By Team Best Life
You may use only a small amount of sugar in your coffee, butter on your toast, or ketchup on your burger, but those calories add up. Just how quickly? Here are the calorie counts of various condiments, organized from least calories to most, per the amount listed as a serving size on the packaging.
Warning: What you’re about to read may shock you!
Calories in Condiments:
Horseradish……………….…….0 calories per teaspoon
Lemon juice………………….….0 calories per teaspoon
Tabasco/Hot sauce……….….0 calories per tablespoon
Vinegar………………….………..0 calories per tablespoon
Mustard……………….………….5 calories per teaspoon
Salsa……………………….………10 calories per 2 tablespoons
Soy sauce……………….………..10 calories per tablespoon (Choose lite to control your sodium intake)
A1 steak sauce…………….……15 calories per tablespoon
Sweet relish ……………….……15 calories per tablespoon
Sugar……………………….……..16 calories per teaspoon
Ketchup…………………………20 calories per tablespoon
Fat-free sour cream…………30 calories per 2 tablespoons
Light mayonnaise……………35 calories per tablespoon
Miracle Whip…………………..40 calories per tablespoon
Reduced-fat sour cream…..40 calories per 2 tablespoons
Guacamole………………….….50 calories per 2 tablespoons
Heavy cream…………….….…50 calories per tablespoon
Jelly………………………………50 calories per teaspoon
Barbecue sauce ……….……60 per 2 tablespoons
Honey…………………….……60 calories per tablespoon
Regular sour cream………60 calories per 2 tablespoons
Butter……………………..….70 calories per tablespoon
Light cream cheese………70 calories per 2 tablespoons
Fat-free milk…………..…..90 calories per cup
Regular mayonnaise…….90 calories per tablespoon
Tartar sauce…………….….90 calories per 2 tablespoons
Regular cream cheese…..100 calories 2 tablespoons
One percent milk………….110 calories per cup
Two percent milk……….…130 per cup
Whole milk……………….….150 calories per cup
Peanut butter………….……190 calories per 2 tablespoons
Maple syrup…………….……200 calories per 4 tablespoons
Pesto…………………….………300 calories per ¼ cup
Note: We’re not necessarily recommending that you use the amounts listed—for instance, with soy sauce and butter, you can (and probably should!) use less. Also, calorie counts may vary by brand so be sure to check labels.
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