How many calories in honey
A tablespoon of honey has about 64 kcal, all of it from sugar.
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To burn it off
A tablespoon is 64 kcal, with 17 g of carbs and no fat or protein. It's sugar, just the kind bees made.
It feels more wholesome than white sugar, and it does taste of more. Your body treats it much the same way.
A drizzle on porridge or yoghurt is fine. Squeezy bottles make it easy to pour three spoons without noticing.
Tips
- 1Use a teaspoon to drizzle instead of squeezing from the bottle.
- 2Stronger honey goes further, a little flavours a whole bowl.
- 3Swap some of it for chopped fruit on your porridge.
Where it comes from
People were eating honey long before anyone kept bees. A rock painting in the Cuevas de la Araña near Bicorp in eastern Spain, thought to be around 8,000 years old, shows a figure clinging to ropes to take honey from a wild hive. It is the oldest known picture of honey gathering. Much later the ancient Egyptians kept bees and even used honey for embalming.
Where does our food come from? · Source: Wikipedia, Cuevas de la Araña
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Questions
Is honey better than sugar?
It tastes of more, so you may use less, but it's still sugar. Calorie wise they're close.
How many calories in a teaspoon of honey?
About a third of a tablespoon, so roughly 21 kcal.
Does honey in tea count?
Yes. A tablespoon in a mug adds 64 kcal.
Does raw or manuka honey have fewer calories?
No, raw honey and manuka have the same calories as regular honey, about 64 kcal a tablespoon. They differ in taste and price.
Has honey gone off when it crystallises?
No, that's just the sugar forming crystals, and it's fine to eat. Stand the jar in warm water and it turns runny again.
Did you know?
Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs, thousands of years old and still unspoiled.
Food facts · Source: Smithsonian Magazine
