Roasted Pumpkin Seeds: How Many Calories?
Posted on Oct 15th 2009 11:00AM by Bev SklarFiled Under: How Many Calories?, Nutrition & Supplements
Carving a pumpkin is slimy business. But that lopsided jack-o-lantern and scent of hot, roasted pumpkin seeds are worth the mess.
The fall season is immersed in seeds and nuts -- late-season major leaguers are packing cheeks with sunflower seeds and greats aunt everywhere are placing bowls of nuts on the table when you come over.
If this time a year your favorite seeds are roasted fresh from a pumpkin, have you ever considered their calorie count? Especially if you find yourself snacking from a big batch several days post-carving.
How many calories in one cup of whole, roasted pumpkin seeds?
One cup of whole, roasted pumpkin seeds has 285 calories, a cool 12 grams of protein, but 12.4 grams of fat (only 2.3 are saturated-fat grams). This snack definitely won't break the diet bank. Although watch out, if you go the lazy route and buy a bag of roasted kernels sans shells, one cup has 1,185 calories, eek -- 95 grams of fat and 1,305 grams of sodium. A slimmed-down Tyra Banks would probably recommend you stay away from too many kernels.
The fall season is immersed in seeds and nuts -- late-season major leaguers are packing cheeks with sunflower seeds and greats aunt everywhere are placing bowls of nuts on the table when you come over.
If this time a year your favorite seeds are roasted fresh from a pumpkin, have you ever considered their calorie count? Especially if you find yourself snacking from a big batch several days post-carving.
How many calories in one cup of whole, roasted pumpkin seeds?
One cup of whole, roasted pumpkin seeds has 285 calories, a cool 12 grams of protein, but 12.4 grams of fat (only 2.3 are saturated-fat grams). This snack definitely won't break the diet bank. Although watch out, if you go the lazy route and buy a bag of roasted kernels sans shells, one cup has 1,185 calories, eek -- 95 grams of fat and 1,305 grams of sodium. A slimmed-down Tyra Banks would probably recommend you stay away from too many kernels.
