How many calories in banana?
90–110 kcal
A medium banana is about 90–110 calories. The variation is almost entirely size, and Indian bananas run considerably smaller than the ones in most databases.
By serving
Serving by serving.
Ranges rather than single numbers. Home cooking has no standard serving, and the same dish made in two kitchens genuinely differs by this much — a single figure would be false precision.
| Serving | Calories |
|---|---|
| 1 medium (~100 g peeled) | 90–110 |
| 1 large | 120–140 |
| 1 small elaichi banana | 55–75 |
| Per 100 g, peeled | 88–95 |
Per one medium banana: 1 g protein · 23–27 g carbs · 0.3 g fat
Why the range
What moves this number.
If you want a better estimate than the table gives, these are the things worth paying attention to. Everything else is noise by comparison.
- Size and variety. An elaichi banana is roughly half a robusta. Both get logged as “a banana”.
- Ripeness. Barely changes calories. It changes how quickly the sugar hits, not how much there is.
- Peel weight. A banana weighed with the peel overstates it by about 35%.
Logging it
You do not need this table every day.
Looking a number up works once. Doing it for every item of every meal is the reason most people stop tracking within a fortnight.
BetterCal has no database to search. Say or type the meal the way you would describe it to a person — "banana and dal" — and it is logged with calories and macros in one go. If your version differs from the estimate, correct it once and it remembers, so over a few weeks the numbers converge on your kitchen rather than an average of everyone else's.
Frequently asked questions
How many calories in one banana?
About 90–110 for a medium one. A small elaichi banana is nearer 55–75.
Are bananas bad for weight loss?
No. A banana is around 100 calories with useful fibre and potassium. There is nothing about it that works against a deficit.
Why is this a range and not one number?
Because the honest answer is a range. Serving sizes are not standardised and cooking fat varies enormously between kitchens. A single confident figure would be more convenient and less true. See how accurate calorie estimates really are.
Do I need to weigh food to track it properly?
No. Weighing improves precision that you mostly do not need — being consistently within 10% is enough to lose or gain weight predictably. The easiest way to track calories covers the method.
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