Per 100g, burdock root brings 72 calories with 17g 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 burdock root serving translates in your tracker:
Balanced — burdock root sits in a moderate range and fits weight loss, maintenance, or muscle gain when portioned to your daily target.
How burdock root stacks up on calories and protein against foods people commonly compare it to:
Point your iPhone camera at burdock root and Spotwell's on-device AI estimates the portion and macros in under a second — no manual entry, no barcode hunting.
Download on theApp StoreBurdock Root has approximately 72 calories per 100g. A typical serving — 3 oz (85g) — comes in at 61 calories.
1.5g of protein per 100g. That puts burdock root at roughly 2.1g 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. Burdock Root is naturally low-calorie at 72 kcal per 100g, so it's easy to fit into a deficit.