 25 kcal; USDA publishes 19 kcal+6 kcal, 31.6% 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 169301retrieved 2026-07

Per 100 g19kcal
Per cup, chopped11kcal · 56.0 g
Protein2.6g per 100 g
Walk it off2minutes 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, chopped56.0 g 11 1.5 g1.8 g0.1 g
1 shoot13.0 g 2 0.3 g0.4 g0.0 g

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Full nutrition, per 100 g and per cup, chopped

NutrientPer 100 gPer cup, chopped
Energy19 kcal11 kcal
Protein2.6 g1.5 g
Total fat0.2 g0.1 g
Carbohydrate3.1 g1.8 g
Fibre2.1 g1.2 g
Sodium113.0 mg63.3 mg
Potassium312.0 mg174.7 mg
Calcium77.0 mg43.1 mg
Iron1.7 mg0.9 mg
Vitamin C55.0 mg30.8 mg
Vitamin A315.0 µg176.4 µg
Cholesterol0.0 mg0.0 mg
Water92.5 g51.8 g

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

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 169301·REVIEWED JUL 2026

How water convolvulus, raw compares

Among the 209 vegetables and vegetable products items on this site, water convolvulus, raw ranks 177 of 209 by calorie density, against a category average of 62 kcal per 100 g — so it is about 69% less calorie-dense than typical for its group.

It carries 13.7 g of protein per 100 calories — a genuinely protein-dense food.

To burn off one cup, chopped (11 kcal), a 70 kg adult would walk for roughly 2 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 water convolvulus, raw. Yours was grown somewhere, picked at some ripeness, and cooked by you.

Questions this entry settles

How many calories are in water convolvulus, raw?

Water convolvulus, raw contains 19 calories per 100 g, which works out to about 11 calories per cup, chopped. It also provides 2.6 g of protein, 3.1 g of carbohydrate and 0.2 g of fat per 100 g.

What is the macro breakdown of water convolvulus, raw?

By calories, water convolvulus, raw is roughly 51% carbohydrate, 42% protein and 7% fat. That makes it a predominantly carbohydrate-based food.

How long does it take to burn off a cup, chopped?

About 2 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 water convolvulus, raw 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: "Water convolvulus,raw". 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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