A 100g of cornmeal comes in at 362 calories, with 7g of protein and 76g of carbs. Calorie tracking trips up here when people log cooked weights using dry-weight numbers (or vice versa).
Calories scale with portion. Here's how a typical cornmeal serving translates in your tracker:
Carb-forward — most of its 362 kcal come from carbohydrate, so it's best placed around training when your body uses carbs most readily.
How cornmeal stacks up on calories and protein against foods people commonly compare it to:
Point your iPhone camera at cornmeal and Spotwell's on-device AI estimates the portion and macros in under a second — no manual entry, no barcode hunting.
Download on theApp StoreCornmeal has approximately 362 calories per 100g. A typical serving — 3 oz (85g) — comes in at 308 calories.
7g of protein per 100g. That puts cornmeal at roughly 1.9g of protein per 100 calories — a useful lens when comparing to other grains 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. Cornmeal sits in a moderate calorie range. It can fit any goal — weight loss, maintenance, or muscle gain — when portioned to your daily target.