How many calories in lassi?
250–400 kcal sweet
A glass of sweet lassi is roughly 250–400 calories: full-fat curd plus two or three spoons of sugar, sometimes finished with malai. Salted lassi and chaas are a fraction of that.
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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, so a single figure would be false precision.
| Serving | Calories |
|---|---|
| Sweet lassi, 1 glass (~300 ml) | 250–400 |
| Mango lassi, 1 glass | 300–450 |
| Salted lassi, 1 glass | 120–180 |
| Chaas / buttermilk, 1 glass | 40–80 |
| Lassi with malai topping | 400–550 |
Per one glass of sweet lassi: 8–10 g protein · 35–55 g carbs · 8–14 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.
- Sugar. Each tablespoon is 45–50 calories. A roadside lassi often has three.
- Curd fat. Full-fat versus toned curd is a 60–100 calorie difference per glass.
- Malai. The cream layer on a Punjabi lassi adds 100–150.
- Glass size. A kulhad and a tall glass can differ by 150 ml.
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 ("lassi 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
Is lassi good for weight loss?
Sweet lassi is closer to a dessert than a drink. Chaas or salted lassi made with toned curd is a very good option: 40–180 calories with useful protein.
Lassi or chaas: which has fewer calories?
Chaas, by a long way. It is diluted curd with spices and no sugar, usually 40–80 calories a glass against 250–400 for sweet lassi.
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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