Per 100g, leek brings 61 calories with 14g 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 leek serving translates in your tracker:
Balanced — leek sits in a moderate range and fits weight loss, maintenance, or muscle gain when portioned to your daily target.
How leek stacks up on calories and protein against foods people commonly compare it to:
Point your iPhone camera at leek and Spotwell's on-device AI estimates the portion and macros in under a second — no manual entry, no barcode hunting.
Download on theApp StoreLeek has approximately 61 calories per 100g. A typical serving — 3 oz (85g) — comes in at 52 calories.
1.5g of protein per 100g. That puts leek at roughly 2.5g 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. Leek is naturally low-calorie at 61 kcal per 100g, so it's easy to fit into a deficit.