Calories in lentils

Calories by amount

By cup and spoon

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Typical servings, Remembite estimates

Remembite typical-serving estimates, not USDA measures. Each serving weight is our assumption, so weigh your own portion when you can.

By weight

Small numbers after each value are the range, with about an 80 percent chance that the reference value falls inside. Weights are calculated from 100 g of each USDA record. How the range works.

Dry vs cooked, per 100 g

Compared with similar foods

Measuring lentils

Lentils soak up water and gain a lot of weight when boiled, so a spoon of dry lentils and a spoon of cooked ones are very different amounts: dry is 352 kcal per hundred grams and cooked is 116 kcal per hundred grams. The records are USDA lentils, raw, and lentils, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt. Canned lentils are not covered. Soups and dals add stock, oil and vegetables that the plain lentil row does not include. The bowl rows are Remembite typical-serving estimates (a medium bowl assumes 200 g), not USDA values.

100 g of dry lentils becomes about 303 g boiled, calculated from 352 and 116 kcal per 100 g (FDC 172420 and 172421). A cup of dry lentils weighs 192 g and has 676 kcal. A cup of boiled lentils weighs 198 g and has 230 kcal. The two cups weigh about the same but hold different amounts of lentils, so name the state when you log. On this page's chart, boiled lentils (116 kcal per 100 g) sit below boiled chickpeas (164) and black beans (132).

Common questions

Often eaten with

• White rice1 cup, cooked (158 g)205 kcal
• Brown rice1 cup, cooked (202 g)248 kcal