Besan Ladoo calories
per ladoo, not per 100 g
The short answer
One ladoo, weighed
191kcal 1 ladoo — taken as 40 g — has about 191 calories, with 3.6 g protein, 20.6 g carbohydrate and 10.5 g fat. Two come to 382 kcal, three to 574 kcal.
Per 100 g, besan ladoo carries 478 kcal ਅਤੇ 9.1 g protein.
ਸਰੋਤ·ICMR–NIN dietary guidance for Indians + weighed portions·1 ladoo entered at 40 g·ਸਮੀਖਿਆ ਜੁਲਾਈ 2026
Serving assumed: 1 ladoo ≈ 40 g — besan roasted in ghee with sugar. Change the portion and every number below changes with it.
ਸਰੋਤ·ICMR–NIN dietary guidance for Indians + weighed portions·1 ladoo entered at 40 g·ਸਮੀਖਿਆ ਜੁਲਾਈ 2026
From a table row to one ladoo
- Read the per-100 g row for besan ladoo 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 478 kcal ਅਤੇ 9.1 g protein per 100 g.
- Weigh what is actually served. This site enters 1 ladoo at 40 g (besan roasted in ghee with 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: 478 × 40 ÷ 100 = 191 kcal per ladoo. Nothing is rounded up, adjusted or smoothed — two ladoos 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 ladoo = per 100 g × serving grams ÷ 100 Besan Ladoo = 478 kcal × 40 g ÷ 100 = 191 kcal energy check = 4P + 4C + 9F ±15% (±20% if fibre ≥ 6 g)
Besan Ladoo, entered by the portion
The kitchen ledger: one ladoo at 40 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 ladoo | 40 g | 191 kcal | 3.6 g | 20.6 g | 10.5 g | 2.6 g |
| 2 ladoos | 80 g | 382 kcal | 7.3 g | 41.2 g | 21.0 g | 5.1 g |
| 3 ladoos | 120 g | 574 kcal | 10.9 g | 61.8 g | 31.4 g | 7.7 g |
ਸਰੋਤ·ICMR–NIN dietary guidance for Indians + weighed portions·1 ladoo entered at 40 g·ਸਮੀਖਿਆ ਜੁਲਾਈ 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 ladoo (40 g) |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 478 kcal | 191 kcal |
| Protein | 9.1 g | 3.6 g |
| Carbohydrate (available) | 51.5 g | 20.6 g |
| Fat | 26.2 g | 10.5 g |
| Dietary fibre | 6.4 g | 2.6 g |
ਸਰੋਤ·IFCT 2017 + published recipe weights·ਸਮੀਖਿਆ ਜੁਲਾਈ 2026
What it takes to burn off 1 ladoo of besan ladoo
Minutes of activity for a 70 kg adult to spend 191 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.
ਸਰੋਤ·2024 Adult Compendium of Physical Activities·MET × 3.5 × 70 kg ÷ 200·ਸਮੀਖਿਆ ਜੁਲਾਈ 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 besan ladoo sits in an Indian plate
Among the 24 sweets & mithai entries on this site, besan ladoo ranks 7th for protein (9.1 g per 100 g) and 4th for energy density (478 kcal per 100 g). The protein leader in the group is peanut chikki at 13.9 g.
Protein supplies only 8% of its energy, so treat it as an energy food rather than a protein food. Fibre is genuinely high at 6.4 g per 100 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.
ਸਵਾਲ
How many calories are in 1 ladoo?
About 191 kcal for 1 ladoo, taken as 40 g (besan roasted in ghee with sugar). Two come to roughly 382 kcal and three to 574 kcal. Per 100 g, besan ladoo carries 478 kcal.
How much protein is in besan ladoo?
9.1 g per 100 g, which works out to 3.6 g in 1 ladoo. That is 8% of the energy in this food, and ranks 7th of 24 in the sweets & mithai group on this site.
Is besan ladoo good for weight loss?
At 478 kcal per 100 g it is energy-dense, so the portion decides everything. Protein is low, so eat it alongside a protein source rather than on its own. 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 besan roasted in ghee with sugar. A restaurant version can be 30 to 60% higher.
Similar foods
Four more from sweets & mithai, and three from elsewhere with a similar energy density.
Where this number comes from
Recipe analysis from sourced ingredients. Carbohydrate is available carbohydrate — dietary fibre excluded and listed separately.
Recipe and finished weight: 42 g besan roasted in about 24 g of ghee, then bound with 32 g powdered sugar. Finished weight 100 g, about two and a half ladoos.
Confidence in the quantities: low. This dish varies enormously by household and by shop. Read the recipe below as one plausible version, not as the dish — the frying oil or the reduction, not the ingredients, is what decides the energy.
ਸਰੋਤ ਕਤਾਰ: IFCT 2017 B001, Bengal gram, dal. 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. Cooking fat is the largest single assumption here and is stated in the recipe rather than buried in the total. A besan ladoo is roughly a quarter ghee by weight and that ghee is about half its energy. This is the assumption to argue with, not the besan. 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.
ਸਰੋਤ·IFCT 2017 + published recipe weights·ਸਮੀਖਿਆ ਜੁਲਾਈ 2026
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