Calories in Olives, Capers, Sauerkraut and Kimchi

By NYUS Inc. · Published 28 October 2026

An olive, a tablespoon of capers and a cup of sauerkraut each have an item, spoon or cup weight printed on their SR Legacy record page. This guide gives fifteen such records from the SR Legacy table of USDA FoodData Central: three olive records (green pickled, ripe canned small to extra large and ripe canned jumbo to super colossal), capers, sauerkraut, kimchi, five other pickled vegetables (beetroot, chowchow, eggplant, Hawaiian style radish and Japanese style cabbage), pickled ginger and three pickle relish records, with the weights printed on their record pages. IFCT 2017, the Indian Food Composition Tables from ICMR-NIN, has no olive, caper, sauerkraut, kimchi or pickle row, so this page uses SR Legacy only. Cucumber pickles and hot pickled peppers are in our papad and pickle guide, raw vegetables in our raw vegetable guide, canned vegetables in our canned and frozen guide and sauces in our dressing and sauce guide.

The short answer

By the SR Legacy records, 1 pickled green olive (2.7 g) is 3.9 kcal, 1 large ripe canned olive (4.4 g) 5.1 kcal, 1 tablespoon of ripe canned olives (8.4 g) 9.7 kcal, 1 tablespoon of drained capers (8.6 g) 2.0 kcal, 1 cup of sauerkraut (142 g) 27.0 kcal, 1 cup of kimchi (150 g) 22.5 kcal and 1 tablespoon of sweet pickle relish (15 g) 19.5 kcal. Our reading: pickled green olives are the highest row here at 145 kcal per 100 g, but one olive is only 2.7 g, while sauerkraut and kimchi are 19 and 15 kcal per 100 g, so the count or weight you eat decides the calories.

SR Legacy: per 100 g

Every figure below is exactly as the record page shows it. The record names are the dataset's own.

SR Legacy: per printed portion

Each figure is our arithmetic on exact weights: kcal per 100 g times the grams, divided by 100, with the exact product in the sums line and the result shown to 0.1 with half rounding up. Every weight below is printed on the SR Legacy record page; none is ours.

The sums: 169096 145 × 2.7 / 100 = 3.915, so 3.9 kcal; 169094 116 × 8.4 / 100 = 9.744, so 9.7 kcal; 169094 116 × 4.4 / 100 = 5.104, so 5.1 kcal; 169094 116 × 3.2 / 100 = 3.712, so 3.7 kcal; 169095 81 × 15 / 100 = 12.15, so 12.2 kcal; 169095 81 × 8.3 / 100 = 6.723, so 6.7 kcal; 172238 23 × 8.6 / 100 = 1.978, so 2.0 kcal; 169279 19 × 142 / 100 = 26.98, so 27.0 kcal; 169279 19 × 236 / 100 = 44.84, so 44.8 kcal; 170392 15 × 150 / 100 = 22.5, so 22.5 kcal; 170480 65 × 227 / 100 = 147.55, so 147.6 kcal; 169397 121 × 245 / 100 = 296.45, so 296.5 kcal; 169892 49 × 136 / 100 = 66.64, so 66.6 kcal; 169889 28 × 150 / 100 = 42, so 42.0 kcal; 169890 30 × 150 / 100 = 45, so 45.0 kcal; 169765 20 × 25 / 100 = 5, so 5.0 kcal; 168561 130 × 15 / 100 = 19.5, so 19.5 kcal; 168561 130 × 10 / 100 = 13, so 13.0 kcal; 168561 130 × 245 / 100 = 318.5, so 318.5 kcal; 168560 91 × 15 / 100 = 13.65, so 13.7 kcal; 168560 91 × 122 / 100 = 111.02, so 111.0 kcal; 169386 129 × 122 / 100 = 157.38, so 157.4 kcal; 169386 129 × 15 / 100 = 19.35, so 19.4 kcal.

What stands out in the numbers

• Energy per 100 g, SR Legacy, highest first: 169096 (Olives, pickled, canned or bottled, green) 145, 168561 (Pickle relish, sweet) 130, 169386 (Pickle relish, hamburger) 129, 169397 (Pickles, chowchow, with cauliflower onion mustard, sweet) 121, 169094 (Olives, ripe, canned (small-extra large)) 116, 168560 (Pickle relish, hot dog) 91, 169095 (Olives, ripe, canned (jumbo-super colossal)) 81, 170480 (Beets, pickled, canned, solids and liquids) 65, 169892 (Eggplant, pickled) 49, 169890 (Cabbage, japanese style, fresh, pickled) 30, 169889 (Radishes, hawaiian style, pickled) 28, 172238 (Capers, canned) 23, 169765 (Ginger root, pickled, canned, with artificial sweetener) 20, 169279 (Sauerkraut, canned, solids and liquids) 19, 170392 (Cabbage, kimchi) 15.
• Per printed olive, highest first: 169095 (Olives, ripe, canned (jumbo-super colossal)), 1 super colossal, 15 g, 12.2 kcal, 169095 (Olives, ripe, canned (jumbo-super colossal)), 1 jumbo, 8.3 g, 6.7 kcal, 169094 (Olives, ripe, canned (small-extra large)), 1 large, 4.4 g, 5.1 kcal, 169096 (Olives, pickled, canned or bottled, green), 1 olive, 2.7 g, 3.9 kcal, 169094 (Olives, ripe, canned (small-extra large)), 1 small, 3.2 g, 3.7 kcal.
• Per printed cup or half cup, highest first: 168561 (Pickle relish, sweet), 1 cup, 245 g, 318.5 kcal, 169397 (Pickles, chowchow, with cauliflower onion mustard, sweet), 1 cup, 245 g, 296.5 kcal, 169386 (Pickle relish, hamburger), 0.5 cup, 122 g, 157.4 kcal, 170480 (Beets, pickled, canned, solids and liquids), 1 cup slices, 227 g, 147.6 kcal, 168560 (Pickle relish, hot dog), 0.5 cup, 122 g, 111.0 kcal, 169892 (Eggplant, pickled), 1 cup, 136 g, 66.6 kcal, 169890 (Cabbage, japanese style, fresh, pickled), 1 cup, 150 g, 45.0 kcal, 169279 (Sauerkraut, canned, solids and liquids), 1 cup, undrained, 236 g, 44.8 kcal, 169889 (Radishes, hawaiian style, pickled), 1 cup, 150 g, 42.0 kcal, 169279 (Sauerkraut, canned, solids and liquids), 1 cup, 142 g, 27.0 kcal, 170392 (Cabbage, kimchi), 1 cup, 150 g, 22.5 kcal.
• Per printed spoon or packet, highest first: 168561 (Pickle relish, sweet), 1 tbsp, 15 g, 19.5 kcal, 169386 (Pickle relish, hamburger), 1 tbsp, 15 g, 19.4 kcal, 168560 (Pickle relish, hot dog), 1 tbsp, 15 g, 13.7 kcal, 168561 (Pickle relish, sweet), 1 packet (2/3 tbsp), 10 g, 13.0 kcal, 169094 (Olives, ripe, canned (small-extra large)), 1 tbsp, 8.4 g, 9.7 kcal, 169765 (Ginger root, pickled, canned, with artificial sweetener), 2 tablespoon, 25 g, 5.0 kcal, 172238 (Capers, canned), 1 tbsp, drained, 8.6 g, 2.0 kcal.

Why these are reference rows, not your jar

• Names are the records'. No record name or portion label shown here carries a company name. The records are USDA's canned or bottled olive, caper, sauerkraut, kimchi, pickled vegetable and relish rows; we do not say that a jar from any maker matches them.
• No row for Indian achar. A search of the SR Legacy table on 28 Oct 2026 for achar, mango pickle, pickled mango and chutney returned no record, so the page gives no figure for them. IFCT 2017 has no row for any of these foods either.
• Every portion here is printed. No olive, spoon or cup weight on this page is ours: each is printed on its record page, and the only weight that is ours is the labelled 100 g example in the logging section.
• The records' own notes. The record pages mark the kcal energy of 15 of the 15 records "Calculated"; they are USDA values, not our measurements.

How to log it so the numbers hold

• Count the olives, then weigh a spoon. 100 g of pickled green olives (our example weight, not a dataset value) on SR Legacy 169096 is 145 × 100 / 100 = 145, so 145.0 kcal; one olive is 2.7 g on the same record.
• Pick the kind the record names. Green pickled olives, ripe canned olives of two sizes, and drained or undrained sauerkraut are different rows; the same weight of each gives different calories.
• Drained or undrained. The sauerkraut record prints both a 142 g cup and a 236 g undrained cup, and the caper record prints a drained spoon, so check which one you are logging.
• Do not mix datasets inside one day. If you log a pickled food from SR Legacy, keep to that record for the same meal.

Where NYUS fits (our app)

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What this page leaves out

• A calorie target, and any claim about what these foods do to your body: we have not looked up one for any person, so we give none. If you have a medical condition, ask your doctor or dietitian.
• Indian achar, chutney, pickled mango and any jar or maker's version: no record used here; a search of the SR Legacy table on 28 Oct 2026 for achar, mango pickle, pickled mango and chutney returned no record. We did not search for vinegar, jalapeno or gherkin.
• Records 169378, 169379 and 168558 (cucumber pickles) and 169766 (hot pickled peppers) are on our live papad and pickle guide and are not repeated here; the low sodium cucumber pickle records 169380, 168563 and 168562 are left out on purpose.
• The "olives" search returned 12 records: 3 used, and these 9 are left out: other 172926 Olive loaf, pork, 167737 Oil, corn, peanut, and olive, 171443 Mayonnaise, reduced fat, with olive oil; already named on a live NYUS guide 171413; company-named 169851, 168085, 169852, 169037, 169858.
• The "pickles" search returned 23 records: 10 used, and these 13 are left out: already named on a live NYUS guide 169378, 169379, 175118, 169766, 168558, 170295; other 169380 Pickles, cucumber, sweet, low sodium (includes bread and butter pickles), 174576 Pickle and pimiento loaf, pork, 167870 Pork, cured, feet, pickled, 169157 Pork, pickled pork hocks, 168563 Pickles, cucumber, dill, reduced sodium, 168562 Pickles, cucumber, sour, low sodium, 171409 Sandwich spread, with chopped pickle, regular, unspecified oils.
• The "capers" search returned 1 record: 1 used.
• The "sauerkraut" search returned 1 record: 1 used.
• The "relish" search returned 4 records: 3 used, and these 1 are left out: other 173962 Cranberry-orange relish, canned.
• The "kimchi" search returned 1 record: 1 used.
• The "pimiento" search returned 1 record: 0 used, and these 1 are left out: other 174576 Pickle and pimiento loaf, pork.
• Nutrients beyond energy, protein, fat and carbohydrate: not covered here.

Sources

• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 169096 (Olives, pickled, canned or bottled, green): Energy 145 kcal (609 kJ), protein 1.03 g, total fat 15.3 g, carbohydrate 3.84 g per 100 g; portions used: 1 olive 2.7 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 169094 (Olives, ripe, canned (small-extra large)): Energy 116 kcal (485 kJ), protein 0.84 g, total fat 10.9 g, carbohydrate 6.04 g per 100 g; portions used: 1 tbsp 8.4 g; 1 large 4.4 g; 1 small 3.2 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 169095 (Olives, ripe, canned (jumbo-super colossal)): Energy 81 kcal (339 kJ), protein 0.97 g, total fat 6.87 g, carbohydrate 5.61 g per 100 g; portions used: 1 super colossal 15 g; 1 jumbo 8.3 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 172238 (Capers, canned): Energy 23 kcal (96 kJ), protein 2.36 g, total fat 0.86 g, carbohydrate 4.89 g per 100 g; portions used: 1 tbsp, drained 8.6 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 169279 (Sauerkraut, canned, solids and liquids): Energy 19 kcal (78 kJ), protein 0.91 g, total fat 0.14 g, carbohydrate 4.28 g per 100 g; portions used: 1 cup 142 g; 1 cup, undrained 236 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 170392 (Cabbage, kimchi): Energy 15 kcal (65 kJ), protein 1.1 g, total fat 0.5 g, carbohydrate 2.4 g per 100 g; portions used: 1 cup 150 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 170480 (Beets, pickled, canned, solids and liquids): Energy 65 kcal (272 kJ), protein 0.8 g, total fat 0.08 g, carbohydrate 16.3 g per 100 g; portions used: 1 cup slices 227 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 169397 (Pickles, chowchow, with cauliflower onion mustard, sweet): Energy 121 kcal (505 kJ), protein 1.5 g, total fat 0.9 g, carbohydrate 26.6 g per 100 g; portions used: 1 cup 245 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 169892 (Eggplant, pickled): Energy 49 kcal (205 kJ), protein 0.9 g, total fat 0.7 g, carbohydrate 9.77 g per 100 g; portions used: 1 cup 136 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 169889 (Radishes, hawaiian style, pickled): Energy 28 kcal (117 kJ), protein 1.1 g, total fat 0.3 g, carbohydrate 5.2 g per 100 g; portions used: 1 cup 150 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 169890 (Cabbage, japanese style, fresh, pickled): Energy 30 kcal (125 kJ), protein 1.6 g, total fat 0.1 g, carbohydrate 5.67 g per 100 g; portions used: 1 cup 150 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 169765 (Ginger root, pickled, canned, with artificial sweetener): Energy 20 kcal (85 kJ), protein 0.33 g, total fat 0.1 g, carbohydrate 4.83 g per 100 g; portions used: 2 tablespoon 25 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 168561 (Pickle relish, sweet): Energy 130 kcal (544 kJ), protein 0.37 g, total fat 0.47 g, carbohydrate 35.1 g per 100 g; portions used: 1 tbsp 15 g; 1 packet (2/3 tbsp) 10 g; 1 cup 245 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 168560 (Pickle relish, hot dog): Energy 91 kcal (381 kJ), protein 1.5 g, total fat 0.46 g, carbohydrate 23.4 g per 100 g; portions used: 1 tbsp 15 g; 0.5 cup 122 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 169386 (Pickle relish, hamburger): Energy 129 kcal (540 kJ), protein 0.63 g, total fat 0.54 g, carbohydrate 34.5 g per 100 g; portions used: 0.5 cup 122 g; 1 tbsp 15 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• ICMR-NIN, Indian Food Composition Tables 2017 (IFCT 2017): no olive, caper, sauerkraut, kimchi or pickle row; not used for the figures on this page.
• nyus.in, the NYUS landing page, read on 28 Oct 2026 for the app statements in the NYUS section and the CTA.

The per portion figures, the sums, the rounding, the comparisons and every sentence starting "Our reading" are NYUS's own arithmetic or opinion, not from USDA. The SR Legacy values and portion weights are exactly as printed on the record pages. The names in the first column are the dataset's own record names.

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