Butter cookie nutrition, glycemic index, calories, net carbs & more

Butter Cookie Calories
Calories per 100g
One hundred grams of butter cookie contains 467 calories. It has a high proportion of butter and sugar, the primary calories providers. Butter cookie contains 68.1 g carbs. This makes butter cookies higher-than-average calorie products.
Sugar and fat are the two main ingredients in butter cookies. These ingredients increase the number of calories in your diet without providing any essential nutrients.
Macronutrients chart
Calories per serving size
One 100 gram of butter cookie provides 467 calories; however, one cookie (5 grams) usually provides only 23.35 calories accordingly.
Calories per ingredient
In this column, nutritionist sub-recipe are presented for 1 cup:
Ingredient |
Calories |
flour |
40 |
butter |
44.8 |
sugar |
35 |
Comparison
Butter cookies have more calories than fortune cookies and less than chocolate chip cookies.
Compared to shortbread, butter cookie contains fewer carbs, so it has fewer calories.
We compared butter cookies to all foods in our database and found it is in the top 9% of foods high in calories. So 91% of foods contain fewer calories than butter cookies.
Food |
Calories per 100 grams |
488 |
|
Butter cookies |
467 |
387 |
|
378 |
|
478 |
Burning estimates
The table below shows the time and type of activity a person should perform to burn 23.35 calories (one butter cookie). Measured by a method called Met or Metabolic Equivalent of a Task [1][2].
One butter cookie (5 gram) - 70kg person |
100 gram of butter cookie - 100kg person |
|
Walking |
5 min |
19 min |
Cycling |
2 min |
11 min |
Running |
2 min |
11 min |
Aerobics |
~1 min |
8 min |
References
Important nutritional characteristics for Butter cookie

Butter cookie Glycemic index (GI)
Butter cookie Glycemic load (GL)
Mineral coverage chart
Mineral chart - relative view
Vitamin coverage chart
Vitamin chart - relative view
Protein quality breakdown
Fat type information
Fiber content ratio for Butter cookie
All nutrients for Butter cookie per 100g
Nutrient | Value | DV% | In TOP % of foods | Comparison |
Calories | 467kcal | 23% | 9% |
9.9 times more than Orange![]() |
Protein | 6.1g | 15% | 57% |
2.2 times more than Broccoli![]() |
Fats | 18.8g | 29% | 17% |
1.8 times less than Cheese![]() |
Vitamin C | 0mg | 0% | 100% |
N/A![]() |
Net carbs | 68.1g | N/A | 8% |
1.3 times more than Chocolate![]() |
Carbs | 68.9g | 23% | 11% |
2.4 times more than Rice![]() |
Cholesterol | 117mg | 39% | 9% |
3.2 times less than Egg![]() |
Vitamin D | 0.4µg | 4% | 49% |
5.5 times less than Egg![]() |
Iron | 2.22mg | 28% | 33% |
1.2 times less than Beef![]() |
Calcium | 29mg | 3% | 44% |
4.3 times less than Milk![]() |
Potassium | 111mg | 3% | 80% |
1.3 times less than Cucumber![]() |
Magnesium | 12mg | 3% | 79% |
11.7 times less than Almond![]() |
Sugar | 20.24g | N/A | 33% |
2.3 times more than Coca-Cola![]() |
Fiber | 0.8g | 3% | 53% |
3 times less than Orange![]() |
Copper | 0.2mg | 22% | 31% |
1.4 times more than Shiitake![]() |
Zinc | 0.38mg | 3% | 76% |
16.6 times less than Beef![]() |
Phosphorus | 102mg | 15% | 63% |
1.8 times less than Chicken meat![]() |
Sodium | 282mg | 12% | 35% |
1.7 times less than White Bread![]() |
Vitamin A | 673IU | 13% | 22% |
24.8 times less than Carrot![]() |
Vitamin A RAE | 165µg | 18% | 26% | |
Vitamin E | 0.58mg | 4% | 54% |
2.5 times less than Kiwifruit![]() |
Manganese | 0.17mg | 7% | 54% | |
Selenium | 8.4µg | 15% | 62% | |
Vitamin B1 | 0.37mg | 31% | 23% |
1.4 times more than Pea raw![]() |
Vitamin B2 | 0.34mg | 26% | 22% |
2.6 times more than Avocado![]() |
Vitamin B3 | 3.19mg | 20% | 49% |
3 times less than Turkey meat![]() |
Vitamin B5 | 0.49mg | 10% | 59% |
2.3 times less than Sunflower seed![]() |
Vitamin B6 | 0.04mg | 3% | 85% |
3.3 times less than Oat![]() |
Vitamin B12 | 0.36µg | 15% | 53% |
1.9 times less than Pork![]() |
Vitamin K | 1.7µg | 1% | 67% |
59.8 times less than Broccoli![]() |
Folate | 76µg | 19% | 28% |
1.2 times more than Brussels sprout![]() |
Saturated Fat | 11.05g | 55% | 11% |
1.9 times more than Beef![]() |
Monounsaturated Fat | 5.52g | N/A | 29% |
1.8 times less than Avocado![]() |
Polyunsaturated fat | 0.98g | N/A | 46% |
48 times less than Walnut![]() |
Tryptophan | 0.08mg | 0% | 81% |
3.6 times less than Chicken meat![]() |
Threonine | 0.22mg | 0% | 82% |
3.3 times less than Beef![]() |
Isoleucine | 0.28mg | 0% | 82% |
3.3 times less than Salmon![]() |
Leucine | 0.47mg | 0% | 82% |
5.2 times less than Tuna![]() |
Lysine | 0.31mg | 0% | 80% |
1.5 times less than Tofu![]() |
Methionine | 0.13mg | 0% | 80% |
1.4 times more than Quinoa![]() |
Phenylalanine | 0.3mg | 0% | 82% |
2.2 times less than Egg![]() |
Valine | 0.32mg | 0% | 82% |
6.4 times less than Soybean raw![]() |
Histidine | 0.14mg | 0% | 83% |
5.5 times less than Turkey meat![]() |
Omega-3 - EPA | 0.01g | N/A | 38% |
62.7 times less than Salmon![]() |
Omega-3 - DHA | 0.01g | N/A | 41% |
208.6 times less than Salmon![]() |
Omega-3 - DPA | 0g | N/A | 100% |
N/A![]() |
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References
The source of all the nutrient values on the page (excluding the main article and glycemic index text the sources for which are presented separately if present) is the USDA's FoodCentral. The exact link to the food presented on this page can be found below.