How many calories in a cucumber
A whole cucumber has 45 kcal, and almost all of it is water.
Portion
To burn it off
Cucumber is basically crunchy water with a bit of fibre and natural sugar. It's about as light as food gets.
A whole one is 45 kcal. Half a cucumber in your salad is barely 23.
It's not going to fill you up for long on its own, but it's brilliant for bulking out a plate or a sandwich.
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Where it comes from
Cucumbers come from South Asia, from India to the Himalayan foothills and southwest China, and have been grown for at least 3,000 years. The Roman writer Pliny says the emperor Tiberius had cucumber on his table every day, summer and winter, grown in beds covered with sheets of mica, an early kind of greenhouse. In America, Jamestown colonists were planting them by 1609.
Where does our food come from? · Source: Wikipedia, Cucumber (history, with cited sources including Pliny the Elder)
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Questions
How many calories in half a cucumber?
About 23 kcal.
Is cucumber good for losing weight?
It's very low in calories, so it's easy to add to meals. It won't keep you full for long on its own.
How much water is in a cucumber?
Most of it. That's why a whole one is only 45 kcal.
Does cucumber water have calories?
Practically none. A few slices in your bottle add flavour, not a number worth logging.
How many calories in a mini cucumber?
A snack cucumber of about 100 g is around 15 kcal, a third of a whole one.
Did you know?
A cucumber is about 95% water. A whole one comes to roughly 45 kcal.
Food facts · Source: USDA FoodData Central
