Pineapple is 50 calories per 100g — sweeter than berries but still low overall. A cup of chunks is around 80 calories. Canned pineapple in juice tracks similar; canned in syrup adds 30-50 calories per serving and is closer to a dessert than a fruit.
Calories scale with portion. Here's how a typical pineapple serving translates in your tracker:
Very low calorie — at 50 kcal per 100g, pineapple adds volume to a meal without meaningfully denting a calorie deficit.
How pineapple stacks up on calories and protein against foods people commonly compare it to:
Point your iPhone camera at pineapple and Spotwell's on-device AI estimates the portion and macros in under a second — no manual entry, no barcode hunting.
Download on theApp StorePineapple has approximately 50 calories per 100g. A typical serving — 1 cup, chunks (165g) — comes in at 83 calories.
0.5g of protein per 100g. That puts pineapple at roughly 1.0g of protein per 100 calories — a useful lens when comparing to other fruits 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. Pineapple is naturally low-calorie at 50 kcal per 100g, so it's easy to fit into a deficit.