Per 100g, cacao nibs delivers 487 calories and 29g of carbs. High fat content drives most of the calories. Per-piece numbers depend heavily on size — log accurately by reading the package.
Calories scale with portion. Here's how a typical cacao nibs serving translates in your tracker:
Calorie-dense and fatty — 43 g of fat per 100g means small portions add up fast, so weigh it rather than eyeballing.
How cacao nibs stacks up on calories and protein against foods people commonly compare it to:
Point your iPhone camera at cacao nibs and Spotwell's on-device AI estimates the portion and macros in under a second — no manual entry, no barcode hunting.
Download on theApp StoreCacao Nibs has approximately 487 calories per 100g. A typical serving — 3 oz (85g) — comes in at 414 calories.
14g of protein per 100g. That puts cacao nibs at roughly 2.9g of protein per 100 calories — a useful lens when comparing to other sweets 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. Cacao Nibs is calorie-dense at 487 kcal per 100g, so portion control matters more than with low-cal foods.