Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 serving
Amount Per Serving
  • Calories 252.1
  • Total Fat 22.8 g
  • Saturated Fat 6.0 g
  • Polyunsaturated Fat 3.0 g
  • Monounsaturated Fat 12.8 g
  • Cholesterol 15.0 mg
  • Sodium 936.1 mg
  • Potassium 101.5 mg
  • Total Carbohydrate 2.8 g
  • Dietary Fiber 0.6 g
  • Sugars 0.0 g
  • Protein 10.1 g
  • Vitamin A 6.6 %
  • Vitamin B-12 4.4 %
  • Vitamin B-6 3.2 %
  • Vitamin C 2.9 %
  • Vitamin D 0.0 %
  • Vitamin E 10.2 %
  • Calcium 27.6 %
  • Copper 5.6 %
  • Folate 2.4 %
  • Iron 6.6 %
  • Magnesium 8.3 %
  • Manganese 23.3 %
  • Niacin 2.1 %
  • Pantothenic Acid 1.4 %
  • Phosphorus 20.2 %
  • Riboflavin 5.6 %
  • Selenium 9.5 %
  • Thiamin 5.3 %
  • Zinc 6.9 %
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Calories in Pesto

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Calories per Ingredient

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Calories per serving of Pesto

115 calories of Olive Oil, (0.06 cup)

87 calories of Parmesan Cheese, grated, (0.19 cup)

55 calories of Pine Nuts, (0.06 cup)

3 calories of Garlic, (0.75 clove)

1 calories of Basil, (10 leaves)

0 calories of Salt, (0.25 tsp)


Nutrition & Calorie Comments  

triple salt load for per serving guidelines Submitted by:
GETSALONG
(2/17/13)
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Re: Salt - there was a typo. It was meant to be 1tsp not 1Tbsp. I discovered this in the "recipe makeover" function when I was trying to reduce the salt myself. Turns out the recipe was just transcribed incorrectly. Submitted by:
HOPEFILL
(6/11/12)
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Way too much salt! Try 1 tsp to start before adding more. Submitted by:
HLTH4LFE1
(8/13/11)
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I made it using my fresh garden Arugula. Didn't have pine nuts so used pistachios I had on hand instead. also half the salt. Delicious Submitted by:
HAPPYMOM8
(1/20/11)
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I make this with half the salt and then freeze it in ice cube trays. One cube is 1/3 of a serving, and it is plenty for my DH and me on either rice or pasta (so I only have to put .16 serving into my food tracker when I use a cube of pesto). Submitted by:
MOMZO52
(8/18/10)
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Sounds very tasty but I would leave out the salt. Cheese has enough salt in it already. Submitted by:
LADYQILA
(8/13/10)
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This was overwhelming on 8 oz of pasta but was perfect on 24 ounces of cooked pasta. It was very salty. Submitted by:
HEALTHYDESIRE
(3/14/10)
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I cut the salt out right from the beginning due to high blood pressure but it was still just as tasty. Submitted by:
BRIDIEK
(11/24/08)
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I left out the salt. It was good and toasting the pine nuts first made it better. Submitted by:
DRAGONHAWK
(11/24/07)
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I made this to put on the Garden Tomato and Basil Pesto Pizza recipe found on this website. It was very good and I plan to make it again soon. However, it was way too salty for my taste, (and I usually salt everything) so I will probably cut the salt out altogether. Other than that--delicious! Submitted by:
REYNOLDS4
(7/12/07)
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