Per 100g, burdock root brings 72 calories with 17g 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 burdock root serving translates in your tracker:
Point your iPhone camera at burdock root and SpotWell's on-device AI estimates the portion and macros in under a second — no manual entry, no barcode hunting.
Download on theApp StoreBurdock Root has approximately 72 calories per 100g. A typical serving — 3 oz (85g) — comes in at 61 calories.
1.5g of protein per 100g. That puts burdock root at roughly 2.1g 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. Burdock Root is naturally low-calorie at 72 kcal per 100g, so it's easy to fit into a deficit.