Per 100g, pesto delivers 418 calories (driven by 41g of fat). Where most people under-track: the spoonful you didn't measure.
Calories scale with portion. Here's how a typical pesto serving translates in your tracker:
Point your iPhone camera at pesto and SpotWell's on-device AI estimates the portion and macros in under a second — no manual entry, no barcode hunting.
Download on theApp StorePesto has approximately 418 calories per 100g. A typical serving — 3 oz (85g) — comes in at 355 calories.
5.5g of protein per 100g. That puts pesto at roughly 1.3g of protein per 100 calories — a useful lens when comparing to other condiments 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. Pesto is calorie-dense at 418 kcal per 100g, so portion control matters more than with low-cal foods.