Cutting Chai calories
per glass, not per 100 g
The short answer
One glass, weighed
45kcal 1 cutting glass — taken as 100 g — has about 45 calories, with 1.3 g protein, 6.8 g carbohydrate and 1.4 g fat. Two come to 90 kcal, three to 135 kcal.
Per 100 g, cutting chai carries 45 kcal आणि 1.3 g protein.
स्रोत·ICMR–NIN dietary guidance for Indians + weighed portions·1 cutting glass entered at 100 g·पुनरावलोकन जुलै 2026
Serving assumed: 1 cutting glass ≈ 100 g — the small roadside glass, milk and sugar. Change the portion and every number below changes with it.
स्रोत·ICMR–NIN dietary guidance for Indians + weighed portions·1 cutting glass entered at 100 g·पुनरावलोकन जुलै 2026
From a table row to one glass
- Read the per-100 g row for cutting chai out of the Indian Food Composition Tables 2017 — analysed on Indian samples, so Indian wheat and Indian milk are not swapped for American ones. It gives 45 kcal आणि 1.3 g protein per 100 g.
- Weigh what is actually served. This site enters 1 cutting glass at 100 g (the small roadside glass, milk and sugar). That weight is the number other calorie sites decline to state, and it is where their answers stop being answers.
- Multiply, linearly, and print the working: 45 × 100 ÷ 100 = 45 kcal per glass. Nothing is rounded up, adjusted or smoothed — two glasses are exactly twice one.
- Reconcile the energy against its own macronutrients with Atwater factors on every build. A row more than 15% away from 4P + 4C + 9F (20% above 6 g of fibre) stops the build rather than shipping.
per glass = per 100 g × serving grams ÷ 100 Cutting Chai = 45 kcal × 100 g ÷ 100 = 45 kcal energy check = 4P + 4C + 9F ±15% (±20% if fibre ≥ 6 g)
Cutting Chai, entered by the portion
The kitchen ledger: one glass at 100 g, then two, then three. Every row is the row above multiplied — nothing is rounded up or quietly adjusted.
| Portion | Grams | Calories | Protein | Carbs | Fat | Fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 glass | 100 g | 45 kcal | 1.3 g | 6.8 g | 1.4 g | 0.0 g |
| 2 ग्लास | 200 g | 90 kcal | 2.6 g | 13.6 g | 2.8 g | 0.0 g |
| 3 ग्लास | 300 g | 135 kcal | 3.9 g | 20.4 g | 4.2 g | 0.0 g |
स्रोत·ICMR–NIN dietary guidance for Indians + weighed portions·1 cutting glass entered at 100 g·पुनरावलोकन जुलै 2026
Kept in kilocalories — the "calories" printed on a packet. Carbohydrate is available carbohydrate. Fibre is entered on its own line and is counted in neither the carbohydrate column nor the energy figure.
The 100 g column, kept for the record
Because every other site quotes it, and because you should be able to check our arithmetic against theirs.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 1 cutting glass (100 g) |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 45 kcal | 45 kcal |
| Protein | 1.3 g | 1.3 g |
| Carbohydrate (available) | 6.8 g | 6.8 g |
| Fat | 1.4 g | 1.4 g |
| Dietary fibre | 0.0 g | 0.0 g |
स्रोत·IFCT 2017 + published recipe weights·पुनरावलोकन जुलै 2026
What it takes to burn off 1 cutting glass of cutting chai
Minutes of activity for a 70 kg adult to spend 45 kcal, using MET values from the 2024 Adult Compendium of Physical Activities. This is a scale check, not a licence — appetite rises with activity and the two do not cancel neatly.
स्रोत·2024 Adult Compendium of Physical Activities·MET × 3.5 × 70 kg ÷ 200·पुनरावलोकन जुलै 2026
Calculated as MET × 3.5 × 70 kg ÷ 200 kcal per minute. Full working on the method page, and the whole activity dataset at BurnLab.
Where cutting chai sits in an Indian plate
Among the 14 beverages entries on this site, cutting chai ranks 9th for protein (1.3 g per 100 g) and 9th for energy density (45 kcal per 100 g). The protein leader in the group is thandai at 4.0 g.
प्रथिने याच्या ऊर्जेपैकी 12% पुरवतात — बरे आहे, पण फक्त याच्यावरच उभे राहिलेले ताट कमी पडेल. डाळ, दही, पनीर किंवा अंडी ही तूट स्वस्तात भरून काढतात. इथे फायबर फार कमी आहे — प्रत्येक 100 g मागे 0.0 g.
A realistic day matters more than any single dish. If you are building a meal, the thali builder adds several foods and their real servings together in one total.
प्रश्न
How many calories are in 1 cutting glass?
About 45 kcal for 1 cutting glass, taken as 100 g (the small roadside glass, milk and sugar). Two come to roughly 90 kcal and three to 135 kcal. Per 100 g, cutting chai carries 45 kcal.
How much protein is in cutting chai?
1.3 g per 100 g, which works out to 1.3 g in 1 cutting glass. That is 12% of the energy in this food, and ranks 9th of 14 in the beverages group on this site.
Is cutting chai good for weight loss?
At 45 kcal per 100 g it is on the lighter side, so portion size is forgiving. Protein is moderate, so pair it with dal, curd or a non-veg side to stay full. No single food makes or breaks a diet; the total for the day does.
Why does this differ from other calorie sites?
Two reasons. First, most sites publish a per-100 g figure from a US database and leave you to guess what a roti or a katori weighs; this page states the serving weight up front. Second, home-cooked Indian food varies enormously with oil and ghee — the figures here assume the small roadside glass, milk and sugar. A restaurant version can be 30 to 60% higher.
Similar foods
Four more from beverages, and three from elsewhere with a similar energy density.
Where this number comes from
स्रोत नोंदवलेल्या घटकांवरून केलेले पाककृतीचे विश्लेषण. कर्बोदके म्हणजे उपलब्ध कर्बोदके — आहारातील तंतू वगळून तो स्वतंत्रपणे दिला आहे.
पाककृती आणि तयार पदार्थाचे वजन: 40 g full-cream milk, 5 g sugar and water. Finished weight 100 g, one small cup.
Confidence in the quantities: high. Two or three ingredients, one of them dominant, little or no cooking fat. This dish does not move much between households.
स्रोत ओळ: IFCT 2017 L002, Milk, whole, Cow. Energy on this row is the Atwater sum of the ingredients above, not an independent measurement, so it reconciles by construction — that is a property of the method and not evidence that the quantities are right. The ingredient weights are this site's assumption; the table rows behind each ingredient are not. One ingredient here carries no table row of its own — sugar — so this dish inherits that gap and is no more checkable than that ingredient is.
Every food on this site carries this label. What each one means, and how many foods sit behind each, is set out on the method page.
Nutrient values are averages for the stated preparation, based on the Indian Food Composition Tables 2017 (ICMR–NIN) and standard recipe analysis. Energy is reconciled against the macronutrients with Atwater factors on every build. General information only — not medical or nutrition advice. Home-cooked Indian food varies enormously with oil, ghee and portion size; every value here is an average for a stated serving, with the assumption shown.
स्रोत·IFCT 2017 + published recipe weights·पुनरावलोकन जुलै 2026
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