Persimmons are one of autumn’s most underrated fruits — honeyed, fiber-rich, and surprisingly low in calories for the volume they fill. But not every persimmon spoonful is the same. A tablespoon of fresh Japanese Fuyu weighs about 15 grams and delivers roughly 10.5 calories, while the same spoonful of American persimmon or dried hoshigaki can carry two to four times that energy because of lower water content and higher natural sugars.
This persimmon calories-per-tablespoon calculator lets you log your snack with real numbers instead of guessing. Choose your persimmon type, enter tablespoons, and fine-tune the weight per spoonful for chopped, pureed, or dried fruit. You’ll get total calories plus carbs, protein, and fat in one glance — useful for calorie tracking, meal planning, and macro-balanced desserts.
🍊 Persimmon Calorie Calculator
Estimate calories and macros for persimmon by tablespoon.
🥄 Serving amount
🌳 Persimmon type
⚙️ Weight per tablespoon
📊 Results
📏 How to Use This Tool
Enter the number of tablespoons you plan to eat, choose the persimmon type that matches what is on your counter, and adjust the grams per tablespoon if your prep differs from standard chopped pieces. Press Calculate to see total calories, calories per tablespoon, and the carbohydrate, protein, and fat breakdown for that serving.
- Fresh Japanese/Fuyu is the common grocery-store persimmon — firm, sweet, and low in calories per volume.
- American/native persimmon is much denser and sweeter, with roughly twice the calories by weight.
- Dried hoshigaki loses most of its water during drying, so a spoonful carries considerably more calories than fresh fruit.
The default weight of 15 g per tablespoon reflects a lightly packed, chopped fresh persimmon. If your spoonful is heaped, pureed, or loose, use the preset buttons or type your own gram weight.
🔢 How the Calculation Works
The tool uses USDA nutrition data expressed per 100 g of edible persimmon. The math happens in two steps:
Step 2 — Convert to calories: calories = grams × (kcal per 100 g ÷ 100)
For example, one 15 g tablespoon of Japanese persimmon (70 kcal/100 g) is 15 × 0.70 = 10.5 kcal. Three tablespoons would be 31.5 kcal. The same calculation is applied to carbs, protein, and fat using the macro values built into each variety selection. All numbers are rounded to one decimal place for readability; if you track to the nearest gram, your real-world figure will be close.
Nutrition data is from the USDA FoodData Central database.
📊 Reference Nutrition Data
| Persimmon type | kcal / 100 g | Carbs / 100 g | Protein / 100 g | Fat / 100 g |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese / Fuyu (raw) | 70 | 18.6 g | 0.6 g | 0.2 g |
| American / native (raw) | 127 | 33.5 g | 0.8 g | 0.4 g |
| Dried hoshigaki | 274 | 73.4 g | 1.6 g | 0.6 g |
Values are per 100 g of edible flesh without the skin and calyx. The exact numbers vary slightly with ripeness and cultivar, but these representatives are useful for day-to-day tracking.
✏️ Worked Examples
Example 1 — Snack bowl: You eat 2 tablespoons of diced Fuyu persimmon. Weight = 2 × 15 g = 30 g. Calories = 30 × 70 ÷ 100 = 21 kcal. Carbs = 30 × 18.6 ÷ 100 = 5.6 g. Protein = 0.2 g, fat ≈ 0.1 g.
Example 2 — Dried persimmon: You want 4 tablespoons of hoshigaki with a heaped 10 g per tablespoon. Weight = 4 × 10 = 40 g. Calories = 40 × 274 ÷ 100 = 109.6 kcal. Carbs = 40 × 73.4 ÷ 100 = 29.4 g. A bigger handful of dried fruit can add up quickly compared with fresh.
💡 Tips for Accurate Portioning
- Use a standard tablespoon measuring spoon and level it off rather than heaping, unless you prefer to overestimate.
- Dice persimmon into uniform 1 cm cubes so the spoon fills consistently; large irregular chunks leave air pockets that reduce the actual weight.
- When using persimmon puree in oatmeal, smoothies, or baking, use 16 g per tablespoon and a kitchen scale if you want precise macro math.
- Dried persimmon pieces are sticky and denser than fresh — measure by weight (8–10 g per tablespoon) rather than volume when calories matter.
- If you are tracking fiber, note that the carb count here includes both fiber and naturally occurring sugars; for net carbs, subtract the fiber value.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
- Why does American persimmon have more calories than Fuyu? American persimmons are much higher in sugars and lower in water. The native species is also more astringent until fully ripe, at which point it becomes extremely sweet — that sweetness translates into a denser calorie load per spoonful.
- Can I use this calculator for Hachiya persimmons? Yes. Hachiya is a Japanese astringent variety similar to Fuyu in general composition. Choosing the "Japanese / Fuyu" option will give a close estimate, though specific cultivars differ by a few calories per 100 g.
- Does peeling change the calories? Not meaningfully. The skin is a tiny fraction of the total weight. If you weigh peeled fruit, the values above already refer to edible flesh, so no adjustment is needed.
- How do I convert teaspoons? Divide teaspoons by 3 to get tablespoons, then use the tool. For example, 2 teaspoons = 0.67 tablespoon ≈ 7 kcal of fresh Fuyu persimmon.