Per 100g, chlorella brings 410 calories with 23g 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 chlorella serving translates in your tracker:
Protein-dense — 14.1 g of protein per 100 kcal makes chlorella an efficient choice for hitting a protein target while managing calories.
How chlorella stacks up on calories and protein against foods people commonly compare it to:
Point your iPhone camera at chlorella and Spotwell's on-device AI estimates the portion and macros in under a second — no manual entry, no barcode hunting.
Download on theApp StoreChlorella has approximately 410 calories per 100g. A typical serving — 3 oz (85g) — comes in at 349 calories.
58g of protein per 100g. That puts chlorella at roughly 14.1g 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. Chlorella is calorie-dense at 410 kcal per 100g, so portion control matters more than with low-cal foods.