Cucumber is 16 calories per 100g — over 95% water. A whole cucumber is around 48 calories. They add bulk and crunch to meals without contributing meaningfully to any macro target, which makes them a top high-volume ingredient in cutting diets.
Calories scale with portion. Here's how a typical cucumber serving translates in your tracker:
Point your iPhone camera at cucumber and SpotWell's on-device AI estimates the portion and macros in under a second — no manual entry, no barcode hunting.
Download on theApp StoreCucumber has approximately 16 calories per 100g. A typical serving — 1 medium (301g) — comes in at 48 calories.
0.7g of protein per 100g. That puts cucumber at roughly 4.4g 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. Cucumber is naturally low-calorie at 16 kcal per 100g, so it's easy to fit into a deficit.