Indian food calories
Calories in Chai (tea with milk and sugar) (चाय)
1 cutting chai (100 g) of chai (tea with milk and sugar) has about 45 kcal. Per 100 g it provides 45 kcal, 1.5 g protein, 6.5 g carbohydrate and 1.5 g fat.
| Portion | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cutting chai (100 g) | 100 g | 45 kcal |
| 1 cup (150 g) | 150 g | 70 kcal |
| 1 large mug (250 g) | 250 g | 115 kcal |
Macros per 100 g
| Energy | 45 kcal |
| Protein | 1.5 g |
| Carbohydrate | 6.5 g |
| Fat | 1.5 g |
| Fibre | 0 g |
Sugar, saturated fat and salt
These come from the USDA reference record below, not from our own data — they describe a comparable food rather than this exact preparation. Salt and sugar in home cooking vary with the recipe.
| Sugars | 8.72 g |
| Saturated fat | 0.6 g |
| Sodium | 20 mg |
| Calcium | 60 mg |
What changes the number
One cup of chai is about 68 kcal, which sounds like nothing until you count the day: five cups is 340 kcal, roughly a meal, and almost nobody logs it because tea does not feel like food. The sugar is the whole variable — two teaspoons per cup across five cups is 40 g of sugar a day. Reducing the sugar rather than giving up the chai is both easier and sufficient, and most people stop noticing within a fortnight.
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Where this number comes from
Primary source: MetaFit Indian Curated v1.0, entry chai_tea (Milk tea with sugar, standard household preparation.) — the same dataset the MetaFit app logs against. Checked by MetaFit Nutrition Team on 2026-09-22.
Cross-checked against USDA FoodData Central (Tea, hot, with milk), which gives 51 kcal per 100 g — a 13.3% difference.
Home recipes vary, especially in oil and ghee.