Per 100g, artichoke brings 47 calories with 11g of carbs (most of which is fiber). Worth portioning if you treat it like a free veg; it has more density than spinach or cucumber.
Calories scale with portion. Here's how a typical artichoke serving translates in your tracker:
Very low calorie — at 47 kcal per 100g, artichoke adds volume to a meal without meaningfully denting a calorie deficit.
How artichoke stacks up on calories and protein against foods people commonly compare it to:
Point your iPhone camera at artichoke and Spotwell's on-device AI estimates the portion and macros in under a second — no manual entry, no barcode hunting.
Download on theApp StoreArtichoke has approximately 47 calories per 100g. A typical serving — 3 oz (85g) — comes in at 40 calories.
3.3g of protein per 100g. That puts artichoke at roughly 7.0g of protein per 100 calories — a useful lens when comparing to other vegetables sources.
The simplest method: weigh it on a kitchen scale, then enter grams in your tracker. With Spotwell, you can skip the scale — point the camera at the plate and the AI estimates the portion in under a second. Adjust the value if it looks off.
It depends on your overall calorie target. Artichoke is naturally low-calorie at 47 kcal per 100g, so it's easy to fit into a deficit.