Per 100g, cacao nibs delivers 487 calories and 29g of carbs. High fat content drives most of the calories. Per-piece numbers depend heavily on size — log accurately by reading the package.
Calories scale with portion. Here's how a typical cacao nibs serving translates in your tracker:
Point your iPhone camera at cacao nibs and SpotWell's on-device AI estimates the portion and macros in under a second — no manual entry, no barcode hunting.
Download on theApp StoreCacao Nibs has approximately 487 calories per 100g. A typical serving — 3 oz (85g) — comes in at 414 calories.
14g of protein per 100g. That puts cacao nibs at roughly 2.9g of protein per 100 calories — a useful lens when comparing to other sweets 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. Cacao Nibs is calorie-dense at 487 kcal per 100g, so portion control matters more than with low-cal foods.